| Show W ETS ETIS have a old fashioned thanksgiving dinner said fanner wheaton mrs wheaton shook her head dubiously with a remark m a r k concerning taxes and hard times oh pshaw I 1 said the farmer barme r weve been pretty y well to do all the year and I 1 buess guess were about as aa able to pay taxes as other folks 1 I 1 1 I dont ont c care assented mrs wheaton rather ungraciously but I 1 was a to sell the turkeys bring sixty cents a pound lets ask miss manners and tier her mother to come to dinner there aint a no prettier r gal ai the country count ry and she dont get sewen enough to do to keep the breath of life alfo in tier her body hardly I 1 itil ill stop this avenins as I 1 go by and ask lern cm to come shall I 1 guess well have a sharp frost t tonight 0 if the wind goes down salilo quizzed moses ai he chirruped chirrup ed to DORY dolly the sleek brown horse wonder how mrs manners and edith are olt oft ter for wood 1 I ill send over a little tomorrow hallo mister I 1 lie he shouted to a leisurely pedestrian upon whom his eyes fell lit at that moment which way you golna want a lieff lift thank you said the gentleman gentle mant good 1 I have been walking some distance and should be very glad to ride dont want to go no further farther in n the crossroads do you cause arvo got to stop atop there fro fra car carrein carry ln a basket baske of things to miss edith manners and her root mother ber live this side 61 0 there to bald the stranger miss edith mannera Mi anners and her ra rj other 7 1 thought r 2 tood exclaimed the gentleman that they resided at finely hall so they did until bout a year back cause you see finely dinely hall belongs to it a great friend of thearn i a young joung feller that was brought up in fi irrin parts an only come over here occasionally he wua engaged to marry miss edith folks said but I 1 dont know how true the report was wall about twelve months ago a letter co come the over how holy tile the young roan man was waa drowned while he was out boatin on 0 them lakes with the outlandish r lames na roea of course tile the property went I 1 t 0 tile the heir at law it a sort og 0 distant C cousin 0 U S and the poor ladles ladies were turned bag and baggage out of tile the hall to P provide dovido for ai themselves j the he best way they cd could the ab bautel r u t a I 1 involuntarily e ex X claimed im e d the stranger A n d does lie he m a k e them no allowance W R T 1 no not t a c cent a in ho he Is a I 1 brute rute theres no denyle deny la it and all the neighbors allowies allow hes bes a hard roan man ive been beell to buy a nice bit 0 land from the hall property that jines to mine see that ar basket mister yes well that holds a little in dinner im a taken down to eln cm from ray my place I 1 cant do much to 1 help era em but I 1 try iry my best I sent down a load ol 01 0 wood last month and I 1 calculate to send another tomorrows tomorrow flo for r hallo what you my hand for in that joint brackin way you atre a noble fellow said bald the gentleman enthusiastically and anda I 1 lionor honor you more mom than I 1 cun express what ln in thunder for exclaimed d the amazed moses 11 hillet done no more thun another teller feller would that had a heart big biggers gern a poppy seed 1 I doln to get out here sart clr 1 I must I 1 have business with tills this hadley fellow I 1 but if we live I 1 shall see bee you again my fri friend endl 1 oi the thanksgiving dinner was ing on mrs When Wheat tons ons table the katch en door swung open and moses entered ills his face beaming with suppressed exultation hallo ill I 1 he ejaculated 1 I late be I 1 guess I 1 am alfi by your facet face I 1 heres something to sweeten it a and nd lie he flung a folded parchment tow toward ard his wife A deed decil 0 gift 0 them three acres belonging to tile the hall property properly who on en arh gave em cm to you shrieked mrs atoa ilton her mouth apart and tier her eyes opp open wide widd in astonishment ment the gentleman who owns the hall and chos gola to be married to miss edith manners and settle down here her e 1 now moses all nonsense mr married area alrea dyl 1 I see you faint heerd beerd the news 7 said moses plunging his carving knife into the breast of the huge hug e turkey why its all over the village I 1 tho the young squire drowned although lie he come pretty pear near it and ho he was ill for months of a fever that hollered foll ered the accident in italy find and now hes come home and claimed his own and old hadle Hafl leya s turned out nece mel and heels hecla him right I 1 say bay gracious mel interjected the breathless matron 1 I wish id asked MISS ath and her mothers mother to ahro today nta |
