BROWN'S THANKSGIVING
It Made This Speculator Think Life
Worth the Living,
ANPTOAGAYTYPEWRITERGIRL
It Brought Sweet Peace from Oat Life
Dizzy WhlrL
KtHlOK CAF.nWKl.r.
il of liotllUlU
town Hie moru Imj
fore Thanksgiving
From sleep nwuke. ito
ni'iirly broke- lire
hardly seemed
worth living.
Now this iiiuu Drown
liitil been thrown
down l jp u'a
sheet's dllc'liiHtliiliit;
To rise u k' 1 1 1 1 1 accmisl
to lilm then beyond
nil ralculailoua.
"My rure is run. I'm
fiu- . 1 "UUOUe,
......... ,,,. , e flpeaalng;
"1 ueycr ku-w ii.Iiiiik quite mi blue nor cred- !
Mora KO pressing,'
Ami llii ii hi- took Ilia pooketbook and fount-
cd up liU money.
The dollars four. there were no more so few
were tlicy seemed fuiiiijr.
It made ii : iu smile Hun luilu pile and then
hi hli'es departed.
For Brown had pirn k. believed In lurk for
nthosc not chicken-hearted.
And tn bin breakfast gully down wont spec- i
ulntor lieorge Cnidwell Drown.
While bi drank Mm collce hut to hla hand a i
note waa brought, ;
And tlu writing nu Ha rover made him turn '
It o'er ami o'er. j
When hi last Mr broke It at-al Its contend i
f.ilrly Hindi lilm rei'l; ,
Made the blood rush In hla head, for this 1
was what the letter aald:
(ieorge t alilwell Drown, Ksq.:
"Hear Hoy-It iilvea me several klnda of Joy
. . . V- - -1 ' -j;" '" , D I began to look aim ur and we fnu
" V; '.')f -. - Vp-" try -I ln ,!" nr'" l'1"'1' ,n, "" reason he Ii
"r-O'TNO -f- U-h ft't " ' !T " I "'" "w,r,'l "'X l-rr was because
e J ) ; -- -LiT-v, ilf SsWt- I' L-llC '"l"'r- ' " angry : both of ua. Ii
ID I 1 l il I rO V 'j "r"t " - liUen-pled I (i. in : iii t!,e second pla
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W .Wiha Plenty 6ief coRm' 'hlv.!- A szrii-r..?"
A. tli.nt Tathi r and ion vr neivr riHunriled,
' mid Hint the old K.-nlle 'linn tlimn hrit.l
.lark nlu-ii he il.ed, mid ill the third pluee
linn 1,1. Ii 1,.1 I ..... I......I.
" ' n ' I ill, r l.liri'lT
1 I ! iii ii ki in: a livitiK nut of I terarr work and
trjnitf to get .iiiir one to inului Ilia
ilaa.
"We fiunlly got Irark of hi in thia iimro
int. and thia iiioriiitii; nlo I aiitv the tnair
ui ript of final piny lyu il on the table
here oii h ii ,1 left ulien yon liroiittlit
it i fr the theater. The worda "Hy
JoIhi i'leiiiiiiu' iniuht iny ntti'titioti at
otuv. and I pii lnl it up and read it. It
aeeuied to me no atriiuue that I inadi1 lip
my in lid that you ahoul lu'l aoml It bark
without remlllii; it, an I read It til )oll
uiyaelf. And now I ahull end for .In. k
tomorrow, iiml when le ivuira I ahull
have j: "I liewa for Ii mi. And -and good
new or ,lu L la ia paid newa for
for Hie, yon aee. So 1 am very happy."
Theiv wna a liniae t all opellin win
dow, and .lark, wild eyiil and niikeinpt.
f. r V I f Ir' M
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and aee to il that on her own table the
littinif oblulioii Ia aet forth, while the
liud qtinrri'li'il. I ilou'l
know wluit nlHMii: noltlior
quite know, 1 think. One of
thofio timxil:il I iiniim lH lion we
thonlit turn n thliiKH of i'.'H Ii other
without nny ninao, nnd then natlllel
me uitiora conilointi itbm by moaner
anion. We were polite to liiilillty
nil onr eiiiivi-raallou wna Interlarilcil
Willi the iooiest an tiro, in v.liloli we
I'lnlted na illKplii vltitf the nliariineNx of
our wit Htiil the Imlirroreni'e of our fe !
larael lrnrr.
With bla wife. John Henry Stllea, employed
I III (mhI 1 1 men milking tllea.
. Juat aeroaa the irrrauliia- table aat the boot-
blark. Hilly Cable.
I At bla riiftil hl fare a icrln, waa the netra
I hoy. Tommy Uuluii.
