| Show how amay madle made 11 0 0 coir het her and oinie W onlia ERB 0 although a vain broere turkey rustled his gorgeous feathers in a corral and there was a box of cran berries and some raisins and other which showed preparation for a thanksgiving dinner katy holt halt grew thoughtful every time that thanksgiving was mentioned she had bad a large scheme on hand that needed tact courage and good luck to carry it through 1 lorn I cm holt her father was a generous ou man hospitable friendly and square but lis lila temper was waa violi violent ent and flashy one year ago when thanksgiving was drawing near wll wil ham holt her fathers only brother had been her fathers father a partner in the red dog gold mine in some way a quarrel guarrel the first of their lives had arisen between the two brothers they did not cat their Thank thanksgiving sighting din ner together but went angrily apart katy william deeded his bis share in the red dog to toni tom and tom gave papers to william for a share in the golden wonder mine on the other bide of the mountain some miles away no more partners pait ners both sad at heart but both too a 0 edge that he be was the least in the wrong they shook hands coldly and se separated civilly enough since then they had not seen one another katy holt kissed the girls tit at the school goodbye took her books in a gilp sack turned her hack back on the class room with something of a choking cho iring a oi nation for she obe liked study abady and the association of the young girls at the tha school and the next day her father mas a to see her just at night fall come into hla his camp good old dad she said laughing gayly and saucily bet that we will have a lot of fun here together I 1 have been awfully lonesome away from you and I 1 know that you wanted anted to see me jae all the time lime I 1 have brought my hooks books homo home and will study when I 1 am not housekeeper tom holt smiled the first time in a month and felt better already days daya before thanksgiving a birge pack jackio ige was waa bion biou feht glit into camp caina by indian jac jack k it was addressed to miss katy holt she took it and gave akders orders that no one on was to open it i what la Is it all about hat bis asked tier her father something for or thanksgiving the best of all and a surprise bur bar prise it if I 1 can kee keep P it so BO then the next day a letter came for or katy which she ehe opened hurriedly and read with beating heair it was aas from rom her uncle will As she rhe turned the pages there many of them a twenty dollar bill rustled out on it was pinned a slip blip of paper with the words for katy A sudden light came into her eyes she called her father and told him that she wished to ride to the town tit at once and wished indian jack to go with her consent being given she was soon under way galloping over the trails with speed such a 06 pretty idea she said bald and so romantic did I 1 got get it ltv the girls think it too sweet for anthina an thing part way to the town the trail to rk rd on oho a ork fork went ent to the oth other r side eide ot of the mountain to where a her uncle wills will a mining camp was sho she turned her horse birse sharply and rode in taut direction indian jack following close after Il hello lello uncle dally she cried as she reached the camp when she sha was particularly fond she always alays called uncle will billy and he be understood and aad liked the nickname when she spoke poke tt it she leaped from her horse fairly dragged uncle will into his cabin and there talked with mm him for a long time ile he shook his head repeatedly stamp ed two or three times and would baye iud asid some dome hard ads but thet that katy each time covered hla his mouth with kisses and men she hugged mm and sigid now uncle billy you know you will ill make our little girl the sad dast d st one in n the world it you bay ay no and she will vill be ba the hap happiest pleat if sou ou c ally ly will A ill say yes weil vell answered uncle NN ill it la Is the blit bitterest terest pill ot at my life but I 1 will do t but mind you katy it la Is all jl for 3 ou t thank you dear you are the leat best uncle all the world bu B almind TL mInd not a word to tom not N word ur urle ure le I 1 4 K then obe ebe went to town and there bought two gold rings with her 20 dollar bill and inside of each she had bad the words engraved day of thanksgiving wili these rings she he went home and on the tha way made indian jack promise that he would not say where they had been when she rang the bell for her father to come in he be stood speechless and in surprise to see that the table was waa net tor for three how is this kitty he asked hastily whom have you asked to come to dinner with us katy pretended to be busy taking something out of the mysterious package that indian jack had bad brought in some days earlier suddenly she ehe n s ld why here Is a letter from grandma addressed to you dad and say dad just see sea what grand ma Us h as sent to you I 1 dont don t you know how you used nsf d to say that when you were a boy you used to go to grand mas ma s pantry and find an earthen jar full of 0 suga cookies that she bad made and how you used to book some borne of then to carry away to your baby brother I 1 bukh katy no more of him ile iia has gone his way and I 1 have ron pone 0 mine no more and say eay dad went on katy now bravely disobeying her father and dont don t aou 3 ou ren re ember what you said grandmother gi giand and mother told you one time after you had stolen the cookies and she found out that you did not eat them but gave them to your aaby brother I 1 shall loo look to you to care tor for dillap katy cried her father I 1 see it all now was this what list made you lea leave v e the school where you wera BO 00 happy katy nodded breathless well said her father if you did that you deserve a re reward viard but let dalli come to me katy went ent to the door and called uncle cllia 11 from the creek below uncle billy c carno arne toward the house ills his tafe fae was a little red but it was not more red than her fathers she out of the it house our 0 o to let them meet when no one was by she made a pretense of being busy out side when she came back to the cabin the rhe saw the two brothers sit ting on a wooden bench each with ith an arm about the other and lovelight lovell ht in their eves k what a dinner that wasl was there never was such a turkey before and as for a hou housewife tom said eald there never was one like katy except her mother before her aben ft hen the turkey had been attended to and the other delicacies also katy said eald why dad hero here Is your letter from grandma did you read it yes katy but it will stand read lag ing again read it aloud to billy my lly dear tom and billy so read the letter I 1 am happy to day to think how low blessed you are in the love lova ot at one atio another I 1 send you a jar of 0 sugar cookies such as mother used to male malce to help out our love tor for one another that Is just it said raid toni tom it li Is like isko a mes sage bage that we both needed juat tho the thing agreed billy i leaching caching out his band then tre there was a call tor for the suga cookies and they were produced jar and 8 all 11 just like the old times in fact the old jar arid and now cried katy triumphant such a pretty idea ly y here are two gold rings exactly alike except for size for my sake wear them always from now on in memory ot of this day and ot of your loving katy that vias the crowning mom moment nt 1 I 1 as katy over the gold rings and her father arid and uncle billy ac cepter them and found that they would fit 1 I think said tom holt to katy that we can affeid to send you babir to school again yes said bald ancla billy to college too 3 ou death I 1 would like te tc learn some more 11 but added uncle billy dally I 1 it must be faita ith the agreement that you mu must t come home to belp b lp us ua celebrate every year it la Is a go raid koty katy lu in true map mt er fashion as she bhe extended 0 lad to her father fatherland and tb the dother other to untie undo Billy David 11 walker in san braw cuco clua cb oal cle b v li f U |
