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Show PSJKSGIVING FOR TWO BY EPES W. SAEGENT. I'- BV EFES TV, SARGENT. Vjpyrlcht. 1KM. by Epes W. Sargent,) Cte the window. I cannot stand 11!" lu il: clrU thrusting hor hatpin back j forth In tho velvet with trombllng Tjaan did as lio was told and then L-M to hr wondcrlnKli'. vTvt stand what?" ho asked. Thit noUc down In tho Ktreot! Those 'vi-lns tooting horns and uegRlng for It's so different from from last roan did not answer at once, but L odcr.Uood. Ho could seo It all. the dlnlns-room at tho farm, tho largo In die center with Its vivid red cloth It necn shaded lamp, flanked on one br plat9 oi apples and nuts, and on uctccr b copies of "Tho American J-er" and" "Tho Ransom County Hor-irtTr Hor-irtTr they had both stood In the door-ff door-ff that last Thanksgiving night for a i rlanco at tho dear old room! And n xt time thoy had cntored It, how jrthfng had changed! Death, dc?ola-l dc?ola-l the village auctioneer and tho fore-tare fore-tare of tho mortgage, all theso had -4 to tho little farm In less than twelve ."lh The two years that Janet had int In the big city denying herself cv-rtilnj;. cv-rtilnj;. working In an office during tho iV r.d In' her studio room at night to tl home Interest money for the mort-j mort-j now presented Just bo much wasted ,Tir had both come irom centerviuo, in a typewrltlst and he as a book-hT?r-both fresh from business college, IV nighty city had demanded much of lilr country vitality and energy, so that Jy find sen very llttlo of each other, rtiklerinp that they had como from tho jta town, y t somehow both had felt ifortd In the thought that the other fa within reah of messenger or telc- Sinct hid lived very much to herself i-,1 her typewriter table, but Herman i! managed to see more of tho city and iSorb more of tho city's ways That ia why ho discovered a desirable rcsUiu-fcit rcsUiu-fcit where he could secure their tablo fkte dinner for Thanksgiving day at t; K-xIerate nrlre of 03 cents each. he tried to speak cheerfully and b avoid looking at the hands that trom-I? trom-I? and tha oes that would fill in spite ( Janet's strenuous efforts to maintain h comDosure 'Hurry up. Janl'" he said, "tho Rare Ra-re fills up early, you know." f,'l would not care if every tablo was Lba." she replied Impulsively. "Oh, l.flrc roe. Herman, when you aro so ttJ to think of me today, but Thanks-rrtcs Thanks-rrtcs dinner i" a restaurant you know bit sterns only for tho homeless ones, id It makes me realize more than ever tit 1 belong to that class now." ! looked around the room in which tit bad gathered the few family hclr-kaj hclr-kaj broucht down from the farm. It Mcotlook homeless to Herman, and Its (siUlltlcs as tho scene of tho Thanks-nkj Thanks-nkj dinner were brought to mind as bcaucht sight of the handle of a chafing I& sticking out from tho cretonne cup-i:i cup-i:i curtnln fluv. Jnnet, we won't go out. We'll tnk dinner richi here." iJl tat down wry suddenly and stared it Ma. Ifiiart Thanksgiving dinner at 12 (aockr she nsked half bitterly. "And rJl jou please toll me how you can fX a dinner by the aid of one oil stove, !3 guaranteed to work, and a dialing ai built for two'"' fDiid easy ' was his reply, as ho but-td but-td up his overcoat and reached for ft bat. ' You fill tho oil stove and got V calling dish ready, and set out your iSf. and I'll do the rest." uWcre she coald ask any moro quests, ques-ts, the door closed behind him. Mc--ulcally she removed her hat and reach. Ut the gingham apron which she used tearreparlng her breakfasts and lunch-a lunch-a Hit dinners she always took at a yr-ty restaurant. She lifted the type-w.tr type-w.tr from Its table and hid It In the t Then she spread a newspaper r tie table That would do for the wry department, she argued. removed the student lamp from tho j:tr nble and spread upon It a square !e of plain linen, handed down by iiMmother Harris Then she went to a c which 8ho had never opened since !l lnP farnl nnd. one one. -liltied out tht tn-asured pieces of fam-I fam-I crockery There wore tenrs In her re now, and they were not bitter tears. HVgan to fi-i-l strangely content. Tho l';at Herman might fall to produce "and for the foast never entered her ?v Somehow ov other he had alwavs 'ftcp lahed what ho started to do. ever - tlm diy he had braved Farmer riaa bull to steal for her a certain Knftkcd apple which sho coveted. Wfctn he htard Herman's step at tho ffl s"was Just putting tho chrysnn-rruin chrysnn-rruin . 