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Show 7lfr urf u uI , &u u & J 1 ' 1Katherine 11\t1l1/ 11 t1l1 I ' l1q5 / . Qr 11t1l1Qr ! \ K-atherine K atherine Katherine K - therine EdelmanI EdelmanIT EdelmanITHINGS Edelman - \ LUNGS THINGS had bad been going rather ratherbadly ratherbadly ratherbadly TIIINGS T badly with the Hamptons Hampton , ; the thepast thepast thepast past few months It was true trueno trueno trueno no great gre'lt grelt greet ' calamity or sorrow had befallen be- be befallen be befallen - - fallen them , but just a series of petty pettyannoyances pettyannoyances pettyannoyances annoyances and \ worries , orrles had cropped croppedup up almost d'llIy-the d'llIy dllIy the duly-the duly diily ' - the kind of thIngs thIngsthat thingsthat thingsthat that gnaw and eat away the roots of ofthe ofthe ofthe the tree of happiness happmess and content contcnt . This morning they had almost quar guar quarreled guarreled quarrelcd reled before Arthur left because Janet Janetbad Janetbad Janetbad bad decided declded that they \ would ould not have havea a tuAey turhey turkey for Thanl.sgh Thanlsgh Thanksgiving Thanksghtng . Ing Arthur Arthurbelleved Arthurbelieved Arthurbelieved belleved believed , and rightly so , that a turhey turkey turheynth turkeywith turkeywith nth with , all the ( lie trlmmln trimmings s was a part of . - 1 1I I ' nih / _ ' jIJI ijIJI i . . . I IHe He Paused Long Enough at the Doorto Door Doorto Doorto to Call Back . f fThanksgIIng FThanlcsghing Thanksgiving ThanksgIIng Thanlcsghing , Itself If It one could atrord afford affordIt atrordIt It , but Janet Jnlt Janct . ! insisted that a n cluc1cen chicken cluc1cenwould chickenwould chickenwould would do them just as well . ' "What's Whats "What'sthe "What'sthe "What'sthe Whatsthe " ' the u&e ue Ube use & of spending ten dollars or ormore ormore ormore more for a dinner when we "e e " can get getone getone getone one that will wlll do just as well for tor less lessthan lessthan lessthan than live 11ve ? ' she had argued , and finallyArthur finally finallyArthur finallyArthur Arthur let her ha\ ha hat have hae \ e a her way , but he hep1.used hepaused hepiused p1.used p1used paused . long 101lg enough at the door when whenleaving whenleaving whenleaving leaving to call hick b\cJ b cJ ' \ " 'J.oolcs J.oolcs Joolcs Looks ' I . oks as If It we wecould wecould wecould could live 11e life 11\ 11 \ e like llke real folks folhs on Thanksgiving 'l'tIlDks ltIlDks Ttianks 'l'tIlDksg1lng Ttianksgltiing ' ' : : g1\lng g1 lng gltiing \ dav dty d'1 d1 ' at least " After Artcr he had gone Janet sat sal In deep deepthoughthI deepthoughthis deepthought thought-hI thought hI thought-his his - hib ! > parting remark remarh had stung stungher stungher stungher her . deeply l.o1'ly l.o1ly lo1ly ] { . ' How could he talk tall . llhe like llhethat likethat likethat that after all she hid h'ld hld ' done-all done all done - - all the thesllcrifices thesacrifices thesacrifices sllcrifices sacrifices that she sbe hid h\d h d h'td htd ' \ ' made so thatthings that thatthlns thatthings thlns things . ; "oul oul " would be easier lasler caster for him In the thefntull thefiitulil thefiituie fntull fiitulil , . ! Then Thcn it suddenly sllIldenly dawned up upon upon upon on tier her Hi th it n a gicat gu.nt gunt ghat . many of the01 the \\01 01 woi woiries \ woineb 01rle ries rle that hid h'1d h1d tied ' annoyed am and ] upset the n a aof aof , of late htc hte \ were ere mostly of her mJlclllJ makln makingLookln ' ; , Loohln Lookin " , . , baek bad bark " over 0er oter 0\ 0 \ er their tllelr five fie fife fi\ fi \ e years of \ married life Ufe she saw tint th'lt thlt ' It was thispenurious thIs thIspenurious thispenurious penurious trait of hers that had been beenaccount'lble beenaccount beenaccountable account'lble accountlble account ' ible for most mOfot : of the trials that thathad thathad thathad had beset their path Coming from a ahome ahome ahome home where tthere \ \ here e\ e every ecry eery \ cry penny counted , she shehad shehad shehad had found it hard to pend cpend spend ; < < h\ h two h0 \ 0 dollars dollars"here dollarstthere dollarswhere "here here tthere " one would do It If one only onlysl"lmped onlyskimped onlyskimped sl"lmped sllmped skimped " enough John had tried to torC'lson toreason toreason rC'lson rClson reason ' It out \ with ttittb ltb her many Umes times timesexplaining , epl'llnlng eplllnlng exphlning " { ' to her that he would be bethe bethe bethe the last man In the world to urge her herto herto herto to 11\ 11 live 11e llse \ e be beyond ond their means , but , since sincethey sincethey sincethey they were In a position to do so 50 with with- without without without - out endangering their future , he would wouldlike wouldlike I1ke like to live better thin th'1n th1n th ' tn they did There Therewas Therewas was a generous nest egg In the bank bankand bankand bankand and a goodly sum In life Insurance Insuranceshould insuranceshould Insuranceshould should he be taken , so , why , be he had hadoften hadoften hadoften often reasoned , couldn't couldnt ' they enjoy agood a agood agood good show or dinner when they felt feltlihe feltlike feltlike lihe like It ? Now , In the light of the awahenlng awakening awahenlngthat awakeningthat awakeningthat that had come to her , Janet saw that thatshe thatshe thatshe she had been unjust to Arthur It wa was wal : r rl rlr rlL L i if f ) , ea 0 0or or orit it e o 0 y yon On Thanksgiving There Thero Was Wa a Larg Larps LarpsTurkey LargiTurkey . Turkey on the tho Table . true , she told herself herselt , that she had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been doing all the saving and skimpingfor skimping skimpingfor skimpingfor for his sake sahe , but she realized now no\v no v \ that thatqhe thathe thatshe qhe he had been rob robbing Ing him of ot many manyjo manyjoys manyjovs joys jo s thatere that \ were \\ere ere his right rlght , and , perhaps perhapskeeping , keepln keeping him 111m back In his profession professlon- professlon profession- professlonheeplng professionkeeping professionkeeping - - . keeping heeplng lilm hIm from trom rising beyond a n certain cer cer- certain certain - - tain level She knew kne\\ kne knetoo \ , too , that Incheating In Incheatmg incheating cheatmg cheating him she had also cheated her her- herself herself herself - self and made the way hard , but it itW'lS itw Itwas W'lS WlS w ' ls of ot Arthur she was especlally especially especlallythInhlng especiallythinking especiallythinking thInhlng thinking But joy came to her at the thethollgnt thethought theihougnt thollgnt thought that th'lt thlt ' It was as not too late to tomahe tomake tomake mahe make RUlendsAnd amendsAnd amends RUlends amendsAnd And on Thanksgiving ThanhsglvinK there was n a nlarge alarge alarge large turkey turlcey on the table , with all the thetrImmings thetrimmings thotrimmings trImmings that an anyone one could crave craveand , and Jauet Janet had Invited a R few of ot the thepeople thepeople thepeople people that she knew hnew Arthur liked llked best bestto bestto beetto to share the feast with themo them 0 o 1833 1933 Western Wostern Newspaper Nowspaper Union |