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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1894)
t It til III. tin onl cat" I u rti Ull ti) if t WAIT WHITMAN'S THANKS. ' Ttuwlu la ol'l ge Ihank. rr I gu. For beallla. Ita nibble aim, Uu ttnpaipaU air for llfn, mure life; , ur araetoa erac llnsnn Baamuilo uf yH, my mothar dr you, father I .ntbr, eUtcrs, fnradetj ft if all my oar nut Imaa of poaoe alone tu daye f war tha aama; For ("tiila words, fatMM, gifts fresu fun-in , Una; For aboltor, wlna ami nasi; for swart appro- station, (Tub distant, dim, miknowa or young or old uouiitfci, unr-incd. roaalsr Udov'dl Wa never awl. and na'rr a nail mxat, and yet , our aoula afnhrara, Ion-, riraaa arid lontfll Fur I tallica, f niupa, tore, daada, word, bnoka; for colors, forma; For all th breva, atmng men -deviti,d. hardy , mm alvi'vt forward sprung In f ri- don a hi-lp. aJI year, all lamia; . For braver, atronircr, mora devoted tro-n fa ipactal Uun-i, tra I go, to lira a war a epaclal cmian Tba onnnotiocre of (nag ami thought tba groat artllli-rtae--tba f tretmart dra, rap Ulna of Ilia aoul); Aaaoldlrra from an ended war ri tum'd aa traveler (ml of myriad, lo tha loti( pro caaalna ritroapw-tlva, Thanks-Joyful thank I A enldler's traveler thanks. A THANKS(JIVIN(. COMPROMISE. kT LAl'ltA OLIVIA UOOTUX Copyright by American l'ra Aaeurla- lluu.l Comparatively (peaking. Mr. ml Mra. Ilrlglit wi re a happy couplo. They didn't havo any too much money, hut utherwla Ihura wa no ronton why tiny ihouldn't I a happy, llo wan an export accountant, but there were times when ha had very little to do. Thatwa why Mra. Ilrtght mured InU) a larger boost) where slt could taka boarder. At flnt lie objected. Imt hor argSiinrtit waa that Mlldrod muat he educated. Sho never rcpruanhod lilm fur not bulng ahla to give tham tho comfort they needed, hut seemed happy that he needed har to help him along. Thla etato of thing had la-rn going on for wrrral year when tha serpent In lha alia pa of a theatrical maunder enteral the mm wmk Hie it iirsnAKH Tick t:i inn aiim im int. Hiighta' luirmllan. Mr. Ilrllit fn-qurnllf (trnlKhlrnH out thti pi-iuiila uf llnntrlo al miiiiwiili. Iii ai iiMiti the hooka of tho (iiilfly ( n c-oiiipany nlirn tha maiinifrr auKKiaixl I hut ho with tlii-m for a aluirt trip to ChlriiK". In n witik ho niturnml Tha iiiituntc'r of tho Imti'tT nun pany hml nffonil him f.'i n month and hla eipoiiMia to wt na Ita tnaunr. "I)o you monii travel around tho noun -try with a Ihrnlrlml itmipmiy Juat Ilka any wtorF" drmnndi'l Mra. Hrlitht. "I aupMM an," tryltiK to amid tha aur prlaitl hluo cyi-e. "And lonvn mo bora iiluiu-V "Hut, (li'rtrudo, think of all Iho tnonay I can ai'inl you. Mllilntl ran go away to rhixil, and you iicailu't work ymirwlf to doalli ki'pltK IxMirdrra " "You know I am imrfcrtly roiil iild to work. I would rnilii'r go down on my knaoa and at'rub nil dny and kip Uinnl. era all my llfn than hiiva you go nway With a thrntrlcnl oompnny." "Hut, (irrtruiln, a lnnn diavn't like to Yava a woman aupport him. I'm navnr bail hnlf a rhniiro U for.', and I think you unriHuonnhln to ripit't mo to mlmi thla one." Mra. llrlght didn't brlh'vo her hue baud would go and aald llttlo mora nlauil II Juat then. Ho didn't loll hor that ho bad elgned with the company and waa to Join thorn whim he wna aunt for. It waa on Thankaglvlng rva when tha Mognuii raine Thru alio trlrd to ruali him that going awayuirnnt atrlkltigthedi-ath-blow to their domoMtd liapplm-aa. What waa tha fx t that alio took hounh-ra to I Ing hi iiiinpnnlonlili, ahe argiiMl. Fi nally alio liniko down and rrlrd. Al though he turuid a ili-nf rnr to hla wlfo'a tilradlnga, he plllid hi-r. ludmlbawna far from eli rfil hlmv lf. "Lrl'iaa-nd Mlldn-d awny loat-nl, and you rvnt thla houw furiilohnl. Juat aa anon aa ynu do you ran trnvi-l with mo," Mr. llrlght