Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-11
TWO ANNIVERSARIES

| The interviewer had ventured TO IN
uuire il James Robinson had had a
good Christmas.
! "Thank you very much" said James
Robinson. with weary politeness, Il
haven't; but. then, never expected it.
| PLENTY of Christmas presents,
hope" said the interviewer.
"Well, there were lots of them of
sort And what sort it was some
times! That fat headed old aunt Of
mine sent me sixpenny box Of lead
soldiers. I'm not eXaggerating; it's
fact"
Really | cannot allow you to speak |
Of her ladyship in that way. Her sex,
her great age and her near relation
ship, all command your respect. Time |
makes few changes for the old. Your |
aunt knew you when you were baby. |
and she does not realize what differ
ence a few years have made"
II 81 know she doesn't. That's all right.
That's why called her fat headed
. old idiot Then was logged into
kind Of fetch-you-at-nine fakement
with my kid sisters. Hardly any boys
of nv own age there. Christmas tree.
They gave me a toy fluff rabbit on a
string. Oh. why can't somebody teach
1 people sense! Then the governor asked
me what | wanted, and | said
thought a silver flask would be as good
| as anything. He didn't give me that
flask. He gave me Memorials of Har-
row Sundays bound in morocco. do
envy the boys whose governors aren't
81 f,1 ChriStmaSI
t Hank. the herald angels sing! The only
2 girl | care about dancing with won't
speak to me, and
y "If YOU continue to talk in this most
4 improper way. | won't speak to you
either. Just think how remarks Of that
r kind would look in print"
a "What? Oh. that's the game. Is 1t?
|, I'm on. Reverse engines Slow music
IT NV dear papa gave me handsomely
l. bound volume for Sunday reading.
r. which l shall always prize and cherish
r. not only for
!. flames Robinson. don't make an ass
! Of YOURSELF
re- swell, you're precious hard to please.
,e I talk as naturally would. and that
"a don't suit Then | talk like refined
rs Christian boy, and that don't DO either
of By the way, did thank YOU for your
i'd present. didn't |? That was on tne
~ right lines" -
a "No criticism to Offer"
swell, Of course at Christmas one
- gets heaps Of things to eat anyhow, sc
that they don't tell as much then al
they would If you sent box or thf
g same during term. and I'd sooner nave
something that one didn't have to hant
st round to everybody, Still, there was
it. nothing senseless about it, as there
H. was about a lot Of the things | hat
its given me-"
or "Next time III send you lead soldiers
OF And now I'm anxious to elicit you
1T. views on the new year. What do yo'
,r- think about it?'
yn "If you want to know the plain, bar
truth, don't think much of it. Ac
ch cording to the way some people tals
fe you might suppose that as soon as tn
his new year started things were going t.
in be all different, but it amt so. mat
all pure kid. 1t amt winding one thih
,r- up and then starting on something
as fresh. It's keeping pegging on at VIVA
he was there before Most times Janua
he rvs lust like December with tn
at Christmas left out. The Rev. Jane
ad Dilwater was on the subject the othe
Of dav. and he said that it seemed to hlI
that at the years close all 'naychaw "
,ly 81 should not be doing my duty sal
Pr the interviewer sternly, IF above
Dis your mockery of Mr. Dilwater's pre-
al nunciation to pass without rebuke.
ID. "Oh, look here! can't bring out IN
Ike views properly if you keep on intel
M rupting. I'm only giving you the exae
al way he talks. He said all naychaW
le. naused and drew breath, as it were
ST. for the next years effort. Now, does
~ YOU know? That's all ask. II 1t doe
las I'm ready to apologize. Just look
any clock. When it gets to the last lll'
m. ment of the year. does it stop shol
nv ana expand its chest and stretch ltse
ia before it goes on ticking again? {
nv course it doesn't. No more does an.
ell thing else. 1t all goes straight sick OF
,as Still. of course he was on to the mora
lesson. | don't grumble about tina
That's what he's paid to do. II L
could make us believe that all ma.
chaw' was making fresh start, L
M might get us to do the same and run
new lot of resolutions"
out "And what are your new resolutiol
ew for this year,"
m. Got none. Don't mean to have an
ira. either"
,ros "Really | should have thought thu
to with your position in the choir
Who, 1here you W so' IL ~
lust because | am in the choir an
for have to set an example and keep II
hon religion up to the mark that don
ZOO make any don't go half as much
nm. what people say t. me as by What
tho see for myself What happens VINE