Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-22
1 CHRISTMAS
MORNING.
p MoLLIE <. wgTHgaeLL.

this house and furniture@
Why do y0n ask. TOttlaY
Wen, have fancy to tmrn myselg |
lnto . nre company. Suppose You drcp
the insurance aud give me the money
% spend on fire paraphernaiia..
I'm think about &C."
NOW, the fond father Of this Young
woman. who. b. the way. was ! traae
Modernism. had no idea OF droppIng
nls insurance: but. having been rack I
ing his brain for DC Christmas gifs
FOR her. be caught on 20 the saea At
once OF presenting her with a com
plete IRE outfit. He Communicates Ria
plan to mother" by whom Il was
met with violent opposition.
John" she said. syOu should In
ashamed OF yourself. Last Christmas
you gave her horse on which 20 jump
fences and things. the Christmas Be-
fore q bear 60 pet and before that
football with which to disgrace her.
self. do believe IL she asked IL you'd
give her lion TO tame"
Shed tame him." replied the mus
band declsiEely.
= Shonid think 70 after taming
you"
"Yon set her the example, my DEAR
II didn't net her the example Of
making a man OF herself. And now
just as ! have reason for her to ap-
pear ladylike you encourage her to
turn herself into a fireman"
sAWhmfss wnnNw -mmw~n1 q asem
reason It's the first you've been able to
give me since we were married"
Its an excellent one. | have a let
ter from julia saying that young Lord
Arthur TreveIyan Vane"-
Can't you remember the restT'
Hes coming over and win arrive
about Christmas time. Julia asks that
we try to keep him from being home
sick at the time Of all others one would
wish TO be with his own family"
Turn him over 10 Tot. He won't
have time to he h0mesick."
THAT'S just 1t wish her to appear
ladylike and refined"
Nonsense: Ii you want her 10 catch
him let her do 1t in her own way"
shell never do 1t in that way 10 the
world"
Then she won't do II at all"
A few days before Christmas the
Ore gift was stored 10 the automobile
house when Lucy was away. and the
door was locked. This did not prevent
her climbing to the roof Of the little
building aud looking down a ventiIat-
ing chimney. About the same time
Lord Arthur Trevelyan Vane Fitz-
Mortimer wrote a note on crested pa
per that he had arrived in America
and would do himself the honor to
call. Being invited to spend the holi-
days with the Tisdales at their subur-
ban home. he wFOte again that be
would be on hand some time during
Christmas day and partake OF Christ
mas dinner with them.
After breakfast ON Christmas morn
ing Mr. Tisdale said to his daughter:
Come outside with me. Tot. I've got
a surprise for you" And. leading her
to the automobile house. be showed
her what Though she had seen It all
befOreI made her heart leap for JOY.
There was everything required for the
protection of the house and the lives
of the family. including a canvas chute
In case Of their being trapped on the
upper stories There were IRE extin-
guishers. FIRE ladders. hose In plenty
and the dearest little steam Ore en-
CINE about four feet long Miss It's
dale threw herself into her fathers
arms and covered his face with kisses
The next thing was to get It all out
and play the house was on IRE.
Mother" caught fright at once for
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
till a later date. She might as well
have tried TO stop the horses Of a nre
brigade after the sounding OF an alarm
as 70 deter her daughter.
Half an hour later a scene occurred
that win not soon be forgotten In the
Tisdale family. The parapheFnalia was
in the yard. Mr. Tisdale was oper.
ating the fire engine. sending q small
stream ON to the roof Of the house.
The canvas chute had been fastened
between q third story window and the
ground. Mrs. Tisdale was looking oas
Of an Il" window whsEe she could
see everything. Lucy was nowhere 70
be seen.
Mrs. Tisdale caught sight ofsa I'M
maculately dressed young man coming
IN the walk. Her heart sank within
her. Il was undoubtedly Lord klfz'
Mortimer. At that moment Miss us
dale appeared at the upper end OF me
chute. entered it. came down Ike light
ming and. striking the ground. turned
two or three s0meFssultA Her m0thel
fell back In a swoon. Her father PICK
ed her up and. assisted By Lord k1t1
Mortimer. supported her into tn
house. She was not AZ all injured. %
pretended to be 50 that she might naas
her shame al the exposure or hngers'
before the guest
she had no sooner reappeared tnaA
Lord Fitx-aIorfimer told her tia