Show h v Heartfelt thanksgiving Oh let It rise Like the mist of morn Toward the azure nklesj Lot the heart be glad And the song be gay ki As we welcome the Joys Of Thanksgiving Day How sweet Is home With Its altar fires The meeting of lOOns With their happy sires r The fair young wives And their little flocK In brandnew coats And Sunday frocks I J We gather around The oldtime board The blessing Is I asked The tea Is I poured And the children laugh In their merry way When the turkey COIIIM la On Thanksgiving Day l Hut whats this glen ITo I-To that which cornea With the smoking pudding So full of plume And the rosy fruit Without stint or lack And last of all The nuts to crack What beautiful I seasons J To him who roams Aro these meetings raro In the land of homes When tho young and old i Tho crave and gay Lift up their hearts On Thanksgiving Day J R p1 INKSOV OR NG DINNEQ BY oG 111lJ 2 My chum John Meredith was going Some Ho wa ninny sighing for his Como and at time this longing pos tested him so completely that he teem hi on the point of abandoning his prospects pros-pects of becoming n rich man Meredith bad been In III health button but-ton years residence In the west bod made a new man of him Success at last had come our way and ho suddenly sudden-ly announced thai ho was going homo for his Thanksgiving dinner Ho was i quiet queer fellow any way you put It lately however bo bad seemed wonderfully alert The arrival of tho weekly mall found him In a state ol great expectation and after he hail read his letters ho would sit quietly ill evening looking very happy and milling ns bo read them over again lie always was n noncommittal chop but this tlmo there was no mistaking the signs so I suspected his homesickness homesick-ness and Judged his case as one II I apt to do by the light of my own No wonder poor fellow that ho wanted l to wipe out the 1500 mile which alone stood between him And that Thanksgiving Thanks-giving turkey For my own part I can wear that no power as yet known to man could keel mo back from Jim Mc Kcnzlea Thanksgiving dinner for Mary wa to bo there Mary whom nil these year I had remembered and loved lov-ed so well I had never forgotten her beautiful deep dark eyes which teemed teem-ed to search ones soul with thai pene rating look ono sees sometimes In a babys eyes There was but little out here In the mountains to relieve the tedium of our long evenings Jim McKcnzlos weekly week-ly I visits were always heralded will Joy Wo made merry over his coming and our carefully prepared dinner wo regarded a feast Wo talked It over In the morning and when evening came wo began to plan for next weeks comIng com-Ing No wonder McKenzie was always welcome Ilia mind was stored with the thrilling adventures of early days In the mountains Wo never tired 01 listening to tho story of hit own good luck how way down near the stream on Ibo side of the mountain his quick eye had detected the bits of shining gold how day by day and all alone be followed up Ibo little thread of gold < until bo had discovered the secret of the mountain heart the generous yield l or ore which bad made him the richest rich-est man In Golden Taint With touching touch-ing pathos ho would toll us of the brute hearted men no less worthy than himself 1 him-self who had come out hero to meet I only bitter aisappolnlmont and blasted I hopes At rare Intervals ho would speak to us of his own early trials of Ibis dead wife to whoso loving care land gentle sympathy ho confidently and proudly attributed his entire success land all that wa good In him Then too he always brought us news of his daughter Mary At first her letter were Tpnly outpourings of her homesick lov jng heart she was born to live In the mountains and declared she mutt have Iho freedom of the mountain bird After l > whllo her letters breathed a more contented spirit In an Incredibly short jlmo the mountain bird bad ceased to flutter against Ibo ban of her cage tier quick and receptive mind soon Jelded to the guidance of those about vanj with the full force of an or t t t nature the purtuwi the work of r education Thus from week to week wo listened Ith dsllght to the welcome budget Tim would bring Sometime Mary l letter were only of bet lift at school Jer books her new friends and my Jipart would link for then she seemed to far 10 very far away Again she would write of herself of the love inn I born her father and tier home with an alonala very occasional message for Harry at which of count my heart would bent with Joy and I would cough or light my pipe do anything to bide the telltale light I knew Will In my eyes During the lest year the had written most of her home earning and lately her letters had taken n tone of real seriousness with many alluilont