Show A THANKSGIVING SKETCH fllRP was a sad l heart In the Urn Untied dark little house tint tood 1 humbly by the follil tinder tome mull tlnll Small a s tier nine was old Mrs Itob found It lou urge for lierieK abort the only needed IlKlihclwn jnda tiny bedroom that Jed nut of h and there 1111 remained the best room and the bedroom with Ibe low garrel overhead There had been a Mule alter I the was left alone when Mr Rohm could help Ihoie who were poorer thin henell She owned a ftf and was tttnnt enough not only to Joji woman work InlJe her hove nut alto a wane work oulilde In her fletf at garden ground At last lick i aesa and ore had come hind In hand eiiotr Iwo Ienllcit enemlet of the poor inU together they had waited her Mtrenjitli and substance She had at 1 waja been looted up toby her neigh ftot at being Independent but now the was lell lame looted and Unie htnded rill a lleVt to carry and her bare land end the houie 11Ifohlone1 l to land Un iipc at time For awhile the nun aglut lo gel nn hut it lad II began lobe whjipered about that It wat no ute lor any one loJir ao proudlt war eater for she nhtiie lown 10 care for her than lor stew nelghbort and the had belter got go-t 0 the poorhoute lielore winter and be doaae with II AI this terrible ajgRCt tlon her brave heart rented to stand atfl The people whom the cared moil tot happened lo be poor and the could ma longer go Into their household to Make herself me the very elmt overhead over-head teemed lo lay no at they groaned lnlhelaleaiiUmn wlndi and there was I onieihtng appealing even In tlrange patter 1J In the look ol the little el liouir with Mn Itobha pate worried face at the window I I Annlreriulet are days lo make oilier people happy In but aomellniet when tlsey come they teem lo IK lull ol thaJ I 1 I ew ad the power ol giving by 10 > Mthert that Inalienable right which Aught lighten the oddest heart the moil Indifferent sympathy sometime eves Hilt seems to be withdrawn So uyoor tU Mary Ann Robb 21 aU her window on the k < ternnonticloreTha ki giving and felt herself lo be poor and oorrowful Indeed Acton the Iruien iuj aloe looked eastward over a great ilrrlrli ol cold meadowland brown and ulndtwepl and crossed by Icy l ditches It seemed to her at II In all the troubles that the had known and 1 carried belore lilt there had always been tome hope to hold at II the had never looked pov only lull In the lace and teen lit cold and iltllett look lielore She looked anstoutly down the road wltha horrible hrlnklnt and dread at the thought being asked out ol pity to Join In tome ThanktgKIng lent but Ihere was no Vkly coming wllh gills In hand Once he had been lull ol love lor such daft whether at home or abroad but tome tthlMg had chilled her very heart nuw oorold woman Her neatest neighbor had been lore wrat ol Ihote who wlihed her to go lo the lownlun and he had said more Stan once thai It wai the only I tentlble slog Hut Juhn islander wit wall ng jj Jl < titly to gel her lliy Itrm Into hit ows hands lie had advanced tome tmoaty upon It In her eitremlty and pttUaded that there was illll a debt Alter M had cleared her wood lot lo pay ItlBVoSMucl lie would plow ounce the ilTivt lln the fleldcorncr and let the < srcal Uit and waited lor hit poor prey IlIke a rlder He l had hen reproached her fuse b lng Iran generous In uorthleit people In the put I and coming to be a charge In iilhett now Oh II the could only die In her own house and not sillIer 1 sill-Ier the pain ol honieleiinctt and de pendencet It wad just al tunttt and at thr hooked hook-ed out hopelessly acrott the gray held tkrre oat a sudden gleam ol light lar ay on the low Mill beyond the cloud optnnl t In the west and let the tuntl Ine through One lovely gleam hot wilt arrow and brightened a Ur cold hllUlde where It ell and at the tame alf > tlcnt a tuilJcn team ol hOlt brlllhl fnnl the wlnler lantcape ol her heart There was Johnny lIrrhuld Mary Ann icltlr build was a soldiers ion left an orphan and dlttretted Old John Minder scolded but t couldnt see the poor boy want I lep him that earlIer ear-lIer he got hurt tplteb what antbndv said an he helpe1 me what little he could Heiald I was Ihe only mother hed ever hid Im goln out weal Mother Hobl says he I than come Lack till I get rich an then hed link I at me an laugh in pleasant an hnylih lie want one that liked to write I itont think he wa loin very well when I heard therelli yean ago now I always 1 thought he got tick or an > thing I ihould have a good h home for him There was tiara make the deal one loohe wont have any place to I COIIIC 10 The light laded out ol I door I and again MM Kobht trouble itnod before her Yet It war not to dark at It hid been In her tad heart She ttlll nib Ihe window honing nnw In iplle ol hertell Instead nl raring t and a curl out feeling nl nearness and eiptctincy made her Ire not 10 much light hurled hurl-ed at lightheaded