aiiKgi-iiil ThU proHltlnii only allghlly appmooil hor. In the ntitht he wnkonrd to find har eohhttig Taking har In hla nnna he oonanlid har by aa) lug: "Don't cry, Uor truda, my darling. I won't go If you fori au out up almut It." Hut nlaa for the prtimlaoe inatU liy turn hi womvn In dla tmaa he bail qutlo forgotten II In the morning, and amid the killing of Thanka giving tll bo went. Mr. llrlght had Ih-cii gotui all wruka Mlldrod had Im'n eont nwny to aihool. The Uwnli-ra, with llttlo ayuipnihy fur Mr. Hrtght'e nwithy, wcrogriimlillngand tbraatanlng to h-ave At flrat In r hunliaiid'a h tti-rafamo rogu larly and wi-ru full of hla him-lltioM, bit love and luipnlli-in o to m lo r. Thi-n aha Igajr hare linnKlmd It, but llior w-mod loaa anlh-ltiu Thi-y iiTlalnlr won- k-aa rogular and almrti-r i What If lu-r liuntutiKl m. r.- U-Ing wi-an-1 ad away frui-i In r mid thrlr douu-atlo llfaf Hhe bail told him Unit would U- Iho rano, naror la-tlevlng It ismld U Tin' tliought waa agony It wua t o'i-Ik k. llo waa at the tlu-ntrr. Mio hml a v.ium' Id-ntliat aa trvaeuror ho wriit hrhlud tin-ovm-a Thi-n aha reuioiutaipml having hoard (batman agora and aha aupoMd Invwiim IiivwImI the aiitrranoe' iln-alng rooina l'hi-ro waa a tlghtonlug nt h r hoart hil- lio rr-to him that II waa Him- alioaaw him. llo r piled that alio ahoulil inra-t hltn III Chlrngn In two waka and ninaln alih hliu a Inoutli. What a trlwf alio fi ll! llo did want to ao hor. All n-gpMa worn fora?tti n In rhaji-d In hla leilrr wna a ibock f - r 1 1 iK) whlrh ha told In r to a-nd on horai-lf. At lut tin' day aivl for lu-r to aiart Tboy raino friin diffi-n nt dlrortloiia, N lh arrlTlng In III ngo mi tho aamo day Aa waa prrratigl, alio wont to tho elation to niorl ti I nt. Tlnaity aho a.iw ttu-trnlti, and brforraba O raallaad It Ua iaa-ngira war pourliy rut fiha atralnod bet ayua for that hrlur ail fain. Hupjxian ha waan'l lliTof Juat aa aha foil a lr km lug atuae of dlaappblut pirnt alia law blio. Kri n In her gladnrae aha Botlowl aoma thing airaiign auuut h Ira, and tha poopl with lil ni wrro atrangfir atlll. Men and Worin ii alike worn rhrvkad ulatiira, wllb ullara lumi'd up to thrlr ran, and aatch ala 'brown ovi t tholr ahuuldrra. The uira Wont Nanliwa, alia womeu liluiidod, paint- I and ponclh-d. Him bad nun prvparod (or 10 ui h. but aha full aahauml to ba area with tlioin. Aftrr klaalng her, her bua band tiirkod hor arm In bit, and tboy Walk iil out of tha atatlon. Oniv alone In their mobi In the botal ha bold out hla anna, and, like a tired bird, ahe fli w Into them. He klaanl bar ayea, hor hair and hor mouth. Sha laughed and cried alu-rrat ly. If any tli'iughu of the company orrurrnd to bor, alia banlehud tin-in. Finally aha puahed hi in away from bi r. eiplalnlng, I waul to aoo If you hat changixl, (iirgn. ' ilow can a man change In two montlnl" "You have on tho outaldo," iporulv tlT.-ly. lln lonkiit ouliarloue. "(lb, you Im-an my rlothna! I auppiMa -thoy look rallior thunlrlral to yuu, don't tiny'" "Itnthor." hhe alghod, but aald noth ing moro, although It waa a aliork to M blm g irll In tha Oaaby attlru of tlia iuo ooaaful iiiiiii-dlau. "Alorall. what are thoau Hi Intra mora outwnnl trllha," Mra. llrlght anld tohir ai-lf, hut them wore mlaglvlnga. A 15. '10 Mr. llrlght auggoaUid Uiey go down lo d I n in r. "."i-i rnrlyV Inqiilrod hla wlfo. "I muat Imi at the tbralor by 7," he ri- (ilnlno-l. j Mm wnlki-d to the nilrmr and begun hrualilng In r bnlr. ' I'll go down to the dining room ahond of you, liiirtln, and nnb r," rouiiirki-d Mr. llrlght. llut, (JinrKo, I rnn't go Into a atrange dinliig room alono. " "lib. p-haw, tbnt'a iiolhlng, lota of wo- liirn do It! I hnvi- aoinothlng to nllond to at Ihn iiflh-e. J not auk tho i-h vutor hoy to how you to tho dining room," and boforo (ho could p.l-t bo wua gone. It wna only a amntl matU-r, but tbroo month