The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-14
A CHRISTMAS
MORNING.
81 MoLLIE <. wErHERELL.


4 Papa" said Lucy Tisdale. .bou
much premium do you pay to insure
4 this house and furnitureT"
Why do you ask, TottieT
Well, have fancy to turn myself
into ire company Suppose you drop
Il the insurance and give me the money
N 20 spend on Are paraphernalia.v
IN think about IT."
N Now, the fond father Of this Young
q woman, who. By the way, was a tribe
hoidenish. had no idea OF dropping
his insurance: but, having been rack.
n 1ng his brain for a fit Christmas gift
N for her, he caught on to the idea AZ
a once Of presenting her with com.
plete fire outfit. He communicated his
a plan to mother" by whom 1t was
4 met with violent opposition.
John" she said, you should be
n ashamed Of yourself. Last Christmas
n you gave her horse on which to jump
n fencN and things. the Christmas be.
fore q bear 10 pet and before that a
4 football with which to disgrace her
self. I do believe IL she asked II you'd
n give her Hon to tame"
Shed tame him. replied the hus-
q band decisiyeiy.
7 should think so after tanning
4 you.'
a You set her the example, my dear"
II didn't set her the example OF
making man OF herself. And now
just as have a reason for her to ap-
pear ladylike you encourage her to
n turn herself Into a fireman
N Whats your reason1 If it's real
reason Its tho lrst you've been able to
4 give me since we we're married"
= TITS an excellent one. ! have let.
4 ter from Julia saying that young Lord
a Arthur Trevelyan Yane"--
n Cant you remember the rest2'
Hes coming over and viii arrive
4 about Christmas time. Julia asks that
4 we try TO keep him from being home
i sick at the time of all others one would
n wish to be with bis own family
Turn him over to Tot. He won't
have time to By homesicIxn
a "That's Just IL | wish her to appear
4 iadylike and refined
"Nonsensel II you want her to catch
him let her do It IN her own way"
She'll never do 1t in that way In the
world"
a Then she won't do It at all.n
q A few days before Christmas the
q IRE gift was stored In the automobile
a house when Lucy was away, and the
VI door was locked. This did not prevent
N her climbing 10 the roof Of the little
"A building and hooking down a yentilat-
a ing chimney. About the same time
a lord Arthur Trevelyan Yane Fitz
q Mortimer wrote note on crested pa
A pes that he had arrived in America
n and would do himself the honor to
Gall Being invited to spend the hoII-
a days with the Tisdales at their subur-
81 ban home, he wrote again that he
q would be on hand some time during
4 Christmas day aud partake Of Christ
mas dinner with them
NJ After breakfast On Christmas morn.
~ ing Mr.. Tisdale said TO bis daughter;
"Come oafside with me, Tot. I've got
& surprise for YOU And. leading her
a 10 the automobile house, he showed
NJ her what Though she had seen It al
M before made her heart leap for Joy
n There was everything required for the
4 protection of the house and the lives
+ OF the family, including canvas chute
# IA case Of their being trapped on the
n upper stories. There were fire extin
M guishers, FIRE ladders, hose In plenty
IN and the dearest" little steam fire en-
81 CINE about four feet long Miss tbs
dale threw herself into her fathers
Harms and covered his face with kisses. I
The next thing was to get il all out
and play the house was on fire
nMother' caught fright at once for
81 fear her Iordship would arrive and
see what sort Of Christmas present her
daughter had received. She pleaded
that the fire trial might be postponed
TIN later date She might as well
#have tried to stop the horses Of fire
|brigade after the sounding Of an alarm
las to deter her daughter
Half an hour later a scene occurred
|that will not soon be forgotten In the
ITisdale family. The paraphernaIia was
Hill the yard MI Iisdalc was oper-
&ating the fire engine. sending small
stream on to the roof Of the house.
2The canvas chute had been fastened
between a third story window and the
|rround. Mrs. Tisdaie was looking out
of ali s.T' window where she could
|see everything. Lucy was nowhere to
5be seen.
"a Mrs. Tisdale caught sight of an Inn
macuIateiy dressed young man coming
sup the walk. Her heart sank within
ber. II was undoubtedly Lord Fllz-
NJ ortinaor. AT that moment Miss lis
dale appeared at the upper end OF the
s /ehnte entered II. came down like light
lninx and. striking the ground, turned
Va or three soneasaults Her neither
iii bacly til n swoon Her father pick
III Her II, and, assisted by Lord Fitz-
Nj ort4snar. supported her into the
mouse. She was not at all Injured. but
,retended to be 50 that she might hide
sher shame at the exposure OF lingerie
Before the guest.
M ahe had no sooner reappeared tnan
IN ord Fftz- Mortimer told her thM
,anv If the daughters Of prominent
snen IN England had organized nfe
,rseades. and he insisted on trying the
rs,sfe hisnsclf. He made the descent
more successfully than Lucy, who FUR
her 5isgraced herself by accidentally
q r. vas supposed -turning the con
=. f1nf on him.