Show 40 A 0 THE REUNION A story of a thanks giving in a tourist car V V dy by MINNIE E OLIPHANT and I 1 were riding in a tourist car headed away from los angeles and slowly creeping across death valley our thoughts were with the folks tit at home who were getting ready for or tho the thanksgiving dinner but wo va were talk Jilg of other things words are glow blow unless thoughts aro are produs ing them and therefore the cobrero lagged finally turned to mo with tho the smile she always wore when a good plain plau plan had just struck her hen lets make believe she suggested that 0 at the I 1 in this coach ara ape all relatives and lots have a fam amly canlon i and ag din per how can vve BOT I 1 asked 1111 go around and toll them that this is id thanksgiving and wo we are all relations and thuy they aro are invited to our section for a family reunion and that they are to furnish their own share of the tha dinner I 1 looked around the car to 00 sec oo what our oar relations appeared to be illch illco just baik ol of our section wa vies a young mat man with a bab baby yand and little three year old girl lie ile seemed so ao Alred but p dail t awkward with fifth the children I 1 bad ad heard him tall oil the young man iw wore boio a striped sweater ani ami pat across too tho aisle that he had lust just lost his big wito and was tak inthe children tw their grand nother I 1 in ohio The man la in to be sweater lolled aroud aro jn hla his see bec V tion dividing ats hl elmp a mag hizine the los angeles papers tippers ani and the demert leabert scenery outside deck of 0 him silt sat a middle amil jew who talked to no mp one and looked at nothing in particular ti cular as aa it lie had forgotten where bo be was ws just juat before us ua was a young lady and all 11 we knew about abort her was waa aih 41 t ai h an hair cuffed out la in the tha back and that she tucked her scolding locks up every few minutes with a slender hand band and these were to form our family party while I 1 was studying the people genevieve was taking tailing an inventory of 0 our supplies auppl lea go on with your tour invitations I 1 id ad and if they are accepted I 1 will look alter after the table she stopped stepped back down the aisle and stood with ith her hand on tho the seat in front of our jewish friend to be 1 I beg your pardon sho she began but I 1 want to invite you to come to our thanksgiving dinner and to furnish 1 your share of it thank you he looked up and smiled as he lifted ills hla hat but where Is your dinner to be bet down own thero there where my iny bister distl r is sitting she nodded her head jn in my direction we are ara going to have a family reunion where Is your dur family ills ilia smile sallo broadened 11 all 4 in this coach who will como come liere here tho the young man la irk the sweater turned round and she ad addressed gressed him will you come coma toot too and andt with pleasure it if I 1 can bo be of any assistance you can assist by furnishing something toward the dinner ile ho pushed his fala hand down into his pocket 1 I have a piece floco of 0 chocolate and two sticks of chewing gum which are tit at your disposal the frank smile on the young mans face revealed no tea tendency dency toward freshness but tho the older man not being able to see sea his bis face feared that he was inclined to make sport of my sister elster therefore he loaned leaned forward and aad said there la Is a diner on and I 1 think we could go la in no no interrupted genevieve we dont doat want to go into the diner we want a mako make believe family reunion here lu in our private car then turning to the tha young man chocolate and chewing gum are acceptable if they are tho best you have the man with the children had been down to t the he end ot of the car giving e pach ach ot oe then them a drink and returned to hla his seat aea just as genevieve was ready to pu the matter before him we aro are to 0 o have a family reunion S AC began but A shadow pass pasa ayr hla his faco face haten hastened d to add this tats Is thanksgiving and we are sit all away from rom home so my iny slater sister and I 1 decided to play that you you and everybody elso in this car belong to our family and to invite you home to our section tor for a thanksgiving dinner ile he saw what she meant and the baby reached out toward her as it it understood too genevieve Genev leve took the little one in her arms arins you see gee that the baby Is W willing and a little child should lead you oh of 0 course we will be glad to accept your kind invitation it