ln-foni bo lui I ln n olio of tho In oat ooiivontlniial of men. In fw-t, ha had taught hi r to t-iM-t tlioui nttoiitloii wlil- h woitii ii lorn hut rnn-ly git from tbolr husl .inil. mid Low It all loomed clmii-i d llo wna iilimn,t through hU dlnm-r nnd cuimr-lii v. Illi n lnnn urmaa the room whi-ii aho i lit. nil tho dining room. Tluiwnitor bud but ai rvel hi-r when bor huolmnd, bnallly rxi-ulng bliuat-lf, h ft lu-r alono. Hho Ml ailglilod. He aoi-iiiiil to Inivo forgotti-n how to bo oour tiiiu. At into rorni-r nt tho anuintnhle rru (lui long liggid oomi-dlnn nnd tha yrllow hnlnil aoprnno. Mio n-cognlied the aopritiio iw tho irllnnl of a pli ture ahe bml found mining In r hu-luilid'a thltiga. (In Itwita wrltti-n, "To (iinri-.o llrlght, Willi tliitnk for hla oourti-ay, f nun Adi-le lliillilhirnii " SI in wundi-ml whnt the oourtiny could li. Mil- Irhil to lai lull n ati-il III In r illnnor, but aoiuohow alio wnaii't hungry. Aa aha wnlkiil out of I hod I li I n if room alio frit con-ai-loiia ol wn-riil mlra of curloiia oyi-a, and Willi n Im-nih of rvllrf aho atoppiil Into Ihr ri. vulor CUii nu t bor bualutnd coin ing out of thi-tr room. Ilehnd gone up atnlra Vt rh.'ing hla riot Inn, ho anld. Won't you c-niiio oi r to the thmtorV bo n.ki d. "I tun too find. I will unpmk my trunk, Inko a Imtli nnd nnd until you como luwk. Will It l loiigl" willfully. "Not very. Still 1 don't know; Imrdly U foroll. (ink-r a hot blnl and a cold Uittlo for II alinrji " "A odd butt In nnd a hot blnl! What forF" "Why, toont, you giaHo!" Hit hualmiiil would not la) Iwi for thn-o hour nt lrnat, and alio Would bu thoroughly i-oiiifortiihlo, alio thought. Aft-i-r allpplng on a llufTy vtlilto bnlh gown aim Uiritn taking down hor bnlr. It waa lionutlful bnlr, na blwk n a rnron'a wing and aa aoft nnd linn na ant In. Aaahelnld tho plua on tint dnwalng tnlilo hrr fnca wnan atudy. Ilow alrango hrr buabnnd ahould go nwny nnd leave hrr! Slio trlrd to n-aMiti out w lint waa dllTcroiit alamt lilm Imaldi-a hla rlothoa. All ahe could de chin thru wna thiil alio waa dlanppolntrd. Kinrtly nt 1 1 aha rnug for a lailllioy. " llrlug up a but hntlloaiida cold bird," alio onloroil. "MnmP" oxi-lnlmi'd Iho boy. ' till, I moan avoid Uittlo and a bi4 blnl," aho inrnvli j wonrlly. Wlirii ho n-lurnrd with tho aupHT, alio ant down to wait, "llo will lm InM any nilnuto; bonrvrrkiiitiiiewnltliig la-forv," alio Ihouglit. A half hour uuevd. Twelro o'i'Ik k atrui k, nnd ho bmlu't como. The hint wna cold nnd Iho Uittlo wnrin. Stop ping out Into tho hull, alio looked oti r the Imlii.triuln. A inmi wna putting out the light ''What could It nimnf" aha do mnndoil of borw-lf. A boy wont toward bor door with a nolo, lliwtlty tatarlng It upon, iho mail. air I'HM (Illil.-Aluili tulin-d at tho thoatvr oa lmnrtanl tuainia, tin lo tuil. I will not he In NTore I (IcoRoa. "Thrro I no nnawor" to tho Iwy. ' Howdnro hof nloud aa tho dour rloaod. "Ill hnitnl, tnaulllug, rnnl! Tho flrat time ho hna avn me In two month! Oh, 11 la too much!" And with a goature of i re'. .; i f y ' HI 1 i A Jvl - 4 . - MI T1IUKW HKUiiKi r, It T JAl KIT AMI ALL, l TDK Hkll aupp'iiio mlvry alio Hung l.rravlf on tha Ul Tun hour hit. r, whon bor buahaml ramo In, aho hml not i-hnlian-d In r !tl.m. ' l'. r ll'.tln girl' Still waiting'" ho aild, with cm, m. ' Why didn't you r it thr auppt'f' Ymi haven't tourhod athlng!" She iiimla no anawor, and ho la gan to ripl.iln. With a gi-aturo of contrnipt aho lnt. mipi.il him. "T do not lh lo hoar any nf your rti-iia " o Ho waa gvnulinly aorry, but ho folt itl.nd.il that bl atli iuplant i plana! loo aboil Id ! Irontnl aa oxruar Thinking 11. n.v tho N at way to bring hrr to guud b'.inior, ho Ignonil her and wonl to bad. Tbvro itro groat, wide window aoaU la tho rami. Afn.T putting out tho lll 'a ahe crnwli-d up III ono f tin an. Tin' llm wont out, and alio w.w coiia.lou of U Ing cold. Tho lli;ht tnlnkliil In tin- atni-t la-low. A anon' fnun llm lad lolj hor that bi r till luind wna r!o p Sh" U'gnn to t ry, i.t t!i-t hlh titly, l ut nn aim thuugbt of hrr huhiilid'a Indllf. n nco aho toMa-d loudi-r. Mi-.