I eel just at II I lomelhln was goln In happen the said Ioor Johnny llarrlt perhipt hea Ihlnkln o me II I Iles veil ve-il war dark now out ol doors and there were tiny cflcki against the window win-dow It was beginning In mow and the great elms creaked In the rlilng wind overheard A dead limb nl one ol the old Ireci had alien that autumn and poor firewood I fire-wood at It had been It was Mn Kouba non anJ > lie 1 had burnt It molt thankfully thank-fully There was only a mull armful loll but at lent the could have Ihe has cry ol a hire She had a feeling Dial ll war her lat night at 1 home and with strange recknetl the began lo ill Ihe store at she used lodo In better day 111 get me good and warm the sold Hill talking to henelf at lonely people do an1 Ill go to bed early Ita comln on to norm The mow clicked I latter and latter agalntt the window I and the tat alone thinking In Ike dirk I There lots o folk I love the laid once Thryd be sorry 1 aint got nobody no-body to come and no nipper the night Thanktglvlng Im dreadful glad they dont know And the drew a little lit-tle nearer to the fire and laid her head back drowsily on the old rocking chair It teemed only a moment bclorethcre was a loud knocking and somebody I lilted the latch ol the door The floe I shone brightly through the fruit nl the I old stove and made a little light In the room but Miry Ann Ilolli xaktd up I lightened and bewildered Whose there the called at the found her crutch and went Ihe door I She was eimtclout ol only her one great lear Theyve come lo take me lo the poorhouse the sold and hunt Into lean There was tall man not John Miner Min-er who teemed to fill Hit narrow doorway door-way > wayCome let me In he laid I gaily lli a cold night You didnt eipect me did you mother ItobbP Dear mel What It I itihn altered ftepplng back at he came In and dropping drop-ping her crutch lie I dreamtn I was a dreamln about O there What wat I a taylnV Talnt true No Ive made tome kind ol a mlttake Ye Dili was the man who kept Ihe poorhouse poor-house and the would go wllhout complaint com-plaint they might have glen her notice no-tice but the mutt not fret Sit down slrslum sold turning toward to-ward 1 him with touching patience Youll have lo give me a little time II Id been notified 1 wouldnt have kept you walling a mlnule thli cold night It was not Ihe keeper The man hv Iha door took one step forward and put loll arm around her and kitted her What are you talkln about laid John llarrli You aint goln1 to make me feel like a stranger 1ie come all the way Irnm JJaVoU In spend Thankt glvln There all sort o thing out here In Ihe wagon an a man to help get em In Why dont you cry to Mother Uolib I thought joud hate a great laugh II I I come an turprlied you Dont you remember I old I should It was John llarrli Indeed The poor loul could lay nothing She lilt now at II her heart wai going to break with Joy lie left her In the rocking chair and 1 came and went In hit old bonny woy bringing In hh ammo 01 gill and prnvlilont It was better than any dream He laughed and talked and went out to tend the man to bring a wagonlul wood lfron John Mandcra and rame In hlmtell laden with 1lecu ol the nearest fence to keep the fire going In thc meantime rummy mutt cook the teak for sonnet right away They must find the package all among all the other bundleii they mint gel good tires started In both Ihe bed rooms Why Mother Hobo didnt teem to be ready lor company from out west The great cheerful fellow hurried about the tiny house and the little old woman limped alter him forgetting everything but hoipllallty Had I not she a home for John to come lot Were not her old chain and tablet In their placet allllf And he remembered everything and kissed her ai they storm before the fire II II I the were a girl He had found plenty ol hard Umet but luck had come at last He had struck luck and Hilt war tht c c j lot a great year Nn I couldnt teem to write letter no me to complain o the woe an I wanted tell jou the belt when I camel and the told It while 1 the i coked the 1 nipper No I want golniu write I I no foolish letters John repeated lie I was afraid he thuuld cry himself when he found out how bad thing had been and they ill down tJ nipper Ingethej just at they used it when he wit a homeless orphan boy whom nobody cite wanted In winter weatheVAlille heat he-at crippled and could not wok She mild nol be kinder now than the was then but the looked lo poor and old lie law her 1le her cup ol tea and set It down again with a trembling hand md a look at him No I wanted lo come myiell he blustered wiping hit eyes and trying to laugh And youre going 10 have everything you need to make you comfortable long you lire Mother Itobbl She looked him again and noJJed but she did not even try to speak There was a good tot supper ready and her urn folks had come It was the night before Thanktglvlng |