Show L DRUSILLA'S THIRD GRANDMOTHER t The Story of a Thanksgiving Journey I 11 f BY ALICE LATIMER s t Jf Juno June Jackson 1 at rs j HANGE cars 0 1 f lion tion said the conductor r Drusilla nodded and looked dreamt dream dream- t f fly Ily out of ot the window nt ot the unfamiliar r while hile she wondered what it r landscape really would be bo like nt at her grandmothers grandmother's t l her her grandmother on hE her r papas papi's r sido to side to whom whom she was ns point going for her Thanksgiving Thanks Thanks- j t i had all theP the giving vacation She come way WOT from New r York to make the visit I P and and now the train was fast n t leaving leavin Chica Chicago Chi Chi- ca cago o behind back on the thc main tine line from Tom TomI I the thc suburban road r which branched ont out i which passed d through h Wallingford tho the i little town where her grandmother on her papas papa's tilde side had lived li ever since she Drusma Dru- Dru ellla sma was a n baby i Drusilla herself bad had lived in Paris andin and andIn In London and only for tor L t. year post past In New York Her Hr grandmother on her mammas mamma's 9 wide side with whom she lived U was 6 fond of ot travelling and that was waa why Drusilla a 8 bl big girl of eleven ele now DOW had bad never DeTer made her grandmothers grandmother's acquaint acquaint- ante ance She did not know much mach more about 4 Thanksgiving ThI than she Fhe did about America 1 or her other grandmother because she ehe had bad t. t always a spent the holiday either In a hotel I or Of In to travelling or perhaps In a boarding hoot and none of the these places are arc likely I tt to give one a aery very ery accurate te idea ida of Thanks Thanks- Thanksgiving s a real American Thanks Thanks- c nr That was one of the tho reasons that Z 1 Grandmother Dalton was so eo anxious to have M her pay the visit promised for BO so t many years at ot the time tImo of tho the Thanks Thanks- giving nJ holidays and so since Grandmother S the travelling tra one didn't care to come BO far Drusilla was making the jour Jour Jour-j alone be ney o It It was getting dark and the landscape was wu scarcely visible from the lighted cars cars' carsi i M any an longer so o Drusilla drew from her pr bagN bag bat J i N the bulky letter that she bad had received re i from her papa and mamma just before 1 7 4 she left New York Not every little girl d j i has a papa who hunts bonts orchids in equa i i tonal swamps and a mamma who ac accompanies i ac-i i f W companies him on these theeo perilous and tn In- In journeys Whenever er lira su ma lla received e one of the true wonderfully fa fascinatIng tIn t- t In Ing letters telling HI all about the adventures Y t tU tares tures 8 and the orchids she counted her blessings and felt that abe ehe was the most favored girl Jirl on earth although there w were re r l other times when the other girls' girls mothers and fa fathers had bad her br home to tea for tn- tn stance when hen shE ehe almost wi wished hed that she had bad more ordinary parents instead of the orchid hunting kind Now ow howe however hower r she was in her most contented d mood for the bulky It letter was as fascinating a. a as a 8 fairy fairytale talE tale In which n her own on-n parents fi figured red truthfully as ns hero and he heroine roine Perhaps that was why the time pa passed ed BO so o quickly until the train came to a n long Ions stop A passing t of the thc road t said n Getting out mi s 2 I aim looked up startled Everybody I i Ji had left the car Sh She remembered ed whit what the conductor had said about th the the june junc june june-I i fC i tion lion I t. t j la It this the junction she hp called after th the man who had spoken to her het But the man did not hear her r. and hastily gathering up her hag bag disembarked 19 The train ran rm up on n f nd- nd in ing and nd found herself on a n little platform all fin alone with not a person in Nor r sight eight anywhere Evidently no one had 1 t come to meet her and thE there rp was no ticket t agent In the station stanon which w was s a a. small U f one such as are only opened at nt train Tain I times y I 1 will win wait said Drueilla Drusilla bravely Surely some on one will win come for me Iii She waited patiently The train men left the ars arB and ond sh she saw aw them going o y away In the dusk and had an impulse to 1 call CAU after r them hat but did not do so 80 5 Then to her relief she heard footsteps ps i 11 and looking around saw an old lady f coming up on the station She was a athin thin thin old lady with a sweet Md ad face fare and i Drusilla ran ron toward her hr eagerly Ob Oh oJ she cried are you yon my grandma I was as fJ afraid yon you weren't n coming I couldn't get pt O over Er ju just st th the moment a i the train stopped explained the old lady Indy K because you yon see se I was JE getting supper oj and I 1 was ns afraid the things would burn but bot I knew you yon couldn't very ery