-wn nnlly di rlv lug a mlarr nhln aort of ph'iKUrii out of hor dlM-omfort whrn an ai-billy loud will wnki-in d Iho alii-prr. Jumping fmm tho ld, ho rnlliil out, (o-rtrtldo, my rir dnrllng, whoro am yotif" Aiioth. rK.li fntii th.- nliidoxt, ami alio wiw In hi nrti'i It wna 4 oYl.x-k, nnd ho win nltorly inlwrnhlo nnd tln-il nf la lug uniiiuiforUililo. She h t Mill I. ad h. r to Uil nnd In a fi-w inom. nt wna aal.a p. and all hor trouble forgotti-n. Tho in It iniiriilng Mr llrlght wnkrlird with a atnrt. Tho aim wiw ahiiilng In tho room. Slipping In r blind un.b r hrr pil low, aluidn w nut lu-r wnti h. It wna 10 o'clock. Springing fnun tho Ud, aho la gnn loilnna, w hi n hrr biialinnd nakiil bu lly, "Whnt on i-nrtli nm you gt itlng up for aln-.idy, Co-rtrmli f" Sho Iguonil tin- pn- lou night nnd n pllod rulnily: " Alnndy! It U 1U o'rtoik!" "tlh, pia.plo connii tiil with the profee (loll ni'Ti-r gi t up U-foro II nt bnat," turn ing over for niiotln r imp. Klnnlly, vl-n bo did not got up, alio ro innrkiil, "liinrcr. I want my bn-nkfiu-t. " Tlilanppi-nl to hi ciiiialili-rntlon hn-ught out tho limn In him. "I'f courwi you do, ib-nr, " ho anawcrrd "Hlng llu U ll for tho hoy." "llrlng n i brt tikfiut for two and nil tho uioriiliig pnara," Mr. llrlght ordrnil whrn tho U.y nrrlvnl. "What do you want with nil tho lunrii Ing pna-t?" ili-mandiil hla wlfo. "Imi't ono iiiiough V "tlnllnnrily It la, my ilrnr, but I road them nil o I won't mUanny not hi nUiut tho coinpnny " "tlh!" nhai-rvnl ..;.. Iirl-:ht tona-ly. Tho tolllugiif chun h U ll i .ml mini hor It wita Suniluy. " I don't aupiKiso you evi-r go tot-hurih iiowf" alio cUn-rvi-d. "Not vory iiflrn." AfU-r bn-iikfnal alio gutlirnil up tho pn pore. "(lertrude, would you llko to do aoino thing lor mi' whll. i I am out?" Mr. llrlght aakfd. Mr, llrlght rxptvtul to U' li ld of Uilaalng buttoiia or lorn tnittoiiholia. "Hunt thmugli IIumii' p.iln-i," bo con tlnunl, "nnd cut out i-v.-rytblng you llnd nUiut the lialrty coinpnny. Vou will find a ecrapUiik In my trunk to paato thrm In " "Wry will." aho n-pllnl ipilitly. Whrn ho hud gums ahe ant down on the II. air. Slip arntitird column nftcr mliiinn. Thru (ho rut rail pnnlrd. "SKv, rlrvallng way to aH-nd Sund.-y morning," alio thought. In the nfti-ruooii thoy wont to drlvo. Thoy rrturnul i-nrly lioinuao of tho thi-n tor. Muring illntu r he nknl lu-r If ahe would come to tho -rformnnv. ' It I Sunday," (he niendy nlxrrvrd. Whnt time do you want that Uittlo and bird tonight'" Hor face wna auplclouly amlntile. He klna.il h. r contritely aa ho atiiwrnd, "Klovon on the mlnutiN and It ahnn'l wait!" After he. had gone ahe put on hor thing and wriit to i hunh Tho nrxt dny and every dny wna much llko tho tlrat. In tho morning Mr, llrlght cut and piutnl. In tho nfti-rnoon aholdlnl, nnd at night alio wont to tho performance. Tho trlvlnl thing aho did lo kill linn) would U dirtlcult to tell. Sho never wrote an many lottore U-fom Then ho would leli graph to Mildred nnd her (later, w ho bid i-hargoof Iho Umnllng hnuao. Shodo-T.