.seer waa tfinner lietter cooked, never maid
en aweeter Irikeit.
While the gueata devinireil and forced, Cu
pid Hlnieklea Hclitly fory,!.
Ilrowu'a bean waa the heart they bound, aa
be very ipilekly fouud.
And lH-fore the men! waa over, Drown waa a
devoted lover.
When the Kiieata had fone away Brown k
el if be uilk'ht loiicer aty.
And to the maiden, with a ltm.li. he told a
tale that made her h!unh.
"Won't you help me, If you ran. with thia
better, aweeter plan?
Don't you aee, a wife 1 ueedT iluat I with
you uopeleaa plead?
Bald the maiden: "if (he other plan I coun-
aelied with my mother.
If to thl one alie'll eonaent, to marry you
I'll be eontent."
Notlilnit more thia arrlbbler tella; llateu now
to wedding be 1 1 a.
tiir not.i.ARs porn.
To aenil a eheek made out to you to pay the
hundred, lone alnre due.
You kl.idiy loaneil when I w-aa broke,
"Moat alnrerely. It. T. CIHIAK."
Aa he picked IiIh way down lowu. thua
mused speculator drown:
"On the day before Thaiiki;lvlng, life la
alwaya worth the llvlni;.
Every eloud hna Ita allver llnhiK; aomewhere,
alwnyx. ami la alibiing.
Now It leaMy aeeiua to me 1 ahotild very
thunkfhl be;
Yeaterdny the aky waa nmrky; now I'm aure
to have my turkey.
Hut boly aiiiuke! Aa I in a alnner, no one't
asked me nut to dinner.
I.aat TbniiksulvliiK I'd a lot of blda to feed.
but thia year uot a auul, ao far, re-
mcmbera me.
Jlmlny irieketa! Well, we'll aee."
'J liliiklin. tliua. Hrow n at'iod before hla all-
teentti atory ottire door.
"Would or would It not afTrlirht her If I
asked my younu typewriter
How to work thia plan, tltouvht Drown, aa
be went and aat lilm down.
And aa he read hla lettera o'er, he thought
about bla plana the more.
And aa be thuiiKht ho itrcw perpleied, until
at biat alie thoiiKlit him vexeil.
"To-morrow'a Thanksiclrlint," ventured the.
"A day when all, it aeema to me.
Should eat lota of turkey and pumpkin pie,
and all aorta of tlxln'a that money can
buy."
Thua quickly to the glrl'a omnie, Drown
made reply lie following phrase:
"And." Im went on, "I have a plan, aud you
must help me If you ran.
Then he told her bow the burrowed money
came.
And how be Borrowed much before It came.
He aald: "Tbo laudacape blue, It turned to
red;
It Oiled my heart with thaukfulueaa. It drove
away my wrctehednesa.
Hut," he continued, "Iheu 1 thought of other
men dead broke.
I ought to aee aome other lurkleaa alnnera
fiirnlabed with Thanksgiving dinners. '
The maiden listened to hla words, "Vuu
want my help to buy the birds,
The celery and the pumpkin plea and other
things," she aald, her eyes
Dent on the floor. Then be replied: "That'a
It ejactly; If you tried
You could uot closer apeak my mind.
And further. If you'll be ao kind
And help me at the dinner, too,
I'll alwaya grateful be to you."
The n-alden'a cheek waa like a peach, and
aa she listened to hla speech,
Into It crept a rosy pink, ao comely, that It
mane lilm think :
"Well. I vow; In all the city there la no other
girl ao pretty."
Bo to the market forth they went, on benev
olence lnte.it.
On the way the girl observed: "Where
will you have the dinner served?
If you hav uot git another place, I'm cer
tain that my mother
Would he happy If you were to have It cook
ed nnd nerved by her."
"A very good Idea, my child," said Spec
ulator Drown, and'amlled.
"How many guesta, then, will there be?
.... "ave you asked them yet?" said aha.
"No, by gracious! I forgot. When we have
the dinner bought,
I'll Dud fellowa out of work, and bid them
come and feed on tnrk."
So they planned and so they talked as to the
market place they walked.
At the market place their eyes filled
wonder aud surprise.
Food waa there from all creation;
enough for half a nation.
'Where does It come from?" Brown
pounded. Thus a market man
pounded:
''Should you ask me whence those turkeys,
Whence those birds of rounded plumpness,
Stripped eai h one of ruby wattle,
ftrlpped of all Ita glorious feathers,
lira wo and ready for the oven.
