Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1912-12-12
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IncOrrigible
She Effected a Result by
q Stroke oi Genius
By r. A. Mitchell
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would have played baseball IL she coul,
have found enough girls similarly
minded to make up the necessary
teams Furthermore. she was care
less. scatter braiued and generally rep
rehensible. Neither her father nor hei
mother could do anything with her
Seedlings had no effect. Punishment
she laughed nj. avcrring that she en-
joyed a. Altogether Kate was by n,
means a model girl unless a model Of
all that a dutiful child should not be
Nevertheless her parents adored her
II ahe left her room In disorder TO &c
out to the barn 60 play hide and seek
with the boys-they used 10 treat hei
as one Of their own number-her moth
er. II the bouscmaid was otherwise en-
gagged. would put things TO rights,
moaning that she was obliged 20 do 80,
but unable to provide against her
daughters doing the same thing again
Her father would endenvor 90 show
her how selfish was this conduct and
how Il troubled her mother. but seem.
cd unable to Impress her with a sense
OF her fault. or. II he did Il was Of no
avail. for her only reply was. Il forgot
&C." No matter how severely he scold.
ed her. within n few minutes after be
had finished she would be In his lao
with her arms around his neck. appar.
emily forEetful Of her ofrcnse.
Kate never talked back" to her par.
ents except under one condition. She
had n pet dog. which she loved better
than all the world beside. n any one.
even her father or mother. punished
the dog for n mlsdcmeanor Kate would
rebel Then there would be trouble In
the family sure enough. for n there II
one thing n parent knows that he
should not slur over Il In rebellion on
the part Of his child when the dog
was suffered to 20 In peace Kate would
beg pardon according to the formula
laid down Tor her. but there would be
no evidence Of repentance In her words
One OF Rates pcculiarltics when she
was passing from childhood to woman.
hood was n fascination for the Gre de,
partment The moment she would hear
the flrst tap Of the signal bell she would
listen. counting the strokes. aud when
they were finished. without referring
10 the book of districts. she could locate
the IRE. Not far from her home was a
hook aud ladder house The flrnt time
her father knew Of her Ore procilyitica
he was coming home one evening while
an alarm wns being struck The hook
aud ladder conveyance was coming
down the street. the horses galloplng.
the gong changing. dogs barking. aud
what was the fathers establishment 60
see bis little daughter running beside
the truck A man standing on the foot.
board reached down. swung her up
beside him. ana the whole passed out
OF sight
The scoldlng Kate received that
evening was more impressive than any
before delivered Nevertheless ut the
next alarm the action was repeated.
ana Il soon became n regular thing 10
sec her mounted on the ladders. held
there by a lreman. whenever the equip
ment was hurried TO n dre She was
made an honorary member OF the com
pauy. aud when she reached an Agc
when such action could no longer be
tolerated they presented her With a
gold badge But she never got over
her penchant for golng 20 fires aud NJ
an alarm even nt the dead OF night
would put her head out OF the window
20 discover the location OF the burning
building
Every one was curious as 10 what
sort OF person Kate would turn out
when she came to the age OF discretion
In one respect, aud one respect only
there was a great change. Whenever
she troubled her parents abe was very
much troubled herself Though she
continued TO worry them by her antics
she was always truly repentant IleI
father finally came 10 believe that sh,
couldn't help Il and endured H. ueI
mother believed she could help II, con
tinued TO mourn her daughters per
verseness ana waited upon her aud
obeyed her ~ though she were hei
maid Instead OF her parent
Kate had always been a favorlte with
boys and when grown drew young mer
90 her as lovers when lectured upor
the subject she ayerred she couldn't
help Il; the fault was not hers. but the
mems No one believed her except
her father. but whether he understood
her better than other persons or wheth
er she was capable OF making him be
lleye white was black. and vice versa
nobody knows. lie was certainly no
an unbiased Judge,
BE this as II may. every now anI
again some young fellow would maxi
Kate's acquaintance. suddenly becom'
very attentive and after awhile drol
out Had she been beauty or ricl
those about her could have understoo,
what was the attraction; but, since shl
was plain and without fortune, no on
could give a reason for A. She wa
not a girl 90 permit familiarities. 81
that this could not be taken into &C
count.
The truth Is Kate Tracey was chill
OF nature-not governed, as other pee
pie are. by such precepts as are laiI
down In well regulated households, bu
subject 20 her own whims, The worl'
loves novelty In Kate the young me-
discovered novelty enough for dozel