-lopoil a fondniaa for Turktah luttha, Minnieunil bor nnll every day and curled hi-r bnlr for tho f.nt tlnio. Sho had ttled lo mend her hualmnd rlothoa. but It waa not tho ntinoaphi-ro for practical omploy meiit She trt.il U read, but gave It tip. When aho bml nothing rlao to do, ahe U'light thing aho didn't want. Finally Iho month drew to a cloav. Mr. Ilright wni to leave Chicago the next Sun day iiiornlng. and Mr, llrlght waa to (tart mat the aamo aftorniam Whon Mra. llrlght aw the !at of tho train that U.ro aar tn-r hualmnd nud hi ulati nil com- liinlolia, aho wna ali k at heart. She atnml ; aftrr the train live mlimti-e after It waa . out of alght Then alio wnlk. J lek to ' the hotel 1 1 en' waa a a-n' of grualjon i lliu-aa a, with a (ok (ho thn-w horxlf, hnt. J.vk.t and all, on tho Uil Fifth avenue, full of bonnier. Apply to (i. H . Horald tioloe." Within a week (ha not Hie. I the Uiarder (ho had (old out. She confided her plnni to no ono when (he mured away with enough furnitum tofurnluli nn apartment. Mra. llrlght now took up on unuaunt ui'ulo of life. 1'ioplo paaalng her door heanl her declaiming. Sho went every dny to a achiHjl of dmtnntlc Inatrurtlon. It (oon Ut.iiiio known Hint tho pn'tty young woman with Idg I dun eye and bliu-k hair In the top ninrtincnt waa atudylng for tho atngo. A now piny wa lo bo put nn nt ono of tho theater win n nn m-tn-a who wna to play nn Importnnt pnrt wn taken III. Tha malinger wn diHtrm-Kil. In hi n-rploxlty be nppllod to a dramatic ai-hool for n aub atltuto. Thrm wna a inatlnre hy the pu- m top mm i, Tha day after hrr arrival home Mr. : I'nght put thl mlvi-rtl-i mi nt In The Her ah! ' Wan t.il To mU out t:iimnll-Uly I ' ...I. - -.. K.nl .. ' h.ill follr furnlabod. on Thirty eighth unvt, near iJ be tu wauhia( bar. Sha waa draaaaa) "I AM (illl.MI HI TIIK TIlKATrtt NOW plli thai nft.-rnoon. nnd ho went In. A young wi'iunn on tho atngo nllrmtnl hli nttentloii. Turning to tho Inatrurtor, ha aakcit If alio were a pnifi-aalonnl nr a pupil. "A pupil nnd ono of tho U-at In the hoo!," the itihtmctor nplliil. Tho manager mljuitiil hi glaiumt, balk ing nt tho young woman mum eritloolly. " lly Jove, whnt a volco aim' got! Sho can act, too tho tint amateur I ever (aw who could." Tho morning uft.-r tho mntlnm Mr. Drlght wn kilting Iti her drawing room alnrlng out ovir tho hnuao top. Shu looked dlaplraa.il. A letter lay oion on Inr lap. "llo I g.ttlngon very well with out lin " die tliought a.vlly na aho road It again. Them wiu a ring, and tho a. rvant an noiii;iiil a gentleinnti whom Mr, llrlght n-o'guUiil aa a theatrical mnnag. r. Won derlngllio object of hlvllt. alio offcroil him a chair. Speedily ho told her of hi pn'v ucont tho mntlnco tho dny before. "I have coino to oITer you a poaltlon In my company If wo enn come to antlafactury term and If you cam to accept," ho (aid. Sho wna hcwlMcn-d. "It la audidden,' (ho atnmmon d "Take until tomorrow to think It orer," he atlggi-atcd. "That I imt neocnary I ai-ccpt now " Mr, rrlght bail Un.me nil m-troaa. Her auciMu from tho Ural night wn njwurod, and Iho malinger iniiKratuluUil himaelf uihiii ibl latent ai"4tilaltoii to hla compa ny. She frit t tint now the time hml oome to tell bor tin-hand w hat alio hml done. "You did Hot want mo to kip board-1 en, ao I hnw- aold out tho Umrdtng hnuao," aho wmto. ' I did thl dine time ago and : liaik a ain.ill npnrtmeiit. 1 would have; U.cn vory unhnppy nnd lonely without j you, only I lisvo Ni'ii (ludylng very hanl. ' You will no doubt U nmntiil to Ir-trn that I I Lino lien at inlying for I tin atngo, but more ainaid to. learn that for tho paat i month 1 have Uf n a tuemU-r of 'a ; coiniMiny. "1 nm (tire you will U deliglit-d to have u a inemU-r of the nm prob-aalon. After nil, huatukud nnd wlfo muat have thoannio Interval to Iw bni py I don't , wonder you like It. I am iiillo Infatuated with It myarlf Alwnyayourdevotid tier-triii!.- . " S I nm off lo tho thcnti r now, ao (anion bnvlty i." Mr. Ilr!.-ht mvtved thl letter ono morning on hi arrival nt the tb.nler That afterti a'ti found him In a (hi per Ut:nd .v-t. th" In it nf:. m.. n In bl wife npnrtmeiit Sho wna gl.wl to ( 1. 