There to bake and brown and alule
Till the cook, with wise dcclaluu, takes It
from tne torrid reeeas,
iteady fir Thanksgiving dinners,
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I should tell you. answer I ahould:
From the plalna of Illinois, from the bills
of reiinsyiviiiila.
From the vales of Massachusetts, from New
York and fro.ti New Jersey,
Where the farmers feed and feed more.
All the summer, all the autumn.
Till Thanksgiving la not far off;
Then tbey aend them to the city.
That New York may not bereft be ,
"f the pleasurva of the table."
"That'a enough jf rhvnieleaa rhythm; send '.
two turkeys, ami aend with them "
Brown In'gan, etoppel. perpleiisi. Turning 1
to the airl: "What neit?''
Then the maiden skillfully filed the order
out. and he paid the bill admiringly. .
How Brown went out guests to Invite would
lie too long a story quite.
But he wrapd up liaif a doien, and him
self, the -uald-n's cousin.
And her tuoiaer. all aat down next day to
feast en uraeva brown.
ho waa there? Isaiah Hlout, who for all
weeks bad been out i
tit I b.m, cosnted, aat Candy Uaker j
UK night Iieforc Thanksgiving the
city wus abln.e will, lights. 1 he
hrat auow had fii.lcn tuid the air
itself seemed light hearted. The massive
uiansi his that aurrouinl lira mercy I 'ark
were brightly lighted.
In untitled silence a yvung man clonk
less ami glovelcsa hurried by the Iron
bars 'lint fence in the little acre of the
rich towunj his lodging place.
1'or live years -luck Fleming hail lived
alone. No one knew very much nlotit
him, except thnt he was a thriftless, in
dolent getting. When Ins father died the
fortune that might have folio to him had
endowed certain wealth'' charitnble in-
atitnt una. Ilia mother unit tutu in ins
infancy, and Jack Fleming had grown up
with the servants and ht hooks fur com
panions, lie had never Keen enough of
his father to love him. In his childhood
Jack had had one fncn-l I torn (iohlth
wait. She waa a benttiful girl, several
i-,. lira his lllllior. who llvd ill the house
adjoiniug bis father' a, and every day otic
or the other would climb the fence that
aeimrated them and drop over into the
little yard for a rump. I"" was proud
of her protector and pl.iymnte, for even
then Jack was full f '""k knowledge,
and Dora soon learned to love Shakapeare
ami Milton aa read aloud ly her hero.
Another great trumping place for the
little people was (irutiier.-v l'ark, for both
houses fa I the handsome playground
and Mr. (ioldthw ait ami Jack's father
were among the favored rich who pos
sessed keys to the great iron gates that
shut out the children of the poor, who
often 'ined the iron fence and peered
wistfully between the bars at the smiling
lawn within.
The children were It -separable until
Jnck waa l.'i and Iorn l'J. Then Jack
went 'o college, hut every holiday found
him at home ncnin. and often books went
I by the hoard nnd Jack came home on the
: sly to see his little swee'hvart. Of course.
on these occasions he w.ik smuggled into
Dora's home, nnd good riitured, easy-go-1
ing Mr. (ioldthwait would have thought
It the basest treachery for any member
of his family to inform his licit door
neighUir, Jack's father, ' tint his son was
playing truant.
After three years at college Jack was
hopelessly behind in his studies, and his
father, still ignorant f the reason, called
hitn a blockhead, tine day Jack received
a teud-r, loving letter frmii Horn asking
him to come home at nice, as In-r father
had just received wort from Kngland
that he had fallen heir to a large property,
including a tlnntrr in one of the large
rities. and the busito -s if the latter was
in urii'-u: ti 1 of his iinire.li.ite attention.
The f.imily would sad for Ktiglnnd Imtin
' I. .It Ii .ra wanted Jin k to go with
them, if h ''''I- ''
receiving the letter It
of the (iolilthwait r.-s.i
l'ark. It was closed.
Jark entered. "So you nave been wasting
jour time ne it door, instead of studying."
No pleading on the part of Jack could
Induce the turbulent old mail to tell
where the (ioldthwni: had gone.
"Never miinl," thought Jark. "I will
hear from her soon, uml then "
Hut no letter came. Week lengthened
Into mouths and Jack grew tall and thin,
t'ne day he went up In his college town,
aud an inquiry at the Miatotlice elicited
the fa.t that several letters had come, up
to a month ago, but they had been for
warded to (ira merry l'ark.
That night father and son faced cneh
other for the last time.
Where are the letteta IWa wrote to
me.' demanded Jark, as he lenned over
toward the old man. who stood smiling
sarcastically in Ins face.
"I told you that if you refused to return
to college you would regret it," wna the
reply.
Jnck turued on his hei I nnd passed out
of the house.
