Daily inter mountain., 1900-01-12

Yet there it was, and there 1t remained
! unt1l at considerable expense to pocket.
| ana temper the college authorities had il
removed and restored to it's clamorine
| owner.
| The preparatory school to which ]
went was in a small country village. A
nre was looked upon as a great affair
ana was attended by the students in q
pody. once there our custom was to hur
rlpald remarks and advice at the vari-
Gus firemen by name. To get even II
was their habit, at unexpected moments
70 turn the hose upon us. A few duck.
lngs taught us caution, and we at length
were usually able to scamper away with.
out a Wetting One bitter winter after.
noon we gathered at a fire and engaged
IN our usual occupation of batting the
frfnen. At length they tried to reach
US, with the hose, but having anticipated
the move we We're without its range
Bot unnoticed behind us had been stand
Ing the principal Of the school. On his
august person the stream of water de-
scended like an avenging fate, and before
the panic-stricken firemen could turn it
away he was wet to his respectable skin
The water froze as it struck, and we
We're presently gazing upon human
icicle.
sat length we recovered sufficiently to
go to his aid, and, wrapping him in coats,
drove him rapidly to his home. He was
confined there for several days, during
which the entire school shook in its shoes,
while the wretched firemen were for re-
signing in body. But he was a thor
ough good fellow and beyond few words
as to the wrong we were doing in inter-
fering with a public servant in the dis
charge of his duty he allowed the Incl
dent to pass by unnoticed.
THE town hall was one of those hide
GUS and bleak structures SO common in
the New England towns of 20 years ago.
where the only attempt at decoration was
a funeral cuoola in the exact center Of
the roof. on top of which was large
figure Of justice. A light blue crinoine
skirt and red shawl enwrapped her fig
ure and she looked coquettishly out from
beneath the shadow of an immense poke
bonnet. AS a particularly happy thought
she was weighing two babies in the
scales.
''Then came an awful row. The town
had no hook and ladder truck, without
the aid OF which no one could be found
to remove the garments. The nearest
hook and ladder company was IL miles
distant, and required not only permission
of the town council, but the expendi-
ture of cash to bring 1t over. The select
men declared that as it was manifestly a
trick of the students the faculty should
pay. The faculty firmly refused, holding
that there was no croof that such was
the case. For 10 days the controversy
ragged, and then the selectmen gave way
and paid for the hook and ladder truck
The day the hook and ladder company
was to come a storm sDrang up which
lasted for three days. When the god
dess was finally stripped of her clothing
the dyes had rum and she emerged tint
ed with all the colors of the rainbow.
She had to be painted afresh the select
men footing the cost with sullen faces.
THE secret was successfully kept as
to how the goddess was decorated. The
night previous to the occurrence there
had been a show in the town hall When
it was over the captain of the football
team and two fellow conspirators had
sneaked beneath the baize fronted stage.
When all was quiet they had ascended
to the roof Once there one end Of
long rope had been attached to the cap
tain's waist and the other to that Of
ore Of the others. The third man accom-
panied the climber to the base of the
figure with tlle bundle of clothes. The
skirt and babies were easily placed, but
the shawl and bonnet came as harder
work, the figure rocking fearfully on it's
base The idea Of the rope was that in
case the dresser fell he would be saved
from rolling to the ground. If such an
accident had happened. when he bound
ed from the sloping sides of the roof he
undoubtedly would have carried the foot
bal captain to the ground with him. They
didn't think Of this, however. and it gave
them a greater feeling of safety