1 in, hut ib-nf to bi entn-ntl. to tve up whnt bo terniid her d!M.i-.'ul pn-J.oL Thit-.k of your child, nindam''' be dual ly n -1. ' lie I your . ! .ld aa well aa mine. (Ir Crrr liiiT tf the thentliinl pr. .fiaon l( il in..i.g:i tor her father It l( ijulta il i -uoiigh f. r In r inoilii r. " They ate th. Ir dinner In ail. tniv Sho waa i.rU-d In radlDg an evening paper in 'a "chic" and becoming ty!o, and ha thought ho had m-rer (oon hor (O charm ing Imforn. "At b aal (bo wa bl wife," with a glad filing nf l I"1'- A paut conlrw tod bl heart. "On tho etog.. what teiuputlon would boaet bor!" With a flen-a roaolr ho thought, "I Uiuet gvt bet off at any prion." I am going to tho theater now, aba reiuarked. It la ralbir early tr you Uiga' I (uppoee yotiwntit to aoo the perform ance, to any iiolhlng of "Ing me act." There waa a twinkle lo bor eye and a touch of ooniiaelon, fur (be divined what b felt "I will g" with you," ho anawerod grumpily. Ho wna obliged to have her at tho (tag d ar. Itathre-qunrtcrof an hour b fore the performance U-gan, and hoaurtod for a walk. In no plomunt frame of mind hoentcred Iho theotor and glared at tha programme aa he rem! hi wlfo' naina The nrchi-tra topped, and tho curtain wont up. It wa a chnrrulng play, U-au-llfully tnountiil and well acted. Theojien Ing act took rlao In a garden acono. Mr. llrlght cntrrod droaaiil In a coatuine of whtta and a Inrgo whlta hnt Sho (aid little, but wa perfectly at raae on tba dago. Tho more Mr. llrlght real lied thla tho moro apprclionlve ho Waine. The play progmaaed. Tho next acone wa. a Uillruom. In It Mr, llrlght waa (Imply radiant. Sho hud U-en almoal pmdlah In thoold day. h"t now hrr beau tiful (boulder were eipoeod to an extent which her huahand denouncod na vulgarly luden'iit. A U-trothal U-twoon thn hand Kitno lending man and Mr. llrlght wua aenloil w ith a kla. Thl wna too much. Ilonrtalck, ha liaiki-d at hi wlfo In tho arm of tho lead ing man, (hnmob-aaly nestling her head on hi ahouldi-r with a movement h had ecen her make a thouannd tlmea. He ruahod out of the theatt-r and back to the aUige d.air, whrro bo awaited the npi arnnoo of Mr. llrlght. Several dny pnaai-d. and Mr. Hrlght mado no move to return to tho (inlety company. At the end of a wwk ho ro col v iil a telegram fnun tho manager of the company dating thnt unloaa he re turmil at once thoy muat git aome ona rlao. Thatducldedhlin, and with the telegram In hi band hooonfrwnted hi wlfo. "(tor trudo, do you Intend to kn-p thU upf" ha demnndod roughly. "Koep what tip?" "Keep on actlngr" "Why ahotildu't IV " Ilia-nuau I don't want you to lcau II U driving mo mail to think of my wife on tho (tnge. Whoro la your woot dotuea tlo character? You unod to love your homo. Oh, tiertrndo, It I Impoaaltdj for me to coiiaontl I cannot, nnd I will not!" "Theatrical (cnaoni end about tha Mine time. I (hall alwny try to bo homo when you am." "It lin't thnt It la death to our dome tlo hnpplne. I know It, and" "Thnt U what I alwny told you. What aort of doiuoatlo hnpplnt-M did we haw Uforo I wont on tho itagef Ah, no, (ioorgn, theru la but one thing fur tu to do either wa tuuit both hnve nothing to do w Ith the (tngu, or elto we both muat la-long to It." "Hend that," thnwtlng thn telegram lo bor hand. "How funny!" she muttered dmomlly. "Whnt' funnyt" "Why, tonight la Tbnnkaglvlng wo, and It I Juat a your alnoo you roculvod that flrat telegram. I auppoao you will go tomorrow, too!" baiklng athlin earnestly. "If I aend them wonl to get aoino one t'lao. will you give It Hpr" rnovrly. ' Well, I rather liko tho llfo now, thora I o much eicltomant." "Oh, (iertrudo, don't torturo met When will you give It up!" she pollut ed. 