Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1901 — Her Father Was Not a Liar. [ARTICLE]

Her Father Was Not a Liar.

There is a little girl in Detroit whose passion for the truth under all circumstances embarrassed her father very much the other day. Not long ago he lost a high-salaried place in a business house because of its absorption by a trust, and in the evening denounced all persons connected with trusts as thieves and robbers. But the trust found that it needed him,, and he was soon holding his old place, in addition to a good block of stock. It was noticed that the little girl was deeply impressed with the incident, and looked at her father doubtingly when he was home. One evening there was company at the house, and the host became involved in a heated political debate with a peppery guest. The former made a statement which the latter flatly denied. “Why, my dear man,” laughed the host, “you don’t mean to call me a liar?” “No, he don’t,” declared the little one, as she sprang in front of the visitor and glared at him with flaming eyes, “and I won’t have it. My papa 1* a robber and a thief, but he is no liar! ’ The explanation was soon secuied from the child, and the hilarity following the expose was the joy of the evening.—New York Tribune.