The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-12-09
FLOSSBY'S THANKSGIVING.
BY ISABELLA GRANT MEREEITH.

II,
bv-nrettv soon-it will be thanksgiving,
cried Flossy, clapping her dimpled hands,
and dancing on the tip-toes OF her little
blue boots. ~,
.sWhat makes you think 500" asked
Iino
Oh. becauso-I know it is coming.
The Inin;sser read it out of great paper
to all tbs people last Sunday; besides,
mamma is having such lots of good things
cooked. and all the auntles and cousins
and everybody are to come to dinner
Tino, what is Thanksgiving
eWhy don't you know? 1t IS mouse
full of company, and roast turkey, ana
chicken-rie. and plum pudding ana-
Oh, all sorts of tarts.
';Wen. hut aren't we to hang up Our
stockings Thanksgiving eve?'
"Of course not That S Christmas you
are thinking Of, Elossy."
tOh, we'll then don't care much Tor
it." said Flossy, in a plaintlve tone. ii
it is nothing but eating and no tree or
presents, / had as lieve it would not
Why. YOU little goosie, it is splen-
did time Everybody likes ThanksgiV-
ing. Just think of the fruit tarts!
But T am such little girl L can, eat
very much besides, we can have all the
tarts we want any day.
Flossv could hardly believe that limo
was right, so she resolved that she would
ask Amt Cav all about it. So, in the
pleasant twilight hour, when sitting be-
fore the bright fire, where she and Aunt
Cav had their ''long talks, Flossy crept
into bcr Ian .nd eon6ded to her all her
doubts and disappointment. Aunt Gay
had such a delightful way of making
things 'scome right for the children.
"Aunty." she asked, "what is Thanks
giving, if we are not to have tree Z?
Il will tell you, my darling, said aunt q. I1
Gay, fondly stroking the bright httie
head. ''The day when we went up on
the hill to gather nuts, 90 you rcmemper
how we watched the reaDers IN the helus,
with their bright sickles, cutting down
the yellow rye and harley, and the corn
Do YOU remember how they bound 1t IN
sheaves. and loaded it high upon the
great wagons, and the strong oxen bore
il to the barns, where the men threshedi
it out, ready to be ground into Hour ana
meal for bread?' =,
30. YES. [ remember how pretty the
brown fields looked after the corn WAS
cut, with the yellow pumpkins lying, all
about. ard how | wished Cinderella
fairy eod-mother would come and turn
one of them in to a coach for me, because
[ was so tired, you know,
well, dear, when all the corn and
grain is gathered into the barns, then we
are SO glad for plenty to eat anu
keep US comfort, and grateful to Tim
Al thlnCS.
For long time Flossy lay quite still nj
her Auntie's lap, her bright eyes gazing
thoughtfully into the fire. At last she
said
Then Thanksgiving Day isn't fol
everybody, is 1t Aunt Gay?, ;,
EYES, dear, it IS for everybody o.,
"What, for old Hetty Hray, too
"Why shouldn' it be for Old Hetty
Because-why, Aunty. what e0"t0
! cld Hetty be thankful tor
60, think | know what you mean {:
Flossy. She Is so Ueiy poor, and lVe'
in such wretched hut, and has to |of'
so hard to earn enough to eat ana Wea
"Yes, and don't you know when VI
stopped there to get cup OF water nov
every thing was, Just like old mothe
Hubbard's 5 cupboard and her gown wa "a,
all ragged, and her window was broken 3,
tPor old Hettey." said Aunt Gay
gently: Il shall feel sorry when L an
| eating our nice Thanksgiving dinner In In
warm bright room, with you and I'm
and all our dear friends so glad and ga
about me, to think of her, alone ana nun
gry. shivering by her poor tireless hearth
sIf I was Cinderella SAID tlossy
land nv god mother should come an
ask me what | wished for, | won!d as
her to give old Eetty nice Thanks
giving too.
Would you? Thenyou have as goo
n fairy as Cinderella 5. aud he
name is Kind Heart If you like,
will be the Fairy Of the Pumpkm' am
we will see if we can't give old Hetty
glad Thanksgiving.
So, they planned it all out; and the
Flossy. in grert glee at having fairy &c
her own self ran to tell Tho, who bes
ged to be permitted to help. =,
styerv WE'LL" said Aunty Gay, "ho'
the fairies do flock to assist when an
good work is going on! Your fairy
name must be Good VIII, and let U
zee if it won't bring a fine large pumpkin
that Flossy and | may transform 1t lh'
golden pies. -
''What is all that Flossy is chattern
about ?'' asked FlosSy' mamma the ne2
morning at breakfast. what does =
: mean about pumpkins and talnes, al
old mother Hubbard z?
=. Aunty Gay then told the whole stor
! Then [ must play good Fairy too:
: said mamma. smiling lovingly on her Il
tie daughter. I'VE must fill up th
:. noor cupboard with tea and sugar enous
|. to last old Hetto all winter, andis mast
Good VIII viii drive nail OF two on h
wall. | promise to hang on 1t a nice war
hood and gown. go
! ~ herever Lady Bountiful leads
! must follow" SAID papa. wv hat
= You say to bag of flour and load
e Flossv was so glad she could only dan
and laugh, and clap her hands above h
golden curls. :,
Oh Tino = sbe exclaimed, as with
coarse bib pinned about her, she sto
F. perched on stool by the kitchen tai
rs helping Aunty Gag mako the golden pl,
s'aren't we having the incest Ihanksg
ing that ever WASP"
But the best of it was on Thanksgl
: ing eve, as Flossy called it, when Auu
n GAY and Tino, all warmly wrapped, a
T carrying a basket, she walked throu
Z the woods to Hett's hut.
,E All how dark and cold and cheerl,