'At onco." With tho Identical grnt tire iho hml mad with tlio hailing man, (ho burled bt face on hi (liouldi r. "Then I It a bargain, (weothenrtV' he naked nuxloualy. "No, (tiairgo, not a bargain, but a Thanksgiving comprumlau. I ngnt) to glvo up m ling JiKt n long bi you give up managing, but" There was no but, for ho closed her mouth with a kl. THANKSGIVING REVERIES. it ...... i i i.i i Ill-re no nro na'ii 11 ui ui.i.,iu iai.ii uumv (teml In tho Wahaah valley and a few nlaa, bow fow ! n-pn-o nlntlveeof tho now I widely acattorod family are (rated at the : long table In the old ' living room," which ' Is tho dining mom on tho wratorn farm. I Hut the dinner I a comrxavlto affair. It how that tho obi nclgl.Uirhnod Ulna tranaltlon dntc between Iho conventional Thanksgiving dinner nf tho east and the "farmer' Sunday dinner" of the olden time. Turkey' Well, thnt' a It hnppeu. It I not IndUpcmuihle. Chicken plrl Mot Bumdly. Tho ,rrandchlldmn would con alder the maelvr lndled If they dined at tho old fnnnhouae nnd did not get chicken plo. And the "wlahUinoa" mint l kept whole at any cat. lloll.il hnm illce.1 cold Is aort of standby. Celery' Well, that's an custom Innovation, so to speak, and SAVED BY A GALE. A TUA.VkiolViSU ilOKT lit M. yCAD. ICopyrlgbt. !, by Ainerliaa 1'ie Aaamla- lion.J On th" night of Nor. S3, 17S. the bank of Da of David at Carterevlllo waa rolilml of Umd, caah and notca of tba fan. value of fa1 00. (XX). It waa a private bank In a Uiwn of 4.000 poopK but tha town waa tha router of a rich agricultural community. Nearly every farmer had money In bank or Inroatod In Umds, and the hanker worn trutee or administra tor for aovornl mtatos. Thoy were broth er and UHh well off, and ao II cam about that their vault hold rich picking for roblair. On tho rooming of Nor. 83 a hora whlrh had boon rendered bolpleaa by bard riding waa found In tbo streets of Char lotto, a Tlllngi) Bl mile wet of Cartera Tllle. AUiut mldafU-rnoon an officer who had been tracing tha bank robber appeared In Charlotte and Identified tbo horse, II wa platn that tbo man had coma that way, but It waa not ao plain which dlreo- I -V''-l 'Jil. J .my "a. AT IMKHKII. outaldo of tho towns and elite It I not eoiumon; but, of tinirao, "our fdk hnve It. "liiinpkln pie? tieia-mlly Mlnco plo? Moat aaaumlly 1 h. n- wouldn't t real Thankagivlng without It. Th -n fruit and chu-ao. Homrmmle fl.h r to itnrt on, and nt the oloae clfIo, "mndo very atnuig and Wink. mil i!mu With main nnd ugnr. " After thnt unrmf rnlnwl fun for the chil li nil, coti plli for tho older men. cigars for the yaungi r and amlle for everytanlr: Such 1 our Ttmnkaglvliig In thoaeda.is In wratern Indiana. Tho nlghtaarodvlkloualy cn-pand nail am! J'.iat long enough for a fellow t git all th aiccp he want. Thrro nm no grmt or mo.ulto or huizlng tlh. In the d.vpot wo.il there It no dangi r of tn-ad-Ing unnwaro U n a annke. tho I Iuo III anl have gone Into wn t- r q iartera. tho hornet no longer hun fni.u the hlg gny ball In the old apple tree, and tho pi-aky yellow Jackets are not In It J. H. llkADUL I S L JIM IKITED fOH II CLP. tlon bo bad token from Charlotte. A score of pooplo turned nnt and scoured the coun try, but no trace of him could tie found. At midnight, with most of tho searcher camped nn tbo highway and In tha field, till Ullovlng that tho robber wa hidden In tho woods, now ticgnn to fnll and the wind to rise, nnd nt daylight a gala waa wwplng over Iho country. I'nclo Jim, as rveryUxly onl lui th old man whoeo rril ttatno wna Jaine Whlto, had lived for many year In tho nutaklrta of tho villngo of Chnrlotto. Ha wa whnt people rail n "fated lnnn." Ha married In lhoO and had Just got settled In a hum when tho bourn took fire nnd burned down, and bo loat everything. Tho next year hla wlfo wa kllhil by accident Hi month later tin wna badly bun whllo at work. When bo rooovenil, bo enlUtnl a aoldler. but had only rom-hed tho fmnt when thn occidental dlm-bargn of a cannon drprlviil blm of hi right nrm nnd moat of hi lift hand. Ho bad not I mm homo two month when ho wa run over by a vehicle nnd ao Injured thnt hi left leg had to coma off nt tho kii"o. With hi peiiahm money ho Unight an ocm of ground, with a poor old hnuao and a tumble down barn on It, hoping to inako hi living by gnuvlug fruit and