| Show how tho girls trapped him mary albott rand in journal rf r f adu calien cati cali air mr Jo linson the high school teacher in brigham was a first rate teacher and if his obituary bad been writt written euno no doubt it would have declared him to ben be a kind husband and father B but lit lie ile was a man of peculia peculiarities for all that and one was ad a disapprobation approbation is of kid gloves unnecessary extravagance ho he called them unhealthy inconvenient inadmissible now his twin daughters prue and patty being just 16 15 naturally thought otherwise kid gloves being to tho the aver average age young MISS miss what water is to due ducks ks but all t their b jr wishes were of bf no avail in a winfer binler their delicate hands bands were made into paws as prue declared with R while in summer they were allowed nothing daintier than lisle thread one lucky day for them when things had rolled smoothly at school when the wind was in the west the boffice clear tho the steak done to a turn and all those trifles that make angels or the reverse of us were favorably bent mr johnson announced at dinner that he lie thou thought bt it would be an excellent plan to form a speech improvement society said society to consist of the family alone the ob object act in in view to be as the name impi cs correctness of speech it was hardly to be supposed that the president of the society could be guilty of a kapsus lin lingua gure but it may be inter Cs ti in to know hew how many mistakes orgin crams ary people are liable to make in one week but supposing papa pa a 11 said daring in p prue r supposing p the va e sky should faal faal or r uch that a su y you u sau should id be guilty of inaccuracy as you say what then my aly daughter said her father bei benignly by in such case I am safe in promising any remo reasonable reward you may claim cla itil kid gloves ventured patty I am safe I think in saying yes said her father I choose pearl colored cried prue I will have brown said faid patty and I would like drab added mrs johnson this was time when mr johnson came home at night he lie inquired how bow soon tea would be ready just as soon at the teakettle tea kettle boils bolls replied hia his wife pleasantly error one onel exclaimed the teacher with suda sudi i crit crushing shing sense of superiority that his vile wife and daughters wondered that they had ever dared to dream of kid gloves it is astonishing said mr johnson how people will wih persis persist t in talking of boiled tea kettles for supper this is an instance of the man many inaccuracies inaccuracies in daily use I thiril think our improvement society w will i 11 he be a success csek mra johnson said aid nothing more during supper right across the street from them lavedan lived an elderly widow who was I quite U i to alone and who was the object of many attentions for the neighbor that night a snowfall whitened the sidewalks mr johnson was an nil active and prudent roan man he ile was up betimes and cleared his own walk and then put his head in thedoor the door long iong enough to say I will como come into break breakfast fist as aa soon as I have shoveled the old lady out ds when you get iier her comfortably aboard the shovel retorted prue you might bring her in to eee see us and hand our kid gloves in at the same time it was a subdued but very agreeable husband and father that came into breakfast somewhat late blip bringing three nice nice little bundles whis which lie laid beside the plates lates of his wife ther and dam daughters liters prue rue and patty found their favorite shades in number five french kids and I mrs johnson rejoiced in a whole box of dainty gloves I am of the opinion on oil the whole v alc said the teacher that criticism icham within the family cami circle cle is undesirable in fact I have made madeep up my mind to drop the teacher henceforth ivhon I open my door and you ou may boil the teakettle my dear 00 ir whenever you please so that was how hoir the kid gloves were earned |
