The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-10

Confident that his father would not
think of marrying out of his set, Jim
made up his mind that he had been
mistaken and there was nothing in it.
Then he concluded to make one more
attempt to win his father to his own
intended marriage. He begged Mr..
| Hardwick 30 call on his betrothed,
hopeful that a view Of her would so
attract him that he would fall In with
the scheme. But the father said that
he had never made visits other than
within his own circle OF acquaintance
and declined to make an exception in
| this case.
| In an interview with Miss Sher-
| bourne Jim told her of his effort and
of the suspicion he had had of bis IA
! TIERS attraction for some woman. EN-
lily asked her lover II be had entirely
given up this suspicion, and when he
said that he was still uncertain about
/ the matter she advised Jimmie to
watch. Jim admitted that his father,
who was too aristocratic to use street
cars, now and again telephoned to
stable where he got his livery, order
carriage and drive away. whittier the
son did not know.
why don't you go. too?" asked EN-
lily.
How can do thatY'
II will give you plan. The next
time your father orders carriage go
TO the stable and bride the coachman
- Ias toI- e,
aBut father would recognize me-"
Does he always have the same
coachmanT
NO"
VERY well, II you wear coach
mans livery and make up for colored
man your father will never dream that
you are his SON.
Il have mind to try it"
do So 1t may be that your father
is counting some one not of his set. /
If he is and you discover the fact he /
will no longer oppose your doing the
same thing"
Jim made all his preparations. and |
when he next heard his father order I
carriage he slipped out through a
back door and went to the stable, |
where burnt cork transformed him |
into an ebony instead OF a white man /
Then donning a livery he mounted the
box of coach and drove TO his home.
His father came out. opened the door,
gave the address and got In.
When Jimmie herd that address the
expression on his face was not only
one of wonder. but OF establishment
His father had ordered him to drive
TO the house where dwelt Miss Emily
Sherbourne His first impulse was to
get down from the box and ask his
parent what the dickens he meant; his
second was to drive on and see the
matter TO the end. He followed the
latter On reaching his destination Mr..
Hardwick got out and. ordering the
coachey to wait, rang the bell and went
into the house.
Here was pretty pass-the son sit
ting on the box while his father was
inside counting the girl he would not
TO his offspring marrying. 1t
seemed to Jim that the call was inter
What could be going on?
He worked himself into q fury. then
got down from the box, stalked up the
steps and rang the bell.
Mr. Hardwick was sitting on the
same sofa with Emily Sherbourne
when the tete-a-tete was interrupted
by negro coachman with a whip in
bis hand standing in the doorway.
what does this mean, pop?" cried ,
Mr.. Hardwick was paralyzed with
and Miss Sherbourne
burst into laugh.
How through friend IN the gilded
circle she had made the acquaintance
II the father of her lover and drawn
him on to visit her was her own Sc
ret Her ruse was successful. Mr.,
Iardwick turned his supposed con-
luest over to Jimmie. consented to the
Wedding and the three gave up society
o be happy In their own home.