vegetal, lea, and for n tlmo bo got along reasonably well. Then bl health gavo out, hi ponalon wa (topped on the gmund that bo bad given a wrong date III hi application, and on Thankagivlng morning, which dawn ed bleak nnd drear enough fur tho happl et In Iho village, I'nclo Jim hml two call er. Ono waa from a villager who, held a mortgage on bl n-al estate and had called to tell hltn thut It muat bo fonx-loaul, and tho otbrr was a county ofllclal who tried to toll blm In a kindly way that tho mat tor hml lin-n Uil ktal over nnd It had Uwn docldod to (end hi ill to tho poorbuUM for the winter. When tho caller hml gone tlwlr way, I'nclo Jim (at down and ato hi meager hrcakfait nnd looked out of a Iwck win dow upon the dreary landscape and reflect ed and wopt. Knu bad followed him for year and downed him at lost. Tbo cli max bml now come, and a the old man (at down to face It alone he could And but ono way out of It. Ho would never go to the pinrhoiiao, and be would never hob ble amund the country as a pmfcaalnnnl mendicant. Tho alternative wna (ulclde and he would accept It. Whllo other vil lager pmpnnil ihelrThnnkagirlngdlnner or nt In tba uliurchca and llatetied to tha acrninn pn'pivnil for tho dny hi dead body would l awlngliig at the end of a nipe In tho old Iwrn ou tbo bock end of bl lot Yea, be would hang himself, llo had not enteml tho barn for a month, but ho knew then) wna a aumt roic collcil ou a peg out them, and tho beam and brncr offorrd U-tter cb.tnN to accuro the fr-n end than a hook In Id buuililn ca'iiti. After an hour thought I'm lu Jim got up, put oo hi but, oo'..rl nrouud to hid hla hiuno fan-we II mid atartotl for thu I am. lie know that it galo wa iwc-pltig over tba Country, but be did not reallo It atmucth until clear of the houao. Half way na tw.im tho kitchen door and the txirti a ud don gut caught him up and flung htm down, and at tho sntiio Inatant tbo old tinrn tumhliil In with a crnh. Tho old man got up dnzod and U-w lldor ni. The f.iM of thu laru frightviied hint and temp, rarlly dmve away all thought of aiilchle. Ho had turned to m enter the home, win n hu heard faint crle for help fmm the iletirl i f tbo burn, and In a (tat of (Mi! nmaicincnt ho bold, led out nf tba w ni'kiiiro to liivtwtignto llo mo dlacov trod n man held down by bvatiK and plank, oi.d an bo worked to I .'!. blm lie e.iui" im n a a satchel. Tho man hml a bmkcii 1. g nnd daiu after Ulnrr found bo came line mai lou. I'm le Jim, nluiuat bolpleaa and very bmlly frightened, shout ed f,,r help, mid It wn nn hour after the victim of tho ncclih-lit hml Ui-n rcleaaad thnt hi Identity was known, and people told the old ex Mildi.-r that fortune hml smtliil on him nt I. -t Tho kink n.hla-r had not hlddr-i in the wiaal. lnaten.1 of g -lcg U-yoiid ( harlot to h bad an n lnl !.!! - lf In I'm lc Jim' old bam to wnlt for pucuit to cool and a fa Tor.ihle moment to tonl another borao. Ilatld'A; )ahl had olTenil n n ward of I.ihki f,,r the inn-i nnd hi plunder, nnd at ti.aui . f Tl.a'i'a-ati !ng ilnr U-ih wem In tbo kltiheii of tin- eld cripple ahanty home and U-Ing well gu. nl -d l y nftlivr of tho law Too burglar. Im turtml out to bo a jiri.-alor.al ol io tin-iti r. putatlon, wna vi-rv- Imlly Inj iml. and It wna montha U.fore l.e could N- ttl-il ni-d '1veii 1,1a Juat Ues-rt. h-jt Th.'U-k, .-! . lu s ana hml not yet gone down ! n I'nclo Jim hml been pmvid.il with nil t; comforts of life and t.ml thanked titi ti . I a a.-.,m of tlmi-e thnt out of the I lit. r: of poverty and the cilmax uf unaf. r: ino had ariai n a gale to t.rTri)r'.f murder and tiring bappUie and plenty lo tha kui breath. I o o o o luirisia a, - tlili li, ami a jiroiiiini tit rilUi u. I Ibiiij; on tin- al.ihi ti !. ' I al lore or rvaidi tuv G j At rraiJt-nrv tig', ith BUj Uuivda tt. I JTeZ.' wt taara i uffc la Barria' Blwk. i m L a) IJ KrarccVl- fn"-"' 1 U