if my children wont disturb the party no indeed she bho assured him we wa need children to make it a thanksgiving dinner complete arid and with the baby in her arms the she walked down to the golden haired lady will you join us ua in our dinner party 7 thank you returned the girl but I 1 have my dinner with me very good we want you to put your dinner in with ours oura and from the size ot of your basket I 1 should imagine you have iivo more than all the rest of 0 us put together yut I 1 am going to chicago the young lady protested and I 1 must make my lunch do for or all the way oh I 1 see you are afraid we will ent eat too much of it she laughed sitting down beside the tha girl and still holding the baby in her arms it you will eat cat with us you wont need to open your basket it la Is not your f fod d we want but you tho girl still hesitated my mother told me not to got get acquainted with people on tho the train for fear ear something might happen because I 1 have never been out of Call before and tho is afraid for or me to take such euch a long trip alone are arc you afraid of me ma and th baby asked genevieve oh no im not afraid ot of ladies but Ilius tnt speak to gentlemen tin unless I 1 am introduced to them well my dear gl girl t we wont enjoy enjo our dinner party just behind you here knowing that you are atlig all alone the roan man in the sweater told of hla his last thanksgiving ire in alaska and our jowls Jew laii 1 I relative brought out the tha best beat jokes he bad in stock IV we f laug laughed lond in tho proper places place an and d asked for more thoo then wo we agreed to namo name over dver some of the things wo were 1 l klad about i t f I 1 saw tie the young man in the sweater gave the golden haired girl ft 9 look that made me wonder it he had noticed hei dainty d appetite and silence or whether he be was waa glad to have her present at our reunion 1 I am getting back to chicago he be said to attend my of slaters 8 wedding and I 1 suppose that 1 ought to add that I 1 am thankful I 1 am going to have a new brother next week im going to a wedding too the golden hatred haired girl had forgotten thai she ehe was not to speak to a gentleman without an introduction but she r re e in time to lean round behind me whose in coming to her rescue I 1 had forgotten that no questions were to be asked my brothers brot bers she replied somewhere back of my shoulder perhaps her bro broiher iller la Is to marry my slater sister the young man had bad heard her answer she is to marry a california chap that I 1 have nover never seen I 1 barely know that his name Is harmon harman Win Harmon 11 armon Aga again inthe the girl was startled out of her corner my brother will to la to marry miss alsa jenkins Jenk lna sure enough the young man reached across me shake hands for we are almost relatives genevieve rose with as much dignity as she could command under the circumstances aiss clarmon IIa allow me to introduce to you mr jenkins our dinner was over as everything eatable was gone gona the porter carried the cups and saucers back to the din ing car and cleared away the paper sacks backs and crumbs tha golden haired girl sat alone no more mora on that train and the young man with the sweater read no more magazines they may have been talking about the coming wedding but as we w wore about to leave the train at salt lake city our oar israelite relative said eald over th thu back of our seat beat there amny be more than one wedding abo romance 0 of our thanksgiving gi ving dinner suggested the fataei ot of the children whose baby was mit it last asleep aad d he ha had time to e onto naci a now her mother cant blame us put in aar they auld would have met la in a few days anyway HER LITTLE JOKE il h I 1 I 1 1 41 mr wright just then a squall came up and our boat sail ball was torn to ribbons miss ahl I 1 see aee a r remnant emna nt sall ball back to tho the wild there was a time when all dogs were wild and when what we call wolves were different from other dogs only as a collie now Is different f from a newfoundland tor for iastan instance ce from rom time to time you will hear of dogs that have returned to the life of their ancestors and have run wild with the wolves of the prairie or ot of the woods in the town ol of sandy in oregon a greyhound one night made the acquaintance a of a coyote w which Is a kind of wolf and ever since he has lived away from the town running with the coyotes and approaching human dwelling places only to steal a hen en or two when he has been more inore than usually hungry |