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Show t KING'S THANKSGIVING TART By HOLMAN F. DAY Thr unco nni n Vtst. o mlni!rtln hIt ivho ruttl with ttlmlly iway, A11J hU aul.jcct li ne n- nllowrtl to y i u their own awect, wiiy tty. Il- .Mini. . I thrill, f.f . Mllrte, Hut hy no clj)1iiy of wt"' Did ha ariciKntv. Imt kixh until to nun run thPtn wns b powt'i iouro How It cJiiifu -c cum (lint, nu nun ih ri:'', ht mil jfcti fnnrtfd tarU, No othor 1'itmJ m'cine.l half n koimJ n t'T'i tlmjf 't their heart. Thfy nt thcin outly, th-y titf litem Ut-)t tnrtB far nil tin tr inell, Until tiity grew till colli itnd blue, aninlji ftuiu hmd to ht-ola. Now, the Eooilly klrK hnd war on linml ) wnniM hid tn n to Pitht, And ho tixi'.i to wi.li thi uuiild drop ttt UiU UitU nui nmkltig thuin thin and while. I I In frrqufntly woul-i lnplor lluit tht y'd toub'li inrnt nnd (or, Put thfy h ucd to th-lr hinrts their for larta, and nt them morn nnd mor. Now, the (rraciu unn ot whom thuy wan a kin whu wun very wt. And he lMitvi ilcrt'e thnt hln folk uli-ild be lndutird In thlr vngnrlen; He wlii"tl tu ntiMtr ne hi people dear pD-tVtTtnl that he hold thn helm. Ho ha ordered & pull of every noul thnt occupied hie reulin. And the count wn Dfle eftnoun. All thn people nang one tune. And nn ntlll their huiru wore turned ti turtn, it.clr kin vouch fd n boon. "Blue nil have ihuwn," npokn he from 'he throne, "that tart am all they wlo 1 hern proclaim that very inma shall b the nation' dlh. My Job nn your king I nice, imooth thing I've hnd a real good year. And 'twill plcaae rne much to net m up, aa ThankiKlvIng day la hern, 80, it nuhjrcta dear, I now and hcrr da htaun my decree, And invite you nil, both great and am all. to have a tart on mi." Bo hn Unued command1 nnd mimnionf t Ms band, nnd called a multitude , Of hakf-T tmn, who there and then eunirlved and mlird and RtewiMt And with aklll and art they built n tart thut wna big a half-ouldourt With crust no hie., thnt It hid the ikr. 'ifr,nmtuln ot Jell It coin. They built nn oven , 'I I" l.ukftl 11 day i.:J uiKht; Then them It ntond, ait firnh ami good an apputlnlng ttht Then the king nave foith command, and iierto ct hi hump TUiit nunc might eat ot ft ah ur meat tn il that loyal land. He placed hi royal ick On granary hln am) Hock, And ha let them atart on tho public? tu t nt exactly twelva o'clock. . Ill auhjecte chnend till their throat aurd. thn each backed up Btn sari And. graulou my! how all did vie tn liadin up with tart. Thar ata one wo?k, they ate one Montr, a much aa Ihey did Ilka, And voted their king the emooihet thli I that aver came down the plkn. They rendored pralen and bleeied hi dt. but the necond month, nlaal Thy nil ngreed on a tl.anne or ret-d, t 'twaa nothing aim but gram. Ho they notiRht the Undly king, To him explulried 1 thing, Allowed hln tart Just reached the heart, aB he'd heard them often alng. Hut they liutni.ly h'KKrd be would lift ' ban h hud pluc.-d on thlnga U aW And grunl each grace to aturt hi fa with 'lutern, corn and meU Wllh a twinkle In Ms eye, Thrlr good king made reply That thn tart had cunt a lot of cash and could not be thrown hy, "fcjo If up to you, my ubjri'ta true; you know I've a kindly hnrt, liut no long It a there I'll tell yuu fitir. you just muit nut thut tartl" They ato for a wet-k, but I mut not P"k of the acnea that did eniun, o llku the eji.M on a atorin-tui-d hp un the br.-aht of the ocean blun. And at Inat tlu-y tore t thn kitifr on." tnoiv, and bat their brnaata and wept. And groveU-d and gnmm-d. nml wrlih'tl and rimnnod, and on their iiomauh or pi With Ml'Im and m 1i ot woe They nulled If they intuit, oh. rieafie burn the mrt of Hit ilraiitil i.iit th.-y rally couldn't "no." With n kindly (k H their king he took inipn Um on th Ir i-U;iit, And panned dcLteu tliut the lurt huuld le blown galley-went thai night. Then Ids nuoj.M-u cnrveii untpB Kood, thiek teak, and. chn whked on tarn, red bent. And tht-y loudly aworo that n . ei inn t c ould they tat Kltj a tart to uC Aid th: K""d my, Uuir king, M.i'h- u in.. al from tlie thing, Aa b ued to do wh i.t v-r hi- knew th"y felt contrition' atlng. And h moiat h'll'f to-day: If A UuimI Thing cintj your way, I beg you'll go dlM-n-etly nlnw ere the deuce and nil to pay. Or ele your plight nmy tx- like thut of thn folk of whom they sing, Xiiufcu chup uf old who tried to bod lov much of luul iM-oi Thing. . . |