to her duty ns a woman In her latest letter the begged that her father would take her more serious by she could not be a butterfly and she spoke of woman sphere bolng broad and fnr reachIng McKenzie only laughed and l old Poor child I she Is I sighing for the mountain air He wrote her of the beautiful filly ho had rained nnd made ready for her use and she would loon neo for herself bower bow-er long and broad her womans phero could beAt be-At tail a letter came telling that she was surely coming home and telling bow anxious she was to bo with him on Thanksgiving Day She complained ever so gently that she feared ho hud not taken her exactly ns she wished that she was no longer a child and that her mind 1 was quite occupied with he problem of Womans Minion In act she had lately been made president of the Womans Emancipation Circle which organization had originated Inter In-ter school with every promise of becoming be-coming a paver for great good among women I subjoin she added the principal mailms for which wo pledge ourselves to labor without ccatlng Wo claim equal rights before the lawWe We ask equal pay for equal work Wo ask that men cease to Impose upon us by their empty flattery and That wo be recognized reasonable human beings with ryes to ace for ourselves our-selves hands to work ns wo will This time even McKenzie could not all to catch her meaning ho looked puzzled and troubled and finally said In the morning she will be half way homo and I shall go to meet her I think he added slowly I think Mary needs her father Yes Im suro dead urabe needs her father Meanwhile I had registered a solemn tow that every claim and every assertion asser-tion of this New Woman should bo dls prove 1 nnd contradicted by Mary In her own sweet self When I closed my eyes that night It was to dream of Thanksgiving Thanks-giving Day and Mary and I really believe be-lieve that In my sleep I heard the sweet sound of wedding bells For some time the next dJy McKon tie was shyly making his daughters acquaintance Ho could not for the life of him see the slightest trace of tho dread phantom her last letter had created cre-ated Ho thanked Oyc that she was womanly and gentle that her heart wn right whatever error of fancy had gotten got-ten Into her head Why dear Mary I ho answered her you dont want to work like a man You cant do It When I was your ago 1 could handle a pick all day I could do It now A womans work cannot bo equal to mans so It Is I hardly fair for her to ask equal pay besides It was to Adam the command was given to earn his bread by tho sweat of his I brow I liner Maryl She could not help beIng be-Ing disconcerted Her father opinIon opin-Ion she knew were always based on common sense So It was some time before she spoke again and then It I was to ask why It was that women did not hno equal rights with men before tho law Ho answered that women surely do have equal rights before the law You sec my dear ho went on their rights arc really Identical their Interests tho same and It Is I n mans first notion of duty to ties that these rights are repicctcd I would like to see any person Interfere with your r this or hoar of any law that would be unjust to you fly George I wouli soon show that your rights were my rights and that the law exists solely for the benefit of mankind which your i > r In F u lall ti III 1It f d rN s AN OCCASIONAL LBTTCIl KIIOM HARRY know my dear Include woman kind even the Now Woman too Poor Mary was confounded After all were men and women really equal More the law If that wcro so what became of the enormous Injustices and tlcattc Aliases hat women had silently silent-ly I and patiently borne all these years It all seemed so confusing su difficult so very puzzling she could not doubt that her father was right he always was on practical questions She looked out of the car window and was alien Her eyes were full of tears It wa hard to believe that the Woman Emancipation Circle was after all to hare no existence In the world And that all of her fine arguments broad views on the woman subject were surely ly I disappearing melting away before her fathers clear and convincing aseer Ions She recognized at once that she had met defeat and with all the bravery she could command the convermllon was turned to other things In a short time they would bo homo and enJoy en-JOY Thanksgiving day together Was It In truth necessary for mo to see McKenzie at once about Hint broken brok-en fence or was It only the crltp mountain moun-tain air that tempted me from the house hour before I was expected l to Arrive al Jim McKenzlcs One thing was certain I could not wait another moment and In half nn hour I was speeding along and nearing his place As I rode up I saw her standing on the porch She came