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THE .MORNING ASTORIAX. ASTOIUA. OREGON. .FRIDAY, JANUARY , i. 1 I ORTON'S 1 ORDERS By C1AR.LES WILSI1N OipsrijM, BUS, e . sr. .Vuftw Xt waa, of course, t Tery foollah thing to write a Mter of aeivptan. to tha man one iutemled to refuse, aud yet Allot took a childish delimit In writing the dainty little note aud thinking of the exprmlou that would couie to Or ton'a face If be ahoulil read It. Then she tucked It luto the flap of ber lap desk and on her lat remaining sheet composed the letter ku which sue sought to make her refuoal a easy aa possible. It la do easy thing to wake a pen say "no" when the heart cries "yes," and the rest of the party a ready to tart for the wooila before she had com pleted It Of course she could not say that tt was ber stepmother's order aud that Jt waa obedience to command aud not ,the answer of her heart. She could outy hope that he would see how the matter stood aud understand that she - Lad not been flirting with hiu thronsrt, those long w orks before Manpiaml and lils money had appeared uhju tlie scvue f aud bad beeu pleased to bestow his at tentions upon ber. Until then Mrs. Applelou bad renard-. ed Jack Orton with faror. lie had money, not much, but enough for two. with excellent prospects, hut he could not hope to compete with Marquand. and Mrs. Appleton wondered why Alius sbouM be ao stubborn aa to continue to care more for Orton. There bad been one aceue after an other, usually terminating In Mra. Ap pleton'a hysterica, and at last the girl" will bad been broken down, and the negative she could not utter was now signed to paper ,and Intrusted to Billy, who promised faithfully to tuke it to Orton'a room and place It ou bis table. Billy waa jierfeetly honest In hia In tentions, but Just aa be waa scamper- Bfc was mt a son to mass a formal erruM w urn hai. ing through the ball the couk called that ahe bad an apple turnover for hliu, and, tucking the note In his pocket, ha turned bis attention to the turnover. It waa jierhaps an hour after that that Orton, coming buck from the post offlce, found Billy on the front piazza playing train. He waa the coududor and the other children were passengers. Billy bad a punch ul for progressive euchre games and wus collecting tick eta with an enjoyuieut dahed only by tlie fact that he had no engineer to whom be could signal Hilly was su premely contemptuous of girls and de clined to allow either of his three fair passengers to act In that capacity. It was with evident Joy that he hailed Orton'a advent aud Installed him In the front chair with earnest Injunctions to run the train carefully and to stop In case the emergency algnal was given on the bell rope. Billy had ridden much on the branch Hue that summer, and be bad followed Burton, tlie signal conductor, about until he hail learned till uliout bis workings. Jack Orton entered iion the perform ance of hia duties with a solemnity be coming In tlie engineer of the flier, and If bt discovered un unheard of number of cows upon the track it was all a part of the game. They pulled Into the next stop seren minutes abud of the schedule, and Billy came running up to compliment bis engineer. "Take her a little slow when we pull out" be commanded, with an odd little Imitation of bis model's manner. "I've got train load of foolish women, and they get scared wben yon run so fast. Got your orders?" "I thought" laugbed Orton, "that tbt conductor got the orders." Billy blushed apologetically. "Guess I forgot" be explained. "I'll run over to the telegraph office." Tba "telegraph office" was tba near est open window, but the operator was shamefully supplied with stationery, for Billy dug Into pocket after pocket without result Then be apied Allne's lap desk and darted toward It Tbera was a balf abeet In the flap, and pre . ently be cam toward Jack. "Hare's your orders," be mid grave ly. "Mine says, "Clear track to Robert's Crossing.' That's what yours sayr "Right" con tinned Jack. "AH ready, slrr Billy dashed down tbe Una of chairs and with a ware of hi arm swung on to the tralu and began collecting and punching tMicta aheady punched a) wt beyond the semblance of IMP. 8o engrossed waa he In hia occupation that It was several minutes before be noticed that his engineer had stepped off the tralu and waa striding through tbe raiu. lift too, left the tiler, with Ita previous feminine freight, aud atarted off after him. "Areu't you going to piny any morer he demanded aa be caught up with the tiau. Ortou started, "I declare, Billy," be laughed, ! bad forgotten all about being engineer. X waut to catch the crowd at the woods. You'll fonrlvs tue this time, won't you, old fellow T "I guess I can get tirade Arnold to be engineer," said Hilly doubtfully. "But. I aay, can I have those orders? I want some more tickets." Orton laughed. 