Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-12

GREAT RATE.
walls of every room. At the front door
was bell which rung every time you
pushed a little button. All the rooms
were furnished in the latest STYLE and
the kitchen had stove and things to
cook with
Helen was so happy that she could
hardly stand still, and she kissed her
mother and father and jumped around
and clapped her hands in delight.
When she opened the front door of the
house and looked inside, she saw seated
at the table in the dining room two lit
tie dolls. She reached in and took
them both out. One was a beautiful
Swiss doll dressed in the finest silks
and satns you ever saw, and the other
had little mustache and was clothed
in dress suit. So Helen named them
Mr.. and Mrs. Swiss Doll and made be-
lieve that they were to live together in
the dollhouse. All day long she play
ed with the house, and when night
came she was so tired that she almost
fell asleep under the Christmas tree.
Now, in the middle of the night. when
every one was sound asleep, Mr.. Swiss
Doll said to his wife:
Il think We'll have to move from this
house. | don't like the way Helen
treats me-"
Mrs. Swiss liked Helen very much,
so she said to Mr.. Swiss:
little girl. and | am going to stay here
just as long rs she wants me to. She
gives us cakes and candies and all
sorts of good things, and | don't see
why you are not satisfied"
"Of course if you wish to stay"
answered Mr.. Swiss, Il suppose I'll
have to stay, too, but | don't like to be
tossed around like rubber ball"
But Mr. Swiss insisted that he was
right, and Mrs. Swiss insisted that she
was right. and the first thing they
knew they were quarreling and max
ing enough noise to wake the house.
Now, while Mr.. and Mrs. Swiss We're
fighting down in the dollhouse Helen
was sitting up in her bed listening
She heard the noise down in the sit
ting room where the Christmas tree
was, but She didn't know what it could
be. 1t seemed to grow louder and
! louder. and Helen thought that she
ought to go and see what it was all
about. SO she got out of bed and tip
tOed silently down the steps until she
came to the door of the sitting room.
Then she stopped and listened. With
out making any noise at all she stole
/ into the room and stood near the doll
house. She noticed a light in one of
the windows, and going closer she
saw that the little lamp on the din
ing room table had been lighted. Then
she saw Mr.. and Mrs. Swiss, and they
We're talking and going on at great
rate.
mo" Mr.. Swiss was saying as Helen
looked in the window, 81 told you l
didn't like Helen, and you can't con-
vince me that | do"
81 say she is a good girl" said Mrs.
Swiss, land you have no right to talk
about her as you have been doing. l
won't stand it,"
"Well, sit down, then" answered her
husp"hu' lou lulh tOo Llucn any nOW,
and don't know why | married YOU"
You married me for my money" re-
piled Mrs. Swiss. every one knows
that"
yes" sneered Mr. Swiss -"paper
money"
ut was good enough for you" said
his wife, "and If | had 1t to do over
Again I'd not marry Won -
"Indeed you wouldn't" returned Mr..
Swiss. "Pd see to that part of it."
This made Mrs. Swiss so mad that
she ran across the room, and, taking
Mr.. Swiss by the coat collar. she shook
him so that Helen expected to see all
the sawdust he was filed with fall out.
Then, being afraid that they might