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Show H IHSodw Katty Mcsufe H TttusiinitesiflVQinii H ff(D)ir Meir Fsittlhefl0 aunidl Omidte W81 HjH AMhWM vnl. brontr tarkay HfBfl raMM hi gorgeon leather la a BBj asm), and Ibara m a hot of eran BflB bttrlM aail mom- mtaJtm and other H "Rliaga" wbleh showed preparation Hpfl lot ft Thanksgiving dinner, Kaly Holt BHWB (raw UwogbUut voir Unw tbai BHpfl Than.glvln waa mentioned Bh had BHWB a larita aebaiaa na band thai neaded BBlBg taet, roanwn and good lurk to carry HHI It through BHWfl Tnrn Molt, her lather wia a gener- BHWfl mn hwn, hospitable, friendly and BBB square, tint Ida temper wa violent BBBB ami rtaahy One year ago, whan BHWH Thanksgiving waa drawing near. Wll BBBfl Ham Unit, bar father nnlr brother BBB had been bar rather' partner In the BBB Ileal Dog gold mine In eotne war a BHWJj quarrol. In Ural of thHr live, had BBBH nrlaeli between Hie two brother They BBBfl dM Hot eat their Thanksgiving dm BBBfl iter together, but wml angrily apart H Katy. H William denied hie ahare In the lied HflJ IHtg tu Tom, and Tom gave paera In flfll William fr a slur In the (Johlao HHB Wonder mine, on the other aide of the HHB mountain, Kiim mllea away BHH No iwire partner, both aad at HHB lieert, but both (no pruudt aeknowl HHflJ edge thai Im m the leaat In the J wrong, they shook handa coldly and fll eeparntail civilly enough Since Men HHJ thoy ImiiI not aeeii one another Katy J Holt klaaed the girl at the school J good byo, look her book In n grip- J ack, turned her liark on the cIam J room with something iif a choking J Mentation, for aim liked study nnd the J nMclatlon ol the young girls at the flH echool, and Ilia nnit day her rather J vr surprised to are her Juat at night HHJ tall coma Into hla camp J "flood old dad," aim aald laughing gayly and aauclly. Til bet that wo will -VJB Imvo n lot ol run hero together. I ham ajflM bean awfully lonraotnn awny ftnni you flflj ' "-"""mBliniib lliifrV "hnve brought my HHl book bnma and will atudy when I HHJ ant not housekeeper" HHJ Tom Unit smiled, the nrt time In a HH month, and felt belter alraady flHf Hired day before Thnnkiglvlng n flflj large paekago waa brought Into catnp flflfll by Indian Jack It waa addreaaad to jflK Mlaa Katy llolL Hlie took It and WBj nave order that no one was to open bbbbH flflj "What la It all about, 81a?" asked HHJ her HHJ "Homethlng for Thankaglvlng the HB let ol all, and a surprise If I can keep J It HBWJ Then the next day a letter name for HHJ I Katy, which ahn opennl liurrtwlly and H i read with beating heart It n trom jj ,rr undo will Aa ahe turned the H IHigea thoro wrro many or them a twenty-dollar bill ruttletl out On It iim pinned a tllp of vwr with the r worda, "Kor Katy " H A auditen light come Into her eye H jjj Hhn called her lather and told him H f thai idie wUIhhI to ride to the town B I at onco and wlahnl Indian Jack to go HH with her (inaent being given, h HH j wn Km under way, galloping over Hv the trail with apeed B "Hueh a pretty Idea," he ald PR f 'and an romantic Where did I get It E Wouldn't the girl think It too weet HI lor anythlngT" B Part way to the town the trail fll forkwl. One fork went to the other Vfl i' aide of the mnuntnln In where her Hj V Uncle Will' mining ramp Hbe BH turned her liorae aharply nml rode In BBI that dim Hon, Imllnn Jack following b clime after K "Hello, Uncle Hilly," the cried, no BH the rmcheil the ramp When aha m BF' particularly fond abe alwaya ealleil flJK Uncle Will "Hilly," ami be UBdertool I BH and llkinl the nlekuame whan he BH ataike It. BH , Bba leaped from her borne, fairly BJBj drmggod Uncle Will lulo hla cabin and : BJB, there tallnsl with bint for a long time BBZ II nhook hi head repeatedly, atauip- BT ed two or three Umea aud would have BL mid Mime hard word but that Katy BBV. Mln Uni covered hi mouth with BjK Maae and than aba mt. hint nnd RJBf ' ' gald- MB? ', "Now, Uncle Hilly, you know you (SB wU HiakH your little girl the