1,aJ 'nought her to wear, In-i In-i ulender ase to grace tho center of j table W shc ihing open the door she fairly VM- The bundlo he carried lit either 'gtx above his shoulder. Sho sat fn wiakly on a llat-topped trunk by f Kitchen tablo'" to watch him unpack j bundles. Ho checked off each pack- chic ken soup, one bottle plck-?".lons, plck-?".lons, two turkey drumsticks, ditto 57 01 while meat, stufflntr and gravj-, imX; ot cranberry Jelly, ono wood-wk wood-wk nii-j Wln jibbed" potatoes, one llfaa beans, one stalk celery, ono .nlnco pie Oust seo how thick It Is with real raisins), ono sack of nuts (Have you got a hammer?) and two apples." Janet looked nt the reninrkablo combination combi-nation with eyes turnod suddenly grave "Herman, that cost you moro than a table d hote dinner would, and now how aro wo going to cook It?" "Most of It was cooked at tho dollcatcs-scn dollcatcs-scn shop, and haven't wo two stoves, or as good as two stoves? Draw out that oil contraption of vours." Sho sprang to her feeU In a few moments mo-ments the tea-kettle was boiling and the water was ready to pour over the coffee n tho llttlo French pot which was thon left to drip. The cranberry sauco and the rest of the cold dishes wore sot forth in bravo array cn tha china from tho farm. "Wlill 3 tho C0UD cooked In tho chaflnir dif-h, tho potatoes and gravy wero all heated In a big saucepan over the oil Move, and when the soup was served! tho beans took Its place In tho charing dish And the two young peoplo who had forgotten for-gotten to bo homesick and heartnlck, seated themselves at either end of a ridiculously ri-diculously email Thanksgiving dinner table. ta-ble. At last they sat over their nuts and rn-rins rn-rins J-ast year they had eaten them in front of a blazing fire. Instinctively, Jnnet glanced toward a radiator In a distant comer of tho room. It did not lr.ok cheerful, but the steam was escaping escap-ing merrily from the valvo, and that wn& something to bo thankful for. Then she looked back at Herman: sho ought to bo thankful for him, too. Sho gavo a little sdgh of contentment He looked up quickly. quick-ly. It sounded like old times. "Do you know," she said, wonderlnglv. "J novor supposed this place could bo so much like home." "Homo is what peoplo make It what two people mako It," ho corrected. Ho had stqpped picking ovor tho nuts now, and his hands were clasped under tho table. Ho did not want her to see that they wero shaking. Ho had mado tho plunge so suddenly. "I don't think this room Is Just what we ought to havo, but we can get a nice llttlo flat of three or four rboms, and you would not have to atop your work so long as you like It so much, but wo would mnko sure the front room was cheerful and light for you to writo In. I thing It's n sure euro for homesickness for both of us." She sat staring at him, at first stolidly, stolid-ly, then gradually thn color camo Into her cheeks and tho oxyrcsslon on hor face chnngod. "I don't understand." sho said, but Herman know that sho understood him perfectly. "1 am Just offering you a prescript! ' aigTicd IT. Blako, M D., to be taken thi times a day, breakfast, dinner and supper sup-per a husband and a C03y llttlo flat." ' Janet was regaining her composure. "With dellcatesson cooking?" ""Well," ho maintained, stoutly, "It Is considerably bettor llian poor restaurant lood, and whon Schollard & Co. wake up to an appreciation of my real worth you can queen it over a real flat and a real maid " "I think I will try the prescription." And that Is why Horman Blako lias always al-ways maintained that while most men win their brides by tho aid of the florist or the candy-maker, ho wooed Janot through a delicatessen shop. |