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Show HH? -i " Wik t ( ' ! ; THIS THANKSGIVING DAY If l(li I It's Thanksgiving tlmo of feasting and happy Hp (',..': ; cheer. Tho boys and girls will be homo. The tablo j 'j; j ' i jj; , will groan beneath Its load of plenty tho turkey, H V r' M dono to the exact shado of brown; tho pudding hnd Bt I " pies, tho candy and nuts, with sweet elder, too, most Hi' ! i' f Ukely; and. perhaps a few pears and grapes kept j; jj frosh for this Thanksgiving Day. You will sit H i i, j I around the fire, If you havo one, and roast apples I " P If among tho ashes, and pop corn, and tell stories of HI' ! ' s ! I tho year Just past, and talk over the year to como, Hj I'JI1 or and then perhaps you will delvo Into tlio past years H 1 ' nj past with all Its burden of Joy and cheer, mixed Hj ii with the shadows that como Into all Hves. And Hj '-I IS your heart will bo light, your soul glad, as tho mo- Hj ' JM '8' ments and hours speed on. I ' I'll' ! W Friend, Just a llttlo spaco away sits one who Is Hj ' J i lcbiely and sad. No turkey graces her tablo to- Hj i ' day. No pies. Nothing but dry bread, and a small Hj ' j ' ' ' ! such a pitifully small piece of butter. Sho hits Hj ( , f counted the days It must last before sho can have Hj i t more, and knows to a nicety how much sho can uso HJ , each day. There's n con of beans, maybo, for beans HJ ' nro chea,i; but she'll not open It until the craving Hj ' ' 1 for something besides brend becomes unbearable, Hj ( I and then sho will put tho butter aside and spread Hj ' t a boan snndwicli for a chnngo. HJ f Motlier, before you sit down to your Thnnksgtv- Hj ' , Ing dinner, fill a basket for that one who htis only HJ ' - poverty n.d sadness as her guests today. You will HJ never miss U. and It will mean more far more HJ "" than tho mere food It contains; for It will bring a HJ ' touch of human cheer to ono whoso need Is sore. HJ Ah! hew much wq miss and never knowl For HJ if it is only as wo reach out and touch lives that tho HJ' i j f real Joy cf living warms our own soul. Petty trl- HJ i umplis, Joys, great and small, fade; but tho servteo HJ I ' we gro Roeg on endless waves, from Itfo to life, HJ strengthening and uplifting both giver and receiver. HJ I Remember, friend, if you give today It may bo HJ I your turn to take In some far tomorrow. HJ I And that llttlo lass with tho tired fltco and wist- HJ t ful eyes you so often pass! Sho never goes away HJ j on holidays. You'vo often noted It and wondered HJ ! " E'10 'ud no home; but you've never thought to HJ ' ' say, "Como nnd have your Thanksgiving dinner with HJ j, us today." HJ i Somo doy your boy or girl may bo far away hnd HJ , i t - lonely at Thanksgiving tlmo; and "unto ono of tho HM ' ,- ' fi least of theso" jou know tho" rest. IH1 i I F HHf ) I Or, perhaps not close, but fnr away a father Hi ' j i nnd mother nro sitting thinking and ttilklng of you HE I I nt this Thnnksglvlng tlmo. Their llfo Is far from HH j r tho hiisilo nnd hurry that crowd your yath. Tliolr HH I ' ) wants nro few tho biggest one, to know how tho HH ' ; boy or tho girl fares today. Plain dishes and homo- HH j I f ' . l.v faco are thelTs;sllver and cut glass, and nil tho , HH ' host tho market yields are yours. But once they HH . I j! worked, and plnnned, nnd saved, to mako the day HHJr ( J a Joyous ono for you. Their hearts never faltered HHJl i . j their hands and feet nover lagged bravo hhnds, HHr ' now trembling, and seamed, and weak. HHjf' FrlenJ, they gavo you llfo! Through all tho HH' i ' years thny gavo you caro, and counted all denial HHt ' hut as gain I Chn you do less than givo them love HHj ' . : substantial love with messages of cheer on this HH j Thanksgiving Day? HH' . |