He found it a harder struggle than he
expected. Ilia income tlnetiiuted front
next to Untiling to nothing itself. He be
came hrst a wanderer among apartments,
then among boarding houses, ami at Inat
an Inhabitant of "furnUbed rooms," who
ate at cheap restauraut when be could
eat at all.
He had lived a week in a rear hall bed
room on Twenty -second street before he
discovered that ita windows were only
sepnnted front those of his old home and
thnt of Dora, on (irnmctcy Park, by the
brief New York back yards in which they
used to play together. The (ioldthwait
house waa dark. It had been ever since
the day Dora left. Next to it, where his
father' mansion loomed up against1 the
trees beyond, lights w re often seen. Hut
strangers occupied the familiar rooms.
(Iu Thanksgiving Kve just live years
since l.e had left his old life behind him
Jack went to his dingy little window to
gar.e at the two mansions. He shivered
with cold; hut the blood rushed quickly to
his face when he saw the home of the girl
he still loved, brightly lighted up. For
an instant he stood still, amazed. Then
he sat down on his bed !o think. Finally,
downhearted and discouraged, lie turned
to a great pile of niiinuar.-ipt and rubbish
on the floor, and picking a book from the
nondescript mnas he turned over the
leaves.
"Twelve plays out," he muttered to
himself; "liveof them pMubly lost." Only
that Jay he had sent his best and latest
comedy to the new F.tiglish actor who
had arrived the day before. Aa soon aa it
wna rehearsed (as lie doul ted not it would
be) he would send the Hirers in rotation.
For months he had expected success to
come with the dawn of every new day,
and to-night na he threw himself on his
bed, hungry and broken-hearted, he real
ized the mistake he hud made in living in
a dream. He made tirm resolutions to re
form, but na his lingers .iinched in new
born teaolve Ilia eyes strayed across the
way again. For the second time that
evening his heart stood s'lll. Mehlud the
soft luce curtains of the lioldthwait man
sion shadow s of peop e tinted to and fro.
The house was inhabited nvain-but by
strangers, of course, he (nought.
'I liHiiksgivint, Day found Jnck poorer
and hungrier than he h id ever been be
fore iu his life. For forty-eight hours he
had n it tasted food, but he determined to
breakfast in spite of the almost total
emptiness of his pockcthook. He turned
Ilia face toward the low.-r portion of t lie
city, determined to accept whatever work
offered itself, but it whs a holiday, and
after several hours spent in tramping the
quiet streets Jack titrne-l his face lioine-
ward. As he trut.ged up Itroadwny a
clatter on the stones liehiiid attracted his
attention and a driverless cab dashed in
to sight. An elderly man was gesticulat
ing wildly from the window. With a
bound Jack respotidel. In another mo
ment the rutin way horse stood panting in
the roadway, and Jack'a sinewy hand
was on the bit.
"One dollar to drive me up to Del-
curling hair streaming in the wind, bul
the beautiful woman into which the yean
had changed her.
i'nr a mo nt Jack could hardly re
strain himself front rushing forward ami
declaring bis identity. Hut a thought ol
his clothes and his work made him stop.
He became as anxious to bide his face as
he had been a moment i.etorc to tell bis
name.
Dora and her father passed into t tie
restaurant and Jack earned a s itnl dol
lar by getting a new driver for his pas.
songcr's coupe. He passed and repassed
the restaurant in an un"ivcful attempt
to get another glimpse m the woman he
loved Ix fnre he even satisfied his hunger.
It was dark before lie went back to his
little room nnd stationed himself once
more at Ilia window to gaze at the lights
in the (Iolilthwait mansion. He was tilled
with a conflict of love ami pride. He had
no reason to believe tha: Dora had not
forgotten him, but bis love for her was as
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"IX T1IK MITI.E HACK VAItll.1
few hours after
. k stood in front
i-ii e on I Iraineri y
N'o servant an-
.....r..,l tlie bell, and J.n k's In art fell like
lead. Again he ..kc it the letter. It I
was dated two days brf .'e nnd had !- '
delayed in the mails A' hum.- he found
his fa: her. '! In a mood in who h he ha I
never Men hitn l fore.
"You young rascal;" b shouted.
monii-o's," shouted the man.
"Hut your driver? ' asked Jack.
"Dr ink in a saloon." was the response.
Without another word Jack lca-d up to
the cabby's sent and wb;pH-d up the
horse. It was the first time he had ever
earned a dollar by manual Inls.r. and as
be clinched his teeth firmly a flush mount
ed to his cheeks.
