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Show g Tlefs Idea as to : f I TJ'lANKHlMVIN' la goln' In j B he th hnngupplat affair at 'rllj'' "r nnu,, that'll be known ifc U 'roin WB,r Mnrr i"" O heen mnklii'nie trot around j In HiiuashvUle lown, Judgln' for supplies. " Mary Ann la one of them restless -rltters that can't wait a minute once he has set her mind nn a thing. "'Peleg.' she snya to me. a week me next Wednesday, i'cleg. you better get started nn Thonksglvln' or It'll be here and we will be In n III like Mis' Jenkins wna the time she liud ua all over for dlni rr six years igo. I abnll never forget that dinner In my drln' day.' she says, 'and It'll be a warning for me. I hope. Mis' leuklns was ashamed to show her face to the ludlra' aid. and alio one .if the lesdera. You got me to agree Id have half the town over here, and It'll worry mo, Peleg, until tbo tur-key' tur-key' betn' enrvrd. I'm afraid yet the pie rruatil he lough a all git nut.' "When Mary Ann talks that way. kiiowln' her die way I do. beln' married mar-ried a good 20 year. I give In. And I don't dawdle around dnln' It. either. "Jay Home Buys to me one day. Peleg,' be aaya, 'you're plain ben-pecked, ben-pecked, thal'a what you be.' "Thursday mornln', when I got through with the chorea, and seen that the w noil box was Hllcd and the water pull brlmniln' over. Idem belli' things that get mi woman nerves, I glta loaded up with Juga and things and waa down to Jay llomc'a atnro before ho had the floor sprinkled. "'Jay,' I snya. if you hae got anything any-thing In this shanty that's needed for a hang up Thanksglvln' dinner, trot 'er out, and don't atop to llgger It up Mil the whole caboodle la wrapped up. Kxprnsu Is notliln' lo me,' I Bnya, if It costs a load of my best meadow hay.' Jay set down bis sprinkler and went out to the buck abed for the broom. "'Don't you git rllud up, Peleg,' he aaya, 'or excited, t'omlti' In on mo at thla time of tha inornlti,' he aaya. 'when my minds set on geltln' the prune pits and other dubree of the evenln' debaurh of aome of theae l Hnuushvllle aporla, aa the feller aay.' be aaya, 'cleaned up. I alu'l lit to tiggrr up a Tbaiikglvlii' dinner. Hut If you'll Bet down mid - hold your horses,' h aaya, 'we'll git to It, wail it to If ' . "lxmg and short of It waa. Jay didn't have half I be things Mary Ann had aet down. We flggervd out pretty pret-ty well, from what he had. Hut dsnged If he had any elder or even rider vinegar. "'Jay,' I anya, 'I'm a believer In truth, and I trusted you. Hut when I read,' I aaya, in the Buuaahvllle tingle, aa I did yea'day. them Hems which aaya "Jay Home baa the fullest, full-est, most complete end general stock of groceries In th northwest, price right and good treatment," 'and 1 coma here, a I bev, and find no cider, ci-der, or even cider vinegar, I rind Hint I have been misled. . After this I will read the Pquaahvllte paper with aome caution, let alone orderlu' you aa postmaster to quit dallvvrln' II to box ID!.' " 'Peleg,' Bays Jay, 'you're about the dangdeat fool that ever aet foot Inside In-side my store. I had that rider, as advertised, and I bad that good treat mi nt, and no ona aver asld my prices wasn't fair. Hut because a lot of olh era haa been trottln' In here for aup pllea, let alone them that buya It by the glass, you gll on your blgh horse I Ilka your trade, Peleg,' be aaya, 'bill dang If I ain't a notion to tell you tu find another plana.' "'Jay,' I says, sueln' I waa harsh 'we belli' member of the Modern Woodmen ain't goln' to hev no words Hut I amhlnkln' of Mary Ann. Hhe'i set brr heart on real elder for them mines plea, and you know Mary Ann.' "And 1 waa right. Mary Ann put hor foot down when I coma Into tht kitchen and alio ase I didn't hev the cider. "'I can't help It, Peleg,' aha Bays 'I must hev It. You'll bev to go to Pndunk for It, and to-day'a aa good a time aa I know. I won't sleep now till I git that cider. 1 remember pool Mis' Jenkins, and It' a warnln.'" "And danged If I didn't hev to walk oi er to Hod uuk. me that alu't boon there since I got brat for constable And Mury Ann aet down aome othei little things she thought of, belli' aa I waa goln' to make the trip. When I got home I Bet down the Jug a little bard on the kitchen table. "'.Mary Ann.' I aaya. 'thla Idea ol hevlu' the whole duui town a-trumpln' In her on Thanksglvln' may be all right. I ain't auylu' notliln' against It. You'll bev your way. Hut Ihey'i got to he reform lu thla town. Jay llomeil keep cider and every other article.' I aaya, 'for Thanksglvln' oi Podunkil git my trade.' " Hhet up, Peleg,' she aaya, 'and gll aouje water la thla pall. You never filled It, and 1 hev been sklmpln' avei aluoe you startud for Podunk.' "ihey ain't never been no trouble In our family for XV years, aa I wai sayln,' but If they la, It'll come from ona of these Thankaglvln' dinners Douged If It won't." H. II. Plxley, In Milwaukee Free Press. T 11111 " " |
