New-York tribune., 1902-12-25

She was sweet tempered and amiable old LADY.
@ n s se a gift # for te eeRg se a # as she
never dated a letter correctly. She was IN per. per
she sent o3t or
she received. Her method of filing up income tax
the ss soVernment @ employ She wrote on the form
questions OF the the widest earng here or
is that Inhabited House Duty. or ought to have
the e census ouy aved sdo she had to telegraph to
her solicitor to And out what her age was It a was
unless there Was an ~ in the Of the month:
yeo1a ea5 so he5 esr ber @ enn @ STAMPS that Febru
ary had twenty-seven days as rule. but thirty
bill for tree-and-sx unpaid for more than one day
she had thereby put it into the power OF any one one
believed in the oniscience OF her solicitor and the
neHer have Questioned m the light Of the latter to
hang anybody without previous trial or oenent OF
to do her duty, but frequently had the vaguest
ideas of what her duty was: <oo, 1f
many Of the ordinary affairs Of life srabgey % per
g br ha dd in not the ess he
Sudden flashes Of shrewdness in dealing with
matters of business ha thougRt it perfectly safe
to treat her as fool sackcoth and ashes sbsn mao
Egyptology-her knowledge was extensive and
with respect once. When staying in London. she
had spent three days in comprehe@nslVe @ G fanfe s16
denly decided it was her duty to see but she never
connr aRy her house eceesy by
excellent staff of servants; for II she was sweet
as mgch about dinners She did about dynastes
She could not endure & that did did not ad knoE o
been been pH5p pfopery % 'T bToken The faults she
DutH IN the II most CONSPICUOUS degree herself
she had dod been aon beauty od n h5 R Of
smiling bright eyes Sy2sss9ss snd psn5fu psfa45R
I aa She o keen sae at sa a h das
line Of The Tines L lying on the nanS s19 ID
Mthouf or n9f that W the day December
"a She felt pretty certain of IT. 1t had happened
"Parslow, what day of the month Is Christmas
The tEentyhfth n'lady; to,morTsgEs. aa3g y. in fact
| Iadvships Instructions, as to that l., ,-,.,
0 feesms M h ha ab0 %ant ge' an
but ri rms. And ri see cook. cook" .,.+ .n.s.
tempsred @rs qI5S iady and eminent Egyptoiogst
@ fore s P nsgpt fhd er had
ured respectfully to remind her; it Wss s Parsow
h0 sd had 1erT With hePs since she
valued Christmas she had vented her G anger Upon
ami mistake Without hitting his horse: Parsley"
shs sRs bad cSrsmas 5ad e 5eason see% to
that do and that re15 DO a not aran
| should anything similar occur OF course ! @ Wish
al of 70 have the usual holidays and She bad
seemed herself She had d eeafed @
vested herself with halo of romance -aa! It had
ve to PrGtyh Pra her sss again G for she
utely certain she could never by any chance t Iot
e. voI1nF neope STAYING in the house and give
| them ali everything they wanted. and that would
And now she had forgotten It again. And Par;
S,0 70 wh9 EenG negeT bef It Was terrbie But it
too late There were s M 1.6Sss flew sOS5s ta dtn5ee
| on Christmas Day. and to celebrate it becoming
And cook stood before her-cook was small
competent woman: c,r,s+,,.s nav am not
always quite correct about dates and had irnag, g
ined that it was on the thirty-secono OF 'he
Cook did not move one muscle Of her face NJ
cae % a s Rsn at to nc
The mgt ibis be s9t oTe6g with the
ON Ono second thought had better take the cart
aPa Yes, ashR Iady ?a Does your iadyship know how
many VIII 6'f b ?Pm9e2 Set ~, get the answer to my
they Z6s IN Is9 cGs ss q. af the
and beef hate hate b Ran
'sTSs "Pancakes Cakes my LADY,? said cook hes,tatingly
e5 of Course, Of course SAID her lsdyshp with tt!a
well: yoq'n get it., sg wont your
s..And You've got plenty Of holly already sup
| pbse to put up about the house?" ~.
smitb is little dfficut about holly. There's 50
few hollies IN the place, and so slow growing ano
have lots of holly M wit Nth 5fs berries hs
IL. Tell Smith from me to-nO L IL ete my
| self Now YOU must be off at once. cook, and
| make list of everything you can possibly want
and James shall take II with my kilograms
Her first telegram to the Rev Robert PEN
nfold The Rectory Taverton
lowing to nv mistake invitation has not reached
you before but of course you and Alice and al the
I<children must come at once to spend Christmas
beg YOU not to disappoint Reply which train
the carriage shall meet. With much love ana
| besrtiest Christmas wishes. AUNT AGATHA
| Her second telegram extended a similar invita-
tfon 70 Charles Pennifold, ESQ, J. P. his wife,
| F3IIer and his numerous offspring.
It seemed long time to wait for the replies but
| az with weird charges Tor porter
| age from Haddislow. The first ran: Deeply re-
| eret irnpossble: we have already accepted other
fnvffation Love and best wishes.-Robert and
| Alice" And the second was as follows: Shall
| have visitors here. So sorry, unable to come
Thousand thanks and best OF wishes--Charles and
| Nelly" For the Robert Pennfolds had arranged
| - dine with the Charles Pennifolds Christmas
| Day. 49,, -r.,.
The prospects or correct and hospitable Christ
mas were severely lessened She had only herself
to blame; ten minutes notice is not enough for a