| Show il ifill I 1 I 1 ahe D r I 1 frank fil n herbert sect L 0 19 13 newspaper paper union U t sars ra MORGAN fil paused under the window ir where her ir friends lends I 1 mother sat ant sewing wheres ness bess out with the chickens I 1 suppose sup mrs morgan laughed Illi ats where we always look if wo we cant find her with 11 hasty word ot of thanks bertha hurried on sho she forgot her errand when bess emerged from we the chicken yard a goud goad sized owl fowl in either hand As they swung head downward their wings paray spread and their beaks open bertha cried are arc they dead no indeed but im going to shut them up to fatten them for thanksgiving tle the most no ae account count hens hena said less iless severely the black one started joset jo to set act and then after two weeks week she he i bandonee bando ned her nest and id have hare lost a whole setting of eggs if another hen been wanting to set just at that minute and the gray arny brought off a nice brood of eleven and killed six alx by stepping on them apparently bertha was not interested in the account of the two no i N i thyra the mot most no amount account hone hem said sald boss B Ss verely account hens she looked at her frie friend nd thoughtfully thoughtful lyo its queer you should have said anything about thanksgiving now why because e just what I 1 was coaling to you about you know little tins dolittle Dollt tle sties shea in lans grud at school i 1 I dont know ns I 1 know liap b mit I 1 know the hie theres it pe feet ed swarm of nt them nil all linetty neur near tio lie damp bini like a browl of chick x jl V oil on themay tle way froc fro school linn came out with this oh jes ea I 1 know thanksgiving its the day were glad we broken out our legs 11 what did the child mean well nobody knew of 0 course and flie he others began to question her and so no llna explained she said some people had turkey for thanksgiving but they only had irish stew blew but their mother said they ought to be thankful anyway for it would be so much worse it if they had broken their legs and sit bit up at the table to eat cut their stew the girls looked at each other r she he roust must be a nice woman bess said t thoughtfully ought fully to bring her children up like thai yes but bess think of people sitting bitting down to irish stew on thanksgiving day and trying to be thankful because their ameir legs arent arena broken seems to me ino its time somebody got busy the somebody ot of course cour se meant herself and dess bess they were III and then bess knocked loudly upon thai Doof in the same classes at school and ecat seat matos mates bess nodded good idea dertha bertha well ft up the a thanksgiving dinner and well really give what we send and pot ask our folks to help k a bit ill give gire esther what oh queen esther thata thenamae the name of the speckled hen I 1 named her when then she was a pullet before I 1 knew how she was waa going to turn out when ashes she plump and fat shell make a fine thanksgiving dinner so that wilt will ma make keher her some good 1 I 1 put pat up a lot of vegetables from my garden said bertha pens peas and string beans and tomatoes ill live give a can of each aud a glass of currant JOY splendid bess cried why quite a thanksgiving dinner in itself but we might let lef some of the other girls lie help lp when n cheti lie subject b eject was broached the next day beatrice collins pledged herself to contribute two ples pies anna briggs made herself responsible tor for two of bread and butter enough generously mae ilao barton agreed eed to io bring potatoes both sweed kleet and white and a package of sugar beulah ashbrook thought that a liS dinner was incomplete with without cranberry sauce and made that her donation and little TI webster who was rather ahr thin it the ali cottiers ot tiers and the me pet of the 66 class clasi Tol linte ire ato to maki make fudge it if they cant eat it at dinner time dispose disa of it 11 be lorethe day Is 1 done a she 1 Is said wisely As the weeks went b the girls enjoyed the thanksgiving in anticipation bess reported that queen esther ins was putting on flesh steadily its the only thing the die ever has done the way she should she said ashes been nn an absolute failure except in getting fat the alie afternoon before thanksgiving they met at berthas beathas Ber thas house to pack tho the baskets more than one being needed for miss bailey the te teacher ackor had contributed a dozen oranges and an equal number of beautiful red apples and as aa the girls worked ber thas mother called from the next room that she would suggest the girls call themselves a swarm of buzzing bees with the P heavy baskets the girls made their way to the little cottage I 1 which sheltered the dolittle family faintly they placed their load upon the steps and all the girls but bess who was the fleetest of bf the lot made their way back to the shelter of a tumbledown tumble down board fence and then bess knocked loudly upon the door and fled across the snow as lightly ns as it a frightened rabbit from their refuge behind the old fence they saw i the door open they saw mr dolittle Dollt tle a j lighted lamp in his hands stand there looking about him find call mother they saw mrs Dol dolittle Dollt little tle come hurrying and then the children nock flock out tho the little ones in their nightgowns night gowns and the shrieks of rapture as the baskets were brought in needed no interpretation until the door closed not a word was spoken by the plotters behind the fence then bess who had been kneeling watching the scene through a crack arose and shook the snow from her dress 1 I dont know what the me rest of you wink think she said but I 1 foel feel as if id had bid all the thanks giving I 1 deserve deseive right now |
