Show 7 aa A REAL thanksgiving by DONA DONALD 0 ALLEN F I 1 waa aas a girl I 1 nL go js walking too tar said maid old undo uncle robort robert as an a girl of 0 20 passed him on her way wa axy down to the gate of tho the a farmhouse and why mily not she he ask ed ab an bho she almost a cama to A t pause well according to my ideas its going to rain and enow snow and blow and ball hall and when tho the storm does break going to be a buster you live in the city and dont know anything bout about tho the storms we havo have out here ive seen it when we have A train along for four straight day days 1 I wanted to go to the to mall mail a latter letter ite its three miles thero there and back und and if I 1 was you id put rut it off of bobbe be passing thit that you can end send it by tomorra rs thanksgiving you know and we are going to have the leat lest biggest nicest dinners dinne anybody over ever met down to ite its in your honor you know therell be a turkey L duck duck and a chicken thoroll therell be cranberry mass pumpkin pies cur rant jell jail sweet elder cider and apple dump tins therell ho 1 I think ill just walk a little ways inlow in how 11 said the girl as she opened the gate and passed down the highway towards the village and the railroad depot and if it you como come home as wet as a hen dont say I 1 warn ye yo ite fee going to como come and it its a going to bo be a buster half an hour later a middle aged woman with a motherly face and roice rolce came out on tho the steps and nek ask td d pa do you reckon its coln to storm sure as ducks wheres minnie oh gone for a santer I 1 give her warning she to mall mail a letter for fort I 1 halat malted mailed a 7 C if 0 L thanksgiving you know letter nor got one in 20 years and I 1 guess im about as well off as most folks I 1 was going to ask her but for lot got it dont you ask her a word about it cautioned the wife as she came curne down to him 1 I gue guess guera ra minnies got something eom ething on hex het mini mind and it hain faint t none of your bus busiutis lutis I 1 reckon shell tell me when she gets ready leastwise I 1 faint coln to do any pump ing something on her mind eh 7 funny know that girls ever bad had anything on their minds except a new ew clothes Is that why she come visiting vs all of a sudden none 0 your busi business nessi I 1 guettl my mr own sisters daughter can come and see me any time sho takes a notion und and that without writing ahead OD ov her mind as nigh as I 1 can make ot Is about a young roan man it if I 1 dont tell you worry the shirt off your back pa you got to be as poky as an old maid you cant see 5 pillar pill arcase case flopping on the clothes line but what you want ant to know all about it I 1 yes f e a iti about a young man they are enga engaged ged and had a fulling falling out and sorter run sway away from him to find out if it be he really cares for her and got scared about it and has written him a letter to tell where the he la Is queried the husband go ga oni its probably a letter to ber tier ma though I 1 seo see it nor ask 1 I hope sho she start for town its going to storm for sure and there but one house houn on in the road where she could find shelter look down the road and see if you can see net her ker cant see hide nor hilr of any tirl reported uncle robert after go 0 o FW IMP 9 V ing out to tho the lilg highway hay and takuo a long look an hour later with both undo and aunt fidgeting about their girl visitor tho the black clouds that hail had boon hanking banking up for hours began to advance 41 0 before a breeze that boon soon cd ed into n gale in live minutes the gray afternoon had become in fifteen there was as cold rain and live ly hall lint and undo uncle robert as blown into tho the kitchen to exclaim 1 I 1 told her hemr it man kosas to bo be a 1 I buster and that she blame me I 1 started do down n the road to meet it her but lordy what a storm 1 I 1 got ton rode rods if I 1 was to wei dl it for it miss 1 minnia had reached town and andi mailed her letter and started bactol again when the torm storm broke before it came she ho thought she could lna basu ako out a it human figure on tho the road ahapa of her but sure the very first gust picked her up and turned her around and deposited her under a roadside tree she remained there until the gale began to whip the branches off and then lot xo so her hold and ran for it thero there were limbs fall ing all about her and the hall stone stones A peppered her until she he ran almost blindly she gone A quarter ot a mile when as an she crouched and cor coy ered erod her face she was struck by a 14 inar and knew know no mom more it was the dim sight of the girl and the scream sho she uttered when bit hit that sent the man who was clinging to the roadside fence back into the highway he bent over the unconscious form and picked it up and staggered back to the fence and followed it until be he saw a light and found tho the gate of a farmhouse ills ilia luety lusty calls for help soon brought out a man and the aen dense soless loss burden was carried into the use and received by a woman dont know who she Is but I 1 kt found her in the road explained her rescuer there Is blood on her hair and I 1 think she was struck down well do all we can replied the man and tho the woman together but you look for much wo ere are mighty poor folks wo we halat go got no camphor nor whisky ana as for getting a doctor out from town it cant bo be done tonight tho the girl was carried into the only bedroom and laid on the only bed and when her wet clothing bad had been removed and she was between the sheets tho the woman got a cloth and a basin of water and washed away thel the blood and whispered to the stranger 1 I dont think bad hurt shea just fainted away with the scare of ita tj J when she opens her eye eyer ill tell ben heri to go to sleep and shell be all right in the morning do you think its some young iary from the vil village lais asked the atra stranger of the farmer as thoy talked in whispers in tho the outer room no I 1 dont reckon so I 1 reckon it its that new how girl that arrived at tameen a few days ago I 1 saw her going to toi i wards the village two hours aso ago arrived at Turn turners erst say man are you sure Is it a strange girl to the neighborhood ivo ive heard say it was uncle dobo bobo niece and that she come from the city what alls ails you stranger neer doea does this storm upset your you j it gasn wasn the storm percy kincaid tai had quae quarreled led with tho the girl he loved and had hiked asked to bo be his wife it waa A I 1 about nothing almost as most lovers quarrels are but pride on either elde side I 1 g held off a reconciliation until fh lover finally learned that miss minnie had gone on a journey and pd left no word for him she was going to spend thanksgiving week in the country 1 within two days she had relented w within it h in ahr three P e h he e wa was s ma making k ing ev every cry e efa f fort to locate her that he be might patch A up a peace he had succeeded he lie was going to throw himself him hl aBelt self on her mercy and ask uncle robert for a place at his thanksgiving table the storm grew fiercer as the night advanced the girl woke and then siept slept a dreamless sleep and the lover had long hours in which to ponder and think when another day came even the r cattle atle could not face the storm nor roan an move from his door it was thanksgiving day at uncle M roberts there was a feast to be spread at Brad bradleye loyl there was hardly better than fare dut but tha victim of the accident wae was no longer tn in bed and the no longer cared about clr wether and the farmer folks looked at each other and i smiled and whispered i even if we bad had a turkey and cran i terry sauce I 1 dont believe eat a single mouthful just sorter found each other and are tickled to death r and when at last they could make their way to Tur fl and uncle bob IV V stuttered and aunt harriet cried for ma joy miss minnie asked in a way that was almost he heartless artess why do you take on BO no I 1 never A had such a lovely thanksgiving in all my eifel copyright 2912 by the mcclur mcclure newspaper syndicate |