wl well get lost lort In such sueh a little place I She kissed d Drusilla and gave E bl her r a warm welcome Then taking her by hY the thet t hand she led the way ny acro across 5 a ft piece of ot i. waste land to a tiny little tumble do down D house hoose back some sore distance from the eta sta- tl on j p It was the smallest house bouse had ever e b been en thE In In the very ery smallest There were only two to rooms and both of tb these fe 4 had very err low ceilings and were ere not much l larger er than Drusilla's Drusilla s little ball hall bedroom 1 at nt school It looked as If the roof l leaked ked too for Cor In one place th the rafters showed 4 1 P through th the he plaster and there were big k t stains on the whitewashed walls Out But n t it itu u W was waa S very tery neat and bright The lamp l. l burned ch cheerfully rull rulland and nn an smell T of fried potatoes greet greeted d Drusilla as she entered She felt n a little surprised d that L h her r grandmother g should have ha such a n y small house and she wondered n If it f she could be 00 so BO very ery poor but there waa was no doubt that she was Tas a very pleasant grand mother and Drusilla was quite contented For supper there were apple sauce and iI an ID egg for Drusilla resides besides tho the fried po po- P I. I Drusilla also had a n sugar ar cake with a n largo larco raisin in it She noticed that her grandmother had neither an on e a egg s nors nor nora nor a s raisin cake but It never occurred to herto her ber herto I Ito to ask aRk why After supper slipper Drusilla f felt lt eo so very ery tired and sleepy that she ehe fell into a doze while J 1 r J I p J. J 1 Sl I I J K A H 1 1 fIS f h r 1 r rr r t k b Saw V an Old Lad Lady Coming Up on th the Station she she was pet petting the ilie great gray cat cot which was her grandmothers grandmother's and was awakened awakened awakened awak awak- ened by a pleasant voice olce In her ear saying that perhaps it would be better for her togo to togo too go o to bed and talk things over to Drusilla had hael been cn wondering all nil through supper time where she was going to sleep for ehe she had seen only one bed in the small Inner roo room and that she had supposed belonged to her grandmother They had talked very pleasantly about her journey and the thc cat c Sc while they were ere at supper sup sup- per and her ber grandmother had not asked her many questions for or she saw Raw Drusilla was a little shy and wanted to get gt acquainted ac no- in her bel own way Once or twice Drusilla caught her ber looking at her peculiarly peculiarly pe pei pe- pe i as ns if she was studying her gr granddaughters granddaughter's grand nd- nd daughters daughter's dan appearance But nut she did not think much moch about it and tumbled comfortably into the bed d which her grandmother said was to be hers I sleep on the conch couch in the other room she explained Still In spite spit of her sl sleepiness sleepiness sleep sleep- eJ- eJ iness there was one thing that lurked in inthe inthe inthe the back of Drusilla's mind How different different different differ differ- ent her grandmother looked from the photograph photograph pho pho- ph which bad r reached d them In London London London Lon Lon- don three years ago That lady had hadI I I bCE been n quite imposing with mth a jewel at her throat and her white hair piled pilE high in a fashionable coiffure This lady Indy seemed much smaller and her soft hair was art arI arranged ar ar- t I ranged E most simply Still people change chance vt very much moch often in three years and evidently evidently evidently evi evi- evi- evi dently her grandmother had also l grown rown poor In that time That would account for her not looking so 50 splendid The SandMan Sand SandMan Man Ian refused ref to t wait ait a minute longer by bythe bythe the time Drusilla had considered the situation shun situa- tion don thus far and in a moment she was n wast sound asleep t I H However owe er it all came back to her ne next t I I morning when her grandmother came to help her ber dress Drusilla's Drosilla's bag had been unpacked and her toilet things were spread out ont on the window sill Drusilla saw her grandmother sr gazing sazin curiously athe a n. n the ilie contents of the bal bagIt bagIt bag It doesn't s seem much for n a whole hole two weeks laughed Drusilla but my trunks trunk's coming comin t tomorrow to morrow The They ba had it expressed to sa save e bother I Her grandmother bad had picked up tIP a all sil I ver Ter backed brush hrush and was studying the r monogram Sly My I what pretty things thing she he said Who ho gave them to you my dear Sly My Iy papa explained Drusilla All AU my initials are on them D. 