ad- fuBt . t ilaat of any one In the world It you jgHH y no;' and ah will be tha happiest HW It you c dy will any 'yea.' " B "Wall," gnawered Uncle Will, "It la 9ft tlw Utlareat pill o( my Hla, hat I BB will ito It, but mtad you, K.ily, It I BB all for you " Br "Tbatik you, dear; you are tha nett HB UimJ Hilly Ja all te world " BB "Hal mlad, wM a word lo Thi." BB ' "Nt pel4." Is Then the went to town and theto bought iw rdd rlnga with bar 10. dollar bill and lnlde of each ahr hat the word engraved, lla of Thank giving ' Wll. i thane ring ahr went home, and n the way made Indian Jark pmni.ne that he voulri nut aay where they had lawn When the jall, he hell lor her father lo rime In he aloud .porch-lea .porch-lea and In aurprlae lo Mm that the table waa .el for Ihrw 'How I (hla. Kttl ke aaked, baatlly ' Vi horn have you aakrd to omne to dinner with ua Kaly pretended to he buay taking omethtng nut of the mairlou package that Indian Jack had brought In Mime daya earlier Suddenly h v-Jd 'Hhy here I a letter from grandma. addrrMed to )nu dad "And aay, dad, ut are what grand ma haa ent to you' Hunt you know ! how you ueed to aay that, when you were a boy, you urd to go to grand ma' pantry and find an earthen tar I full of auga rookie that ah had made, and hnw you uaed to honk Mime of the ii to rarry away In your baby brother" ' lluah. Kat no more ol him lie ha gone hla way and I have goae mine No more ' 'And, aay. dad,' went on Katy, now bravely dlroteylng her father, "and don I you renember what you aald grandmother told you one time, after you had atohn the rookie nnd alio found out Hilt yon did not eat them, Lut gave tbeni to your baby brother I aha 1 1 look to you to care for Hilly T'" "Katy," cried her rather, "I are It nil now Wa Ihla what mad you leave the echool, where you wer to lappyr Katy nodded, breathlra "Well." ald her rather, "ir yon did that you iteaerve n reward, hut let Hilly com 'ii me" Kaly wenl to the door and called Uncle lllliy" From the creek below Uncle Hilly came toward the houae III rare whk n little rail, hut It wa not more ml than her lalber'a Hh nllppe out of the houae t . M them meet when no one wa by Hhu made a pretente of Iwlng buay out Idr When aim came buck to the cabin alio u the two brother alt ting on a womlen bench, each with nn nrm alwu' the other and lovellght In their eye What a dinner that waa! Thero nover wa audi n turkey before And a for a houaewUe, Tom nld thero never wa one Ilk Katy, eicopt hor lunlher beturo her When tho turkey had bcon attended Jii anJJh;jltici,.ilclfAfJrtElJai). ly old! "VKr, dad, heralnyour Icttir from grandma. Hid you read It?" "Yea, Katy; but It will aland read Ing again. Head It aloud to Hilly " "My dear Tom nnd Hilly," u read the letter. "1 nm happy to-day to think liow blewed you are In the lovn of one another I aend you n Jar at augur onoklaa such a mother uaed to make to help nut " "Our love lor one another that I Juat It.' ald Tom '"It I like a me' age that we both needed "Jut the thing," agreed Hilly, reaching out hi hand Then thero wa a rail tor the augar cookie and they were produced Jar aud nil Juat like tho old time; In fart, the old Jar "Ami now," cried Katy triumphant- "Such a Prttty Idea." ly, "here are two gold ring, oiactly alike, except tor ll. Knr my eake, wear them alwaya from now on In memory nt till day nnd of 5 our loving lov-ing Katy" That wa tha ornnnlng moment aa Katy handed iner the gold ring, and her father and Unci Hilly accepted ac-cepted them nnd found that they would HI I think." aald Tom Holt to Katy, "that w can ulhml to mud )ou back Ui achool again " I "Yea," aald Uncle Hilly, to college too" i "Thank you dear, I would like to ' learn note more " "Hut," "ldl Uncle Hilly, "It tnual be with the agreement that you mini com home to help n celebrate Thaukiglvlng every )ear" "It la a go," aald Katy, In true mln ur faahlon aa aha entended e t-m! to her father nud the other to Uuol Mllly.-Davld ( walker In San Fran Jean Chrvnlcl. |