The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-10-17
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS

There was no soap-dish OF any sort, sol
she placed the cake on piece Of paper
and laid It on the edge " the stand 10
dry Afterwards Miss Anita remem.
bered the exact position OF the soap,
1t was towards the middle OF the
night when Miss Anita, without any os.
tenslble reason, awoke from her sum.
her and became aware OF a slight noise
somewhere in her room. This was sim.
ply perfec;; Just as it always Is In story
books, hut strangely enough, Miss An.
ita failed to appreciate the fact She
only lay still scarcely daring to breathe
and strained every nerve 20 listen. nj
was a very slight noise, hut & was too
distinct 10 NJ imaginary. II sounded
as though some one were cropping inI
the dark among the things on the wash
stand. The truth flashed on her mind
robber was feeling about, trying toI
find her candle Both II and the
matches. however were on a chair by
the bed
All the delightful part OF the adven.
ture was lost upon Miss Anita. Her,
courage seemed to have completely de.
serted her. She eluuE to ;he hope that
after ALL she might possibly he mis-
taken. Then there was hard thud on
the aoor. and Miss Anita felt herself
g-ow cohi Now there could be no
doubt. That was her soap, The rob.
ber while blindly tumhhng. had
knocked It from the stand! 1t had been
very near the edEe, she recollected.
There was pause. the man was evil
IDENTIFY waiting to assure himself that
the noise had not disturbed any one
Miss Anita's heart was beating
loudly that she was sure the robber
must hear It. and her trembling made
the bed shake quite audihly, She could
feel chat he was looking straight at
her, Oh, u she only had searched the
last closet!
Then Il suddenly came 20 her tina |
this was her first adventure.
Now my turn has come TO show my |
presence Of mind-to he brave" she
thought
door between the two rooms was open
and that her father was light sleeper 1
She decided TO call him under pretens
OF being IN. and thus give the robber
chanoa to slip quietly away. She mad
several efforts before she could COM
n,and her voice and then It broke out
In almost a shrek;
Papa
Yes, my dear" he exclaimed. in
stantly.
Papa. feel quite IN; do you thin
can get a glass OF water anywhere?"
Her father had a pitcher OF ice-wate
in his room. He rose at once to bring
II to her.
With the sound OF his voice Miss An
ita's courage had somewhat returned.
She determined, at least. that she would
not permit him to face the danger 10
her.
Don't get up" she cried. III the
water is there, can get it."
This. she considered. was the neates
ruse in the world for getting safe out
Of the room for It never for a moment
occurred to her that the robber was
a Spaniard and. therefore. had
not understood a word she had said.
But her fathers next words dashe
her hopes to the ground.
Most certainly not: ! will bring It TO
VOC" he called hack. And she heard
him moving to the door.
Almost desperately she reached a
trembling hand for a match and. light
ng Il, gave a hasty glance arocnd.
Nothing was to be seen and she grew
bold enough to apply the match to her
candle. Just as her father entered the
room
This comes from working yourself up
in those close, dusty closets. my dear"
he said. noticing how really III sh
looked
THAT Is my soap on the floor isn't .
it?'' Miss Anita inquired, family.
Yes" he replied
He picked II up and brought il to her {
with the water. II
Miss Anita's heart actually jumped for {
Joy. and she felt inclined to laugh aloud I
In relief. In
She saw that one corner Of the soap |
had been nibbled of, T
So. her first adventure was not a real 9
adventure, after all but It proved quite I
sufficient for Miss Anita. And though
this happened more than a year ago,
the fright has remained so vividly i'm
pressed on her memory that she has not
wished for single 'Tblood-curdhng ex-
1erience" since.