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Dru Dru- Drusilla Drusilla silla sills Langworthy Dalton There sai said Drusilla's grandmother dropping the brush nn and 1 growing perfectly white I suspected something was wrong 1 yet I couldn't see how it wn was vas pos ible but if of that's your name then Im I'm not your grandmother I For goodness goodness' s sake ke cried Drusilla jumping dumping out ont of bed and staring about her wildly Then where is my grandmother grandmother grand grand- mother And where said the old lady Indy is my granddaughter I The whole situation s seemed md incredible Drusilla could do nothing for or a t full five t minutes but stare at her supposed grandmother grandmother grand grand- mother and that lady for the same space of time could do nothing but return the stare Then with Drusilla's help belp she began hegan to tore re reason son It out My Iy granddaughter she said started from New York on the same train as you did and anel she's got hot gotoff gotoff off at the wron wrong place while youve you've come on here when you should have changed at Jackson and gone on to Wallingford I Ionly Ionly Ionly only hope bope that my granddaughter has found your grandmother but it isn't likely The only thing for for forus us to do is to find some lady who's going to Wrights Wrights- ville that's that's the nearest place we n-e can telegraph telegraph and and get et them to send a telegram telegram tele tele- telegram gram to your grandmother Th Theres There's res re's no train out til of here to today because its it's a holiday so BO you'll have hu to stay here until Friday You Id I'd see never nc 8 seen n my granddaughter before either cither She's coming coming corning com corn ing out to me because her parents are arc r 1 I dead and she's 8 g going Ing to live livo here her with me mc right along I only hope she's as sweet natured as you s seem m to be n my 3 dear And th the th kind old lady beamed on Drusilla and patted her bel as liS if jf she ehe really renny wished she were her granddaughter Mrs rs Cr Crelghton for Creighton-for for that was the name of Drusilla's hostess soon hostess soon found someone someone some some- one who was going goin to Wrightsville and who wo would ld take the tele to tJ Drusilla's Drusilla's Dru Uro sillas silla's grandmother mother and the thc station agent at t t Wrights had bad an nn answering telegram telegram telegram tele tele- gram saying that Mrs Irs gran granddaughter grand daughter was safe In the he core cart of ht sta tion a agents agent's ent's wife at Jackson Junction and that she would be sent along alons next day So it was vos not very Cry lon long before their minds were relieved red of anxiety And now said eaid Drusilla am nm I 1 going to have ha a real Thanksgiving dinner the thereal thereal thereal real American kind like my y grandmother said I should have e Mrs frs Creighton looked a 1 little troubled at this an and said said Well my dear der Ill I'll do domy domy domy my hest best but Lut you know a turkey is a big biS bigbird bigbird bird for two people Oh but we must have hn turkey said Drusilla It HIt wouldn't be even as good goodas as 19 a London Thanksgiving without turI turkey tur- tur I key and we wc could eat cat it cold or you yon could after Im I'm gone or we could give e it to th the cat Then she had bad nn tn Inspiration P Perhaps Perhaps Per r- r haps sho she said turkeys are expensive They are rath rather r confessed Mrs Creighton Oh cried Drusilla hut but ut I have lots Jots of oC money and Im I'm going to buy the th Thanksgiving in i dinner And this thi she persisted in doin doing In spite of all Mrs Irs Creighton's Crelghton's efforts to dissuade her The end of the line isn't a n very cry good place to buy provisions pro especially on a holiday morning but a 0 personal acquaintance acquaint acquaint- once ance with th the shopkeeper ia in i of great creat a as and even en pumpkin pies of tho the good ol old fashioned brand may be bo bought from neighbors in an emergency So Drusilla had a Thanksgiving dinner such as ns was nc never cr surpassed even cn in after years in her own grandmothers grandmother's an stately mansion for Sirs Mrs Creighton was a n most accomplished cook of old fashioned dainties dain dain- dainties ties and when the repast was finally ready somewhat late In the afternoon no nfl real American need have felt ashamed hamM to see sec It set before a kin king Besides there then was vas th the spice of adventure ad attached to this Thanksgiving dinner th th a t h n s o u her herself r. r self hn had bad 1 bought When Drusilla said goodby next morn ing she said saM Now I 1 have To three grandmothers grandmothers grand grand- mothers as she gave o Sirs Mrs Creighton a Q parting hug And In after years whether she spent her holi holiday ay with her ber grandmother in the country or with her travelling grandmother In a great hotel or 01 with her parents In come interesting outpost of civilization ci near to the orchid I she he never forgot her third grandmother grand mother and always e sent nt a message and 9 s bo box of gifts to remind her of what she declared was her introduction to an Amer ican jean Thanksgiving |