When the once familiar restaurant
cntne into sight Jack th eight, with mois
ture in Ins eyes, of the many times be and
Ilora had lunched iu the great dining
r.Hitn. As lie reined tin la-fore It. hag
gard .unl mml sputtered, totally differ
ent fritn his old self, l.e atnrtel with
amazement. There. s!an !.ng on the side
walk a the subject ol his dream-not
the Dora of old, with abort frock and
strong as ever. lie longed to go to her,!
but the knowledge of bis Kiverty aud
shiibbiuesK kept hitn back. I
I he w indows of the great old dining-1
room were bright witn light and their
raised curtains gave Inui a dear view of.
the place where he aud Dora had spent'
many happy Thanksgiving reunions to
gether. Hi- saw her liming about the1
table aa of old, putting the finishing touch- j
es on 'he arrangement of fruits and How-!
ers. lie lid see her plainly. She look-!
ed even younger and more beautiful than
she had that afteruoou iu her heavy street
wraps.
Half an hour passed aud some one else;
came into the room -a tall, handsome
man. Dura seemed to lorget her bouse-j
hold duties, for she bung on the man's'
arm and aeeuied to plea I with him. At,
lust be sut down, uml then still another
person came in; it was Mr. (ioldthwait. I
They aat by the lire, with Dora between
them. She was talking earnestly, and
the handsome stranger einid to be lis
tening intently. ( Icriisiotially Jack could
see that Mr. .(ioldtbw "i" aHike. Then
Dora would beam with happy smiles.
Suddenly she Jumped up from her seat,
and a moment later when she returned
she had iu l bands a fluttering man
uscript. She read It. The old smile played about
her lips. The gestures waved the grace-
bums brightly over all around. F.i-ono
inize, if you must before; economize. If
you mist afterward; but let our national
Thanksgiving stand as a red letter day Iu
the calendar of the household.
The table should be daintily spread; the
linpery snowy while; the silver brightly
Isdishcd; the glass clear aa crystal, and
the la-st china carefully placiil. I'ui a
little Ihiutoiiniere at each plate, with a
dinner card apropriutrly decorated, with
a tiny w ater color or a ben aud-lnk
sketch, or even a verse or quotation
apropos to the recipient. In the center of
', the table have a vase of lovely fringed
chrysanthemums, a Jar of ferns or a bas
ket of bittersweet and barberiua -trophies
of your summer's outing, sav.il for
this occasion. At one end of the table
place a mold of translucent quivering cur
rant Jelly, with the slimmer sunshine still
'prisomil in its depths; at the other, a
pretty dish of spicy pickled eachcs or
crispy gherkins.
The bill of fan-, as given below, may be
rnricd to suit the purse or the Individual
taste; only premising that on no account
should the national dishes- the real con
comitants of Thanksgiving -be omitted:
MKN't".
"Now good digestion wait on appetite,
And health uu butli."
- Macln-th.
Blue Points, nil lb half all!!
"lie waa a bold man that first at sn nys-
. i -rail n 11 1.
'ream of Tomato Hmin.
"l.pect apoon ineal."- line's Labor l.csit.
xsitisl Aluiomla. Iillves.
Konst Turkey.
"( poii what meat doth thia our Caesar feed
That he haa grown an great?'
-Jiillua I'seaur.
'ranherry Sauce.
"What la sauce for the gooae la aauce for
tue ganucr. - lorn ttrown.
Vegetatilea.
"Kat It up all, llortenalo, If thou lov'at me
Muea K'skI ito ii unto thy gemle breast.
Taming of the Shrew.
Mfcsbi-d Potato. lilaicd Sweet 1'otato.
Sitcemasli.
Mayonnaise of Celery.
". green ami glorious! ) lierbareous treat I
1 would tempt tlie dying anchorite to eat!
Bark lo the world he'd turn hla fleeting aouL
And plunge bta augers III the aalsd bowi!"
-Sidney Sill I III.
Wsiers. Cheese,
Plea.
"No soli iqion esrlh Is ao dear tn nur eyes
Asthe.Hillwe Hrat stirred III terreatrlal pies."
1'uuipklu liu. allure l'ia.
Fruit.
"A dish fit foe the gisls."-Jllllus I'seaar.
Nuts. Italslus. Ilotibotia.
"I'retiy, little, tiny kl.kahaws."- Heury IV.
Coffee.
