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Show f tllWIH I AUANVIl - -K JiJH 8,Nrt I M X 1 H Simple Simon's Part fin H a Christmas Dinner HHW. ":t F ANY of old Speckle's queorly HkHj t 'll assorted brood were stopchll HHHW - ilrou ur onljr adopted shu nuvor HHHJr betrayed II by even m much HHHV as an upward mil of her eye. Truth HHWj to tell, old Speckle know a woll in l! any ono that her Inclination "In not" HHH had oomn nt a elaok egg aeason but HHW I ho maternal Inntlnnt thrilled her. HMV and with n touching trust In human HHH providence sho submissively turned HHH overy egg In her nest each day and HH sat a week longer thnu nny other hen HHJJ would have thought compatible with HH hpr dignity HHH Mont of Speckle's offspring Client' In HHH twlna TIhtii wrni two Huffy whltii HHH) chickens, twu pert black ones, twu HI The Thief Threw Himself Over HHj X woo striped tNiiitauie, two lung logged HHj imovIsIi turk(is, and two perpetually HHj hungry duoke Hut when It came to HH tho twin goslings thorn was only one H of Ubiiii Of course, tho dlffort'iit twin HH associated together and told each olh MB er tbelr trials and Joys, their fours HR I and hope, hut tho gosling wan tho Bjf V yollow sheep of tho fuiiill) Ho knew HMI t, no trouble hut bin own, ho wanted DM jfe llltlo and when ho found a happy HH BE hunlliiK ground of bugs ho had It all In HH rW hlmsolf IIh had also a little habit HK ?'' of wabbling to whlhi two chickens MH fouKht ovor u bug, quietly gobbling up Hl Ii. tho Insect and calmly turning hie back HH 'Ij wlthuiit oven m much ui n reminder HH that I bom no lunger existed n cause HH tj, for quarrelling Others might have ieeaH eharp btlla to die and fight, hut ho had a broad ono to grasp and rotalu In hla Independent, huppy go lucky way hi waddled through th world. HH I making strange friends, and having HJwJ , feather breadth escapee known ouly tu HHHK hlms-ilf and tho Martin family HHHB May Day dawnrd warm and minny HHHW Worma had fairly wrlRKlotl Ihf mirlroi HHJHjf lata Urn Rixllnm mouth that moralon, jHM and tio folt mora than content at bo HHHI squattod In tho eun on tho back kltch HHHJ en tfi Mudtlenly In turtilpK bit hoad HHH 1 til tho loft, bo aplod a tempting; red HHH ' nbjnct fxaiplng up from a ureal round HHH wbllhih looking aurfare lu gosllug HHHj made a danh and iplaah' be went HHHji under tho ahlnlng whlto surface Ha HJHHb had that re 1 bit however and aa ha HBHH) awallnwid It ho tnVlnrdvelY at urk HK out with bis ttuo What a cl.-ll!'h"ul MMiaallon tho goallng had then lie aeoinml lHirn for paddling, and na h paddled bo kcit liobblng his head down Into tho while auhntnnco and folrhlng up tho moat nppolltlng thlnga llvldently the world hid been made for nothing ricept gobbling and I uiil ill Inn lly nml by ho began to feel tired lie determined in Jump out on the atepa again, hut strnngn to aay nil his Jumps turned to paddlea lie could n t seni to gel over n huril bmwii object next to the attipa lie deelded to try no morn but lust In alt mill ho dou bled his short logs up under him mid Homed After 11 while he felt himself alnklng. hut he addled twice or thrice and go' up again Htlll It was pleas nn I it to drift, n he rested once more Ijiwer and luwor hn sunk Htrnnge iHlors floated up nround him Drowsl liens besieged lillu Not much ocpt his head was now nbovo surfare, hut somehow, as ho rested his bill on that cool substance tho gosling didn't care Just then Mary Ann came nut with a pan of poolings and dashed them In "l'eepl peepl" murmured tho gosling, gos-ling, bobbing up and down "l.n'" ejaculated Mary Ann, and ran for tho shovel When alio had shoveled him out nn the grnsa she finished her exclamation "l.n' alnt that fo"l goose got no more sense that to go swlmmln' In the slon bin kef" Peep'" replied tho eosllng, placidly turning over on tho grass In tho warm sun with a dellclously filled feeling I .icily the summer months drifted by One dii) and another 'that fool giHMo us every unit en mo to designate linn llgurcd continually before the public o)o Ho entirely devoid of I sense did his eecapudes seem that tho tilled man named him "dlmplo SI mon fur short. Wlih the coming of the snappy le-cumber le-cumber days HHiple liogan to think of Christmas ftfuats, and the farmers to Imik over thalr