Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-12-28
GRANDPAPA'S STORY
a ThanksgfyfnxE pisode.

They lad just risen from dinner in the old
house At Eastwood Dinah and Sallie were car
Tying out the remnants Of the feast. With re-
gTeuul eyes the children watched its disap-
Yesrsnce- They had tried all the trsditionary
''wsiked four tim-s around the table, ;" and pos
Itively rot another mOutLfuI could they swaI-
low. And yet there Was something sad in let
ting these ''bJnne- bOuches'-thO-e delightful
halves, and quarters. and triaogies OF .mince
and apple. and Pumpkin-d,sappear and be lost
forever. The Thanksgiving dinner for that year
you GTsndmsmma Aliens pie-crust was not a
hing of every day.
Prom the great turkey. stuffed with oysters
which iuaugurated the meal, TO the tartets of
ruby cranberry, which brought IL to a close, ev-
eTything had thai dainty. savOry perfection of
flavor which sppertained 70 those fast-yani~h-
ing days of wide-mOuthed fre-places. heaped
with cracking logs. aud "bake- OveRs'' whose
depths entombed whole regiments of IOaves and
pastries, aHd returned them in the fuIlness OF
TINE brown, delicate, anu perfect-a fragrant
resurrection.
Alas the aroma of those old fashioned viands
1s almost trsditionsTy thing TO these days OF
'mcderE improvements" Here and thsre in
ErgeTs in the FAR recssses Of New ENGLAND AMI
At Grandma Aliens II would liDger always. No
range GishgUTed her kitchen. A 'swaterbaek"
was thing unknown. The simple freplace
wore its ancient livery of cranes, pot-hoOks AMI
Ioasilng-Jacks; and over all, King Hickory, joI-
hest OF monaTchs, presided royalty. Under his
sway what unimagnable cakes came to perfec-
fion. What havorous rOAstsl what tempting
baked beans what tOOthsOme hoe cakesF uh -
Indian pnddingsl fOrbear. That was indeed
the golden age of cookery.
-Four gen eTstiOns were represented in the Cir
Gle that now drew around the cheerful blaze in
TIE "keeping-room from grsndpapa, with his
silver head, To Baby MAY, fast asleep in the
arms OF her fsIr young mother, his eldest grand
enid. Inere were the five SONS and daughters
with their respective wives and husbands AMI
their tWenty-fOuI children, to saw NOTHING Of
Bsby May and her proud young father, or Int
Tie Nell on graudpa's