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Show H H Tins Thanksgiving. H Right this way for your M Thanksgiving turkoy. All dressed M nnd ready to carvo. Right this M way for your turkey if you want H ' your monny hack." Sounds of fl this kind greeted Tiny's cars H , as she walked up the street of m that hig city. How jammed H i the stands and windows seemed! J Tiny thought she could hear H them groan under their heavy V burden of Thanksgiving varities, H and a great longing came into H hor heart as she stood gazing in H at the window at the six, big, H golden-brown turkeys all in a H row, with what seemed to Tiny H a real, little boy and girl, with H broad smiles of their faces at B each aido of the window, point- H ing to the golden beauties. H Just then a richly clad lady H stepped out of the market with H her arms full of bundles. She H ' smiled pleasantly at Tiny as she H paused her, but as she smiled, a H" large tear rolled down hor cheek, H and, as she wiped it away with H " her snowy handkerchief, Tiny H ' wondered what such a beautiful H lady as she, who appeared to H have nil the earthly comforts H one could desire, would have to H shed tears for. Just then the H lady turned and called for hor B littlo daughter to hurry. H At the sound of her mother's H' voice, Oral ran out of the market H leading her littlo white dog. H "Como on, doggie," she said, as H i hor pet seemed to like the inside H' of the market better than the H ' snow outside. In hor skirmishes H to get her dog out of the liou.se, H ' Oral's oyes foil on Tiny, still jJookf uk" in at the window wlicro Piho six, big:, ,ylrkomWGro lined H pcivcinenrwhilosliT'warmed the H other. H The dog was now at Oral's side, H and she led him toward Tiny H saying,- "Ohl'aint you glad it's H Thanksgiving to-morrow? Is H your mamma goin' to buy one of j B"'s "thorn big turkeys for your; H Thanksgiving dinner? Whyj H mamma got one and a whole lot H of othor goodios for dinner. H Look, this is my doggie. Ain't H ho cute? I ani't got any little H brothers or sisters to play with H so pupa got this little dog for me H . on my birthday." H Oral asked Tiny so many H questions that she could not H answer them all, but a great H lump came in her throat as she H told Oral that she was alono in H the world; and how. after her H father died, her mother had H worked so hard to keep up the m rent and to clothe and feed both B of them; and how her mother H had taken sick and died just a B year ago that night. The tears B rolled down Tiny's chooks as she H thought of a year ago that vory M night, tho night before Thanks- M giving when she looked upon her H mother for the last tine. How it H did snow that long-to-be ro- H membored night. It seemed as H if it would cover the little log cabin they wore living in, anil I , how cruel and cold it seemed to! see her mother put in the deep I holo under tho chestnut tree. "No, I won't have any Thanks- m givng dinner tomorrow. I never H mvo had but one of them dinners, H tund that was onco when my M othor did extra hard work to m fit enough money ahead to buy H a tutkoy and oh! what a good M dinner wo had. She was such a H As Oitfl hoard hor mother call, H sho hutrfediy slipped a saokof candy and nuts into Tiny's hands and ran to catch her mother. Tiny stood still. She had never had any ono treat her so kindly since her mother died. She scarcely knew what candy tasted like and she wondered who the dear little girl might be all bundled in furs and a rich red hood with long red streamers fastened over her curls. Mrs. Tlmmas and her daughter Oral reached home just as a heavy snow storm came up. "Oh! how pleasant it is to come out of such a storm into a warm comfortable home," muttered Mrs. Thomas as she throw her-, self into a leather rocker. "Oral, who was that little girl you were talking to so long down by the market?" Then Oral told her mother all Tiny had told her, and Mrs. Thomas' heart grew heavy with pity for Tiny as she thought of the time when she, herself, had been alone in tho world, roaming in the streets bare-footed; how sho had been taken into kind hands one Thanksgiving eve; and how sho had lived in luxury from then to the present day. "Mamma", said Oral. "I wish we could make somebody happy to-morrow. We've got plenty for dinner, and couldn't we. invito in-vito some ono, who hasn't a home to go to for Thanksgiving, to come and eat with us?" Mrs. Thomas didn't answer Orals' question but .quietly left tho room. That night, after Oral had gono to sleep, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas walked out into the snowy night. Thoy could hardly hard-ly find their way for the blind il?JBLfl",1,3li,1tf so fast boforo TnbrnnsTaiseatn-MMf, Anmn , . ... a1 aown a I aiTO8'8 N!,rcrncdinto same little girl she had w.cJ.J day in front of tho market. "Sho is the one I wsa looking for Max," said Mrs. Thomas. "Is sho dead, or only stunned?" .lust then tho littlo figure moved and opened her big brown oyes, but tho lids soon closed again. "Call a cab, Max, quick, and wo can savo hor." Soon thoy woro in tho cab driving swiftly for homo, and as thoy laid Tiny down on a soft couch, she opened bar oyes in wonderment. Sho did not know - ' "b" By" ' I where she was. AfP me' he I wondered if she had ufiSl nd was in heaven witjOi ii or. Sho had never seen & mfca 4ti- ful place before. l; u jfl Just then Mrs. 'Cpp lasfe nie to her side and heftf Kjiii brandy stimulant toito imiicbps. Tiny drank the meiif?ev and then she recognizdtf thfcfjyoinan who was bent over luvrf as the one she had seen that tlfty down by the market, amlfcliejmem-bered amlfcliejmem-bered seeing tho teajitav down the womans' cheeks "Now. little one.Vvoti; must see if you can't sleepfrLlittle. Tomorrow is ThakIiJg and you arc going to cdinnor -with us. So you mufilCg Asleep now, and you wiR, ;Jj afffeht in the mornig' sjjld Mrs. Thomas. 1 Tho mornig came wth a clear sky and the sun-shine sparkling on tho frozen snow. What a happy heart Oral had when her mother led her to Tiny's bedside. Tiny awoke from a deep slumber. slum-ber. She felt like anew girl; and 3 she hopped out of bed, Mrs. Thomas explained to her and Oral how Tiny came to be there and all that had happened. New shoes and stockings and some of Oral's pretty, warm dresses were brought for Tiny to wear. What a happy Thanksgiving that was! And the dinner could not have been enjpyod any better by the Thomas family if they had had a rich lord or noble it tit i i ii as tnoir guesc, man ic was wun little Tiny. I That night Ondantf Tiny occupied oc-cupied Oralfo?gite bed to gether, andL(sed each other good ir hSMd's arms went nrg K.fi A?sai'd. 4 Wj2r JT-fc' Tjfi" re Tho quicker a cold rs gotten rid of the less the danger from pneumonia and otheij serious diseases. Mr. B. W. h Hall, of Waverly, Va., says; 'I firmly believe Chamberlain'jj Cough Remedy to be absolutely the best preparation on the market for colds. I have recommended it to my friends and J they all agree with me." For? sale by Palace Drug Store. |