quickly forward In meet me I blushed 1 like n schoolboy Then I took her hand and looked Into her eyes Yes there wan still the deep searching truly baby look lIcit relieved re-lieved at once and thought It wont be so very bard after all she could not look like that and be really a Now Woman In a few moments I had forgotten about the broken fence and wo went together to see the xiutlful brown fllly I suggested l that there was lime enough to try her before dinner and M > > acquiesced at once She had a Fancy lo saddle the horse herself I never thought of Interfering until mile came to tighten the girth then I aim ply said You would better let me do that for youNever Never mind she answered why cant n woman use her hands and help herself Of course I wa dliconccrlrd l and taw at once that I was Ircadlng on dangerous dan-gerous ground but I only laughed and hISbo She can She certainly IRa the right but why not allow a fellow the privilege Then In a defiant tone site replied re-plied We dont want privileges or aid wo only want what Is I Just At jour hnllll1 answered I dont ask for Justice at all but I do earn for privilege She loused her head In reply and stood ready to mount In a few moments we were officour Ing the country riding up the mountains moun-tains and walking our horses slowly down again Near the base of the timber tim-ber line Mary horse suddenly shied her saddle turned but In her terror she called to me In an Instant I was by r t Jj 4 II I I 1h it I IIIIIIII illy Bill CAMP OUT TO MELT MB her side and Just saved her from fallIng fall-Ing to the ground Of course I bAd to straighten tbD saddle and I simply asserted as-serted You see I am stronger than you and I yielded my right too cosily You will always let me saddle your horse In future I suppose It wn tho shock Hint made her blush and look so baffled as she glanced nt me and I felt sure that I had scored a point After this we rodo quickly I home It wa almost time for dinner and McKenzie was walling for us on the porch We went together to look after tho broken fence When wo returned to the house I found Mary lathe la-the parlor struggling with a big log of wood that had rolled from Its place and I further noticed that her gown was In danger from the flames So Intent In-tent nan she In her efforts to replace the burning log that she did not notice my approach I stood there quietly watching the smoking log on the rug which momentarily I expected to see burst Into flames Sho looked so pitiful and helpless that my heart softened entirely and I was about to go to her when she turned and saw me quietly looking on Why dont you como she said Dent you see I can not budge this log Surely this was my day for luck I saw another chance and took It Step aside I said let me take It up With the aid of the tongs and a shovel I cosily put tbD log back In placeYou You see men are stronger than women I said This tlmo she would give mo no answer but In her eyes I read that I had scored my second point In a few moments dinner was ready and a happier trio never sat down to a Thanksgiving feast Mary had for the moment forgotten her misadventures and a more charming hostess could not be Imagined In the quiet Joy of Mary return Mc KenzIo looked blissful and contented I confess to having felt n little nervous So far the day had gone well with me but I wanted to score my third and last point I anxiously awaited my opportunity oppor-tunity which presently came In the shape of the croat American turkey The turkey waa brought In Just as I was telling In a triumphant tone of Marys proud refusal of my good offlcaa J h In adjusting her muddle sad bow fine lid not hesitate to demand my obedience obedi-ence when she really herded my sewers sew-ers Jim ordered tile turkey locust > l before Mary and explained that htr mother had always enrve l no one knew so well an she how to select the choicest bits and give to mach one Just he dainty morsel most raveled and now Miry must learn to dn the same She took the large knife In her hand and gazed al It looking l mr dubious hen Khe stuck tho fork well Into the turkeys root and made another nt emil to lisp the knife She looked at her father a moment bill the attention wns altogether bent upon selecting n choice Mt 01 celery Then she gave mo a hurrlil appealing glance I moved my chair a little but Mid nothing At length eke turned tome to-me again and put her hind on my arm and gently said I my Harry I twlno 1 men are stronger and bigger and braver limn women Wont ou please carve this for mT My last point was scored and can you wonder thai I consider Thanksgiving Thanks-giving the greatest day of the year and the American turkey the greatest nf birds Hut here we rail It the falcon It sometimes catches mountain birds |