'Here's a whole lot of jmper." he said, drawing some old letters from his pocket "I need tha one you gave me." And he waa off down (he road. The chestnut grove was only a couple of miles away, aud he waa sou there. He hud not beeu luvited to le one of the party. It was Mrs. Appleton'a own iarty, and Orton had not been popu lar with that lady aiuee the advent of Maniuand, but be went lu search of the party with a happy heart. He found Aline aud Maniuaml apart from the group. She flashed hitu oue glance of welcome from her eyes, then dropped the litis ou them while the red spread over her face. In the Instant of greeting she had forgotten the note, and with recollection of the cold, form al phrasing of her letter ahe became ashamed to uieet bis glance. Maryland regarded the Intrusion lu uo pleasant fashion and began to sulk. He had beeu assured by Mrs, Appleton that Aline would accept him. and this nutting party bad lsen arranged to make au opinirtuuity for bis proposal Mrs. Appleton had drawn tha others dceier Into the woods, and be waa Just about to make formal offer of hi baud wlh'n Ortou came up. He was Just coutemplatlng the pos sibility of sayiug something that would give Jack a bint to take himself else where when that young man spoke up. "I say, Maniuand." he began. "I wish you'd look up the others for a bit. I'vt something very particular to tell Miss Appleton." Maniuand looked at Aliue for encour agement lu bla refusal, but she would not return his plain v. lie paused Ir resolute for a moment aud then strode off to search for Mrs. Appletou. Aline looked up with a frightened glance. "I told you not to come," ahe murmured. "What will Ibey say?" "I was acting under orders," be In sisted, holding out the letter. She seis ed It and looked st It "I wrote you auother." slit faltered. "Where did you get this?" "Billy was playing train, and I was tba engiueer," be explained. "Ha was looking for train orders for me. and as he bad used up. a letter he bad In bla pocket for tickets be bad to make a raid on your desk. When I saw this I could not wait for your return. I obey ed orders, like s good engineer." "I think it was fate." she murmured. "I will oly tbe orders too." And Orton never knew bow much be owed to Billy. Kw Her at Oaee. Minister Wu once talked st s moth ers' congress In Washington. Ho told how mothers-in-law were reverenced In China. Then he said that all the moth ers before blm would lie mothers-in-law some day, and therefore be would tell them something thnt they might reniemlier and profit by. "A parlor maid." he legan, "answered a ring at the doorbell one morning and a few moments later ascended to ber mis tress, if you please, ma'am,' she said, 'the strangest lady la downstairs. Hhe won't give ber name, and she has taken off her coat and hat, and she oi-ned tlie two closets and rummaged through them, and then ahe looked at the windows and shook her bead, and she rublied her finger over the mantel and the piano, mid then she held It up to see the dust on It, and now ahe Is' But the mistress interrupted calmly. 'Iieur me" she said. 'My buabaud's mother wasn't exiieeted back from Texas till Iswiuler,'" Warldlr HtUSoss. There Is a certuiu young minister who bas been remarkably successful In paying off the debts of the various churches to which be has Isveu assigned from time to time. A brother minister who was laboring earnestly by means of bazaars, fairs and other affairs to accomplish a like happy result at his own church went to him and Inquired the secret of bis success. "And 1 observe that you never bare to resort to my present methods," be concluded. Tlie successful one smiled. "No." be replied. "Too ae. when we need money some good sister suggests a bazaar. Then I call on the husbands of the married ladles of tha member ship and explain to them that in order to raise a certain sum we are finding It necessary to bold a bazaar. Wa bare never bad to actually bring tba affair off. -Hand's Weekly. Stlacr. "It seems strange," said Deacon alayberry as be counted tha money after church, "that a large congrega tlon ran be so small." Philadelphia Telegraph. All human power Is a compound of time snd patience. Balzac The Morning Astorian, 05c. a ntoni i HI t:;: HELP WANTRD. LEARN 1 fvLEORAFlIY AND B. R. Accounting. IM to 1900 a month sal ary assured our graduates under bond. Our sit schools ths largest la America and endorsed by all Railroads. Write for catalogue. MORSK SCHOOL OF tCLEGIUrUY, Cincinnati, O, Buffalo, ft. 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