The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-28

|IdJhBe ID stirring Appeals 10 p@trfot
bgm and liberty, put they wore TOO
|ssnscious Of the audlepce % % fhek
best, and when they went down from
Hbs platform 1t was WIN an uneasy
feeling or having faiIed. Az length
Rrim, bright faced boy. Of twelve Or
4hirteen came forward aud delivered
"a eloquent statement OF the indian
5ihestiDn. Ills utterance was clear and
Concise and without the least trace of
Embarrassment Mr.. Dorkins had liked
his appearance from the FIRST, but
when he heard the dIstinct. bapad now
1of choice woods his enthusiasm, bo.
came so great that n was with aim,
lcuity he kept his S=eest. Az soon 40 the
lexercises were over he drew the prsn
!cipai aside.
s..who was that splendid little sel-
!iowT' he asked eagerly. "Tbe one
;who gave M such cieaE account OF
1.-THE Indian question: don't think
ever saw him before"
|, "Nofv There was surprise IN the
principals voice. That's strange. ]
Thought Of course you knew him. He's
from the mill district--one OF your
own people. had an idea that yon
we're paying their tuition"
.ThelrT'
"Yes; bis sister comes with him;
that little girl who took the prize for
gsinging. She has one OF the best un-
TRAINED voices ever heard. am
very proud of them both. But II Is
curious you didn't know where they
lived"
Mr. Dorklns looked troubled. u
haven't been In the mills much late
ly." he said, and the principal noticed
that his voice trembled little. Some.
| bow | have felt that the young people
didn't like me. They have a habit Of
throwing snowbells and things, and
and He hesltated moment, then
Ibroke into short, nervous inugh-"of
calling me New Jerusalem. For the
past year or 30 have left things
largely to the management OF the sl
perlntendent III thought II would be
better for me to stay away. But yon
haven't told me the children's names
/ yet" be added more briskly. They
must be looked up. hope their par.
ents will be willing to have them con
tinue at school. A.ost Of my factory
people don't seem to have much re-
spect for education"
Yes. It would be pity forthem 70
Ieaye just now, when they are doing
E,so WELL" agreed the principal still
ithlnk they are safe for year at least
IiEach OF them has won years tuition
Eand II NJ hardly likely their parents
will take them away until they have
Ilreaped the benefits OF the prizes. But
Eyou asked me who they were. Tbeil
Names are Charlton and Charlotte
lBurIess- very pretty com6anation.
kthlnk. They were brought here cn th'
ktirst day of the term by rough, un
gainly fellow, who said his name wat
.Shoggs-a twIster In the mill, he sal.
he was"
Az Mr. Dorkins walked down th'
hnath he rubbed his hands togethe
. softly and induIged In a low chuckl'
from time TO time.
'well,' he soIlIoquized gayly, "who''
! have thought lt7 A pair Of mill chil
,dren leading the school! II viii he
rare Joke on DR.. Green and the Others
They'll have to admit that figs d
igrow on thIstles sometimes. We'll
fwell-- Hello! What do you wan
ihere?" sharply.
|. He had reached the gate which open
! led into the school grounds. and there
seated nonchalantly upon one OF tn
I.stone posts, was rough, shock head
led boy who might have been any
swhere between sixteen and eightee
I Iiyears Of age. Evidently he had bu
! jiust come from the mill. for his fee
/ were bare and there were bits OF CO
\ ton stiIl clinglng to his coarse clothin'
Z i II was not often that Mr.. Dorkin
: drowned, but now his face grew har
I Eand stern. This rough, disreputab
! l0gure was not unknown to him. onl
Z ,a few weeks before he had seen hi
y sIn the mill yard thrashing a boy WI
I was much larger than himself.
; At first he had not interfered. II
{ iblg boy was able to take care OF hir
! iself, he thought But when he sa
1 |;that he was really being hurt and tn
= 1.-THE smaller boy did not seem 30 ha'
I San idea OF desisting he had cause
Z them to be separated, A minute afte
4 Eward, as he was walking toward b
! office, he had glanced over bis should
Z .Iust in time to see the smaller b
: clInch his tists and savagely renew q
& Eattack.
: ON another occasion his hat had be-
- %kknocked off by a SNOWFALL, and, loo
Hing around quickly. he had seen Il
- Esame boy dodglng behind a buildil
kNo wonder he had been unsuccessi
sEin remodeling such material.
"What do you want herer ne
peated as the boy looked up from
programme he was lntently trying
decipher. 4.
"Hello, Jeru--er--oh. beg pardon,
Dorkins. Glad to see your The y
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