poultr) with an eye tu the markets One frost) day when Mrs Martin's kllehen breathed spicy odors her husband slouched In 'e Jusl tenn looking oer tho poultr)." he drawled 'Tnrkea aro NOixiaNoo anaiuuax v 1 i ! I awful stare mis nr and prle Kf-I Kf-I 'low m 'lib- wed t tier sell all oaf and ear Hlmnn fur our Christinas ner Urn cim,i' sin i any good and t i hIh neiri than am hng na tn pU4 I'eara like Hlnmn was Just n I i. ill' ynun. anyhow aawd Mtifl I i il Mines I vi reakewail him'' j I iii n nifin'h befnro Christ mas sitf i i - . an In send out to entlsl in i i.. of Farmer Marlln's 4 ki v ii tiikits A week before m i Vn un shut up all the? aaliM i i U' - nml rtlmon In a eouple of lsi i mil" t intra which aarved as cik) 1 1 . i i noil have the choicest food asl ', n id) in deliver Into the httM r in man) BIT lacked onachiiM ui.i mi" for ihem dally The ijoe . r. ii nd their fine young tails 4 ! I with Indignation: lint Alias ii nil na philosophically as viM I i- Hi.ni eontentedl) oHtlng mtrt i i his sham of fond and 'a ii .hi mi wallowing In the basins! r nkliiK water -i i ii all but two of the turkeys wcrl in i I away lino of the two, n hrts ii wniiig gibbler. Col. UobertM i I I is grandson would call for a I ini -1 it I'roudly and sllffly Ik) t uiik lurkey strutted up and dow i nn risimy cate. and gobbled all I nn ki from morning till night at let ' mi of his voice Simon lay at b -ii In the haaln and blinked at hu Halo (iiiupa'iloii aa If the air nronai him did not fairly reek with garllt tthinoier the lurkey onine too near In his snollen pride It was only nee art for Simon to open his mouth nai xii ml his tongue t last the Colonel came for Ids lurki) and bore him anny, still ir Haling volubly Only Hlmnn and a underslseil hen turkey remained It ain't much of a turkey, that's I fait acknowledged Kflrmcr Mnrtln M he and Mary Ann twisted the n F lis) enlng Hhe uln t worth much, Wouldat )ou nil her I'd kill her than Simon t morn" tentatively querleil Mair Ann with her e)es on Klmon, who rat to the bars to see If more food wm fuiihromlng (loose Is good itiough for me, not Hlmon ain't no money value Melik ihHt turkey will fatten up 'galqg siirlng and make n right resK'Ctnr!i mother hen," replied Farmer Martli She'a not likely t,o unless h)k makes a belter tight for her victual' Mary Ann returned "I'eara llko Slnsn gets must of 'em In splta of all I tjru do lie's ilch a fisil ho don't kn when bo's got enough Most scoro4 I pity to kit) such a silly critter" That night Mary Ann had ever) thing In readiness for the mornfs, planning to rlso early and prens Simon bifnre breakfast, for even Kill acknowledged that a goose Is bi.il tl dross. I About four o'clock In the moraine ahe wna aroused by nn mmirthly quacking and hissing Hastily throw Ing a quilt around her shtmlilsrs and plunging Into her shoes, alio rusbnl to the chicken yard A man lied tesard the fence with a bloody turkey la one hand Drop that, drop that'" yelled Mary nn, hurling the cloths atlik at blin mid bearing down upon him st full speed as ho neared the barbed wlro fence The thief threw himself over, but his trousers and n turkey wing caught on a barb daunt Mury Ann, In hor motley quilt, loomed up before him. armed with a chicken trough With a desperate wrtnch ho freed lilmielf, hut ho Inst his prliu Mary Ann grabbed up the turkey. Its head hud been wrung off Stw ran frantlcall) tu the coop. It had Utm overturned "He's stole Simon, he's stole Simon Si-mon '" walled Mar) Ann as Firmer Mnrtln appeared, hitching up tu douse dou-se rs. Suddenly a familiar sound saute her our (ilanclng up. she caught a glimpse of Klmon quacking merrily nml waddling tapldly through the rusty woods In tho direction ot the corn pen ' Well. 1 reckon we'd liirr (,avo turkey for Christmas lifter all Ain't no uso of losln' twu fowls, ald Firmer Firm-er Martin, after retlelng Ids tellogs. "l.n'" mutton d Mary Ann as the watched Slmun blissfully quacking and gobbling In the middle of the corn poll "I do Mine Munn ain't such n fool after ull ' N Herald When to MoralUr Wo will not expntlute uiion the evil nnd folly of over Indulgem e In Christmas Christ-mas glflmukltig until afte- ( lirletmAS, Surh mnrallilng follows Hi, 'jlric brown taslo of tho morning after." Atlanta Constitution A PERTINENT QUERY |