"Iirluk, p'etty creature, drink." Words-
wort b.
ful hands. It maddened Jack, lie felt ' from the harvest fields. In drawliig-
tliut he must be near her once more-iuust i rooms nothing Is more effective than In
hear hi r voice again. dian corn and diminutive yellow ptimp-
A wisteria vine ran down from his win- kins, the corn with Ita long atalka and
flow. Clasping the strong dry stalk, Jack golden ears slacked on either side of the
descended until he stoo l on the fence so1 wide doors or grotipeil In corners, tha
dear to bis memory, lioftly he crept along small pumpkins with more ears or corn
until he reached the little veranda at the piled at the biise
rear of the (iolilthwait mansion, and
peering through the window be feasted
his eyes on the fine of the girl he loved.
Jack waa overcome na he auw again all
the little details of the room which once
had been so familiar tn him. He bowed
his head. He pushed against the glass
of the swinging window. The window
opened a tritlc Jack started back fright
ened, but the nir wna stili outaide, and the
inmates of the room I'ttd not noticed.
How he could hear Dora's voice. It aald:
"Now, Mr. I.angdnii. e' me read the cli
max to you before dinner is announced."
I .n union waa the name of the Knglish
actor to whom Jack had sent his play, and
as Dora's sweet voice rad on, Jack real
ized thnt it was his own comedy she was
reading. -
The liitiiax was renil-red with telling
effii-t. The two men leaned forward
with interest.
"Capital! Capital!" cred I-angdon. i
Jim k was tilled with Intense excite-
iiient. Ilia hands were linrhcil.
"Do you accept it?" jakisj Dora, tri
umph mtly. of the actor. I
1 do. was the n-ply. "It is the coin-
edv that I have been wa.'ing for." i
'I will write him lo-nigbt, then," said
Dora. The beautiful g.rl sank back In!
her chair and went on: And now 1;
will t-'ll ton a atory that will explain
why I was so anxious have you take
the play."
Jark listened breathlessly. j
"You a--." said Dora," I used to have,
friend here named Join Fleming. When
we w nt abroad I wrote to him, but he
did not answer my lettei. I hist sight
of hitn, but I did not lose my -well, my.
regard for him "
"A splendid fellow," interrupted Mr. j
Goldthwsit. I
"Ther. never one like him." said
Dora. Then she went on: "Well, when
e reached New York last week father
torch of hospitality and go,-! fellowship I tigM. We ruthlessly stubbed, an. I won
ilereil every time nt tlie other' a cruelty
with a renewed eense of Mui-prisc
whilst poitili'iing on a retui'ii t.intst
likely to prove inorv hurt fill. F.very
day we accuicil to lie growing furrier
from Hie possibility of n reconciliation,
till at lust we liecnine quite friendly In
our fiimlty. We ceased Id bo pci-sonnl.
nnd only discussed outside iiinlicra.
Our liearta bud solidly fro.eu we, who
had loved each other mo tnui h there
wna no longer wnrtnl l euoiigli even for
aatliv. We ( ou.' me.ila sib-nlly to
get her In the great ball of the queer old
Inn of Mottteiiero, which wna built hlkh
up on the rocks aluvo th- awift river
rolling about their lias? 'JiKI feet below,
an linpivgniililo atroiighohl In tbo old
tlinca of the bonier wura. iiti'l now but
a' liimtelry for trio.'ia Crosslin the
wild forest In mis Hint stretched for
tnl lea to the horizon. I bad come to
meet the Count, my father, on IiIh wu.v
aouili, but lie lind boon detained, aud
Vgo had declared lie would not I'ii.o
me In the desolate old ensile till a aafer
protector than my fount lo attendant
should arrive. 1 acquiesced -how will
ingly then, when my heart bent nt tlie
otiud of lila footsteps), nud I lie gloomy
ball aeeuied ao mysteriously delight
ful whilst Ue wna there! Tilings had
Indeed changed! Now I protested Im
patiently at the. waiting. Would not
my father aoon arlve? Yet aurely I
dreaded bla advent, w hich would mean
our parting without ever a reconcilia
tion. Ho offered lo ride to bla encounter. I
murmured, "He might If be wished. "
aud turned away with my heart stink
lug Into my Iih-k. He did not go, how
ever, and Iu this I found further cause
for a display of 111 liiiinor. He success
fully retaliated, till I dcaplsod lilm with
all my ami I, and wondered how I ever
could have thought him aught but a
bear.
One day, aa I at rode angrily along
the corridor, I encountered one of the
gntula I bad not before noticed, though
later I remembered that alio bad bcvtl
alHiut the lun for aome days. She waa
little person, not ao much In bright
she might have been aa lull na iiiyeclf
aa In general effect; she looked little,
and had the meanest countenance I bad
ever beheld. I took aucli a sudden dis
like to the creature that 1 Involuntarily
drew my skirts naldo na aha pnased..
Later on In the day we both olwerved
her at a table Iu the company of a man.
He wna taller than alio, yet had the
an tne nppenrnnee of puny iiieniiiiesa.
An Impotent pugnacity marked the
w hole of Ida Irascible pliynlaguomy, the
fcnltireaof which were w hite nnd form
less. The two openly wrangled during
the whole course of Ihn meal, ao Hint we
could not help laughing at Hie ridicu
lousness of their belinvler. They
bandied worda on every conceivable
aubject. "I'my don't eat your aonn aa
If you were fond of It." mild she; " I
bate to aee people ent their aoup In that
way." "You halo every one but yotir-
aelf," aald he. "IVrhapa I do, when
every one haa diminished to a you," ahe
replied.
How brulnl they are!" murmured
l'g').
I laughed. Well, we were well-bred In
our quarrels, at any rate. Whatever
we thought we took care to conceal Iu
elaborate Killteueaa worthy, certainly,
of better feellnga. 1 think he under
stood what wna passing through my
mind, for be flushed a little angrily.
Htircly I did not mean lo compare our-
aches to these low erenttirea, whose de
formed bodies seemed the Index to their
crooked aotila. Whether I did or not,
aucc led In hiding further expreaalou
of my thoughts.
During the following days we Ix-canie
Niter friends: Hie dlactiHsloii of those
oddlllea made ua forget something of
our own rancor. We were pleased lo
condemn ihetti, and phlloHophize on the
usefulness of such beings ou earth, their
hldeoUMtieaa and evident discontent
with life. Whenever we came across
them our loathing Increased. It Iiap-M-nei
inui afternoon aa we were aented
on the parapet of the toner overlooking
the dense atrctch of wooded country
to westward, and the allver serpent
river, whose color deepened with the
setting of the ami, till the whole bo
came a w inding Hue of molten crimson
at our feet. Hint a strange emotion,
en used by the wondrous scene, stirred
ua both. We turned to look at one an
other, when the sight of their vile fig
ures Intercepted our glnncen, and their
querulous voices echoed la the great
alienee petty, stupid, mean.
"I wonder thin they can even think of
audi tilings," I wild a little hotly,
whereat nu odd look crept Into I go's
eyes, which made me feel auddeuly In
dlgnat .'. No doubt he waa comparing
Die to them. How small of him to do
Hint! How I disliked the way he dan
gled hla feet against the parapet, bla
aword between bla kneea! I rose up
and went In. He could listen and en
joy the company of those horrible peo-
A Tragedy In Turkey.
Through the corn a turkey rustles,
iii a fence s small hoy alls.
After him the farmer liuatlea,
TeiTifylug hla few wits.
'TIs the luiy." thua thinks the Turkey) -"
'Tla the turkey." tlilnka the buy.
Aad the farmer'a efforts Jerky
lill the wicked yuiith with Joy.
Now that Turkey la not living,
But no loud lament la heard.
For the boy iqsiu Thanksgiving
lined upon that iiuhle bird.
Thanksgiving Decoration.
The old question comes up again and
again as to bow to devise something novel
for Thanksgiving decoration. Tlie day ia
one pre-eminently homely and simple In
Ita spirit and traditions a day set apart
for returning thanks because of the neces
sities and every -day comforts of life.
Nothing is so appropriate Iu commem
orating the occasion aa embellishments
Vines of crauberry crowded with the
tiny red globes can trail across mantle
shelves or twine up and dowu columns,
while garlands of red and green iepjicra,
all sizes and alia pea, and great hunches
of r'qie wheat aud oats are rich and beau
tiful In effect. Fruits of all kluds-grasj-s,
late pears aud peacbi-s, rosy ap
ples and purple plums, mingled with
their own foliage are unique and highly
typb-nl of the harvest home.
For dining table ornamentation a novel
and moat attractive mode ia to cut from
the ordinary vegetables aha pes simulating
flowers from the beet a deep red rose;
from the yellow turnip, a tiger Illy: a
white lily or chrysanthemum from tha
potato, with lettuce leaves for foliage,
w hile cabbage, celery, cauliflower and the
dozen other kitchen garden productions
add blossoms to this original bouquet.
One of these oranmrnta nerves at each
plate as a favor, while a huge group
mingled with fruits forma a fine center
piece. It ia a very simple matter to shape these
mock flowers, a sharp knife and a little
skill ia all that la required. They may be
prepared the day before Thanksgiving
and kept fresh in a howl of water.
"Give Me the Wishbone."
1 1
plu If he liked, Hi lice he could not aco
nuy dlfiorvnoe tietween them and me.
I went dUcotisol.itcly to my room and
watched from my window, and the
tears crept Into my eyes aa 1 thought
that aurely Fgo nnd I would never lie
the same to one another again. Whilst
I ant and dreamily pondered, the Idea
entered my bead that thia atrange pair
had emtio lH-tween ua; Hint they had
cast the evil eye on lis -the evil eye! I
shudder aa a aense of the reality of the
aiiperatltlon assailed me. I recollect
ed Hint they had appeared at the Inn on
the day of our quarrel. For aeveti d.iya
Fgo nnd I had lieon aa stranger to one
another, and they, they would never ua
for all time. I leaned out of my win
dow, gazing dowu on the parapet be
neath me, on which Vgo atill ant. The
horrible woman wna looking at lilm
even aa I wna, and the man mumbling
to himself. I could have laughed out
loud from very rage, for I'go eoemod to
be mesmerized to the apot, bat lied In
the crlmaon light from the eettlng tun,
with a look In hla eyea that wna not
hla, a look of one enthralled by evIL
1 had done It. The awful Idea bad
relumed to me.
Iu the late evening I stole through
the dark corridor to ber room, and all
the way I laughed to myself, for the
at range nmdnetoj ao poascwied me that
I bad neither fear nor horror. Then I
crept away down the etalra and out
Into the oik'U by the nowlug river.
There, na the cool air fanned my fever-
lan race. I thought I had done right:
alio wna au evil, horrible thlmr who
woum hnrni ua. Hut, Fgol What will
he think? Hi 111, I aald aloud, I am glud,
i am gnu.
"Why are you glad?"
I turned round with a little crv aa
I'go came out of the durkueaa aud
joined me.
I could not rent," be went on ntilte
nnturully, "ao I came out here. I did
Jiot expect to find you," he continued.
with no warmth Iu hla tone, adding.
"Those people got ou my mind. I felt
nn IrroalHtlblo dealre to go and smother
tout bruie kill him. I wish I had;
but somehow I hadn't the Courage."
"Fgo!"
What la Itr he said.
"1 have done It,"
"Wlmt?"
"I have killed her."
"You arc mad!"
"I have killed her," I repented.
He remained alleut, pule to the Up,
then aald, hurriedly: "No one can pos
sibly know you did It?"
"No unless "
rules?"
"He-he ahould dlvlue."
"Hut he inuat die, too!" He sprang
away from my aide, bitten by my mad
ness. "Don't you see," he sold, looking
oddly, "such people must not exist;
they are horrible, venomous worms;
they are not human, they have the evil
eye, they poison the earth."
I followed slowly, possessed by a.
atrange calm. Of course It was nullo
r'ght. The world must lie rid of such
extraneous beluga. We cleansed our
houses of all vile accumulations;, we
swept our streets, and burned every
useless thing, killed nauseous Insects
treacherous animals, exterminating
all Hint waa loathsome. Why did we
atop at human vermin, ami not purify
the world, too. of audi deUleinent?
Then suddenly I stood still. I'go, a
few yards liofore me, was rooted to the
ground, and, she! I had failed, then.
My atitbs meant nothing. She could
not lie killed. I'go, too, had failed!
Tbo blood In my veins turned cold with
horror, and, like him, I could uot move
from whero I stood.
At Inat he came up to me aa one In
d renin, and aald, "We cannot kill
them! Look! They are some evil
spirits. Little one," he murmured.
tenderly, "come away, come away from
here; It la n poisonous place, Tbey may
live forever, hut they shall not separate
us. We were In their tliralldotu." Was
It - dream? I'go's arms were round
me. "I love you, I love you!" be said.
have been afraid to tell you, and
they, they came between ua; but we do
not cure do we? You were so brave,
braver than I, for you did not hesitate;
but It waa no use, we could not kill
them."
our arms were tightly entwined,
nothing In the world could come be
tween us now. Tboae grew some people
were but plgmlea. What cared we?
And we turned with a laugh towards
them. Then we aaw what was Indeed
stranger than anything that bad yet
hapiiciifd at the old castle, for there
under our very eyes they changed, and
ahe tiecame even a I was, tall and fair,
and be as I'go, brave aud beautiful, till
at Inat It seemed that they were we aud
we were they; then as the pale moon
gleamed from out the clouds and threw
a Hi Hid of light across our path, we
found that we were alone.
"It Is not trueT' I murmured. "I may
have leen like that, but uot you." lie
colored to his eyebrows. "The portrait
of me was douhtlcHs excellent," said
be; "the other, of course, was a pre
piHtterotis calumny."
Hut I dou't think either of us cared
very much, for me knew that as long
as our hewrts beat near one another's
tbisse other people could not find a way
to come between ut. And, In very
truth, they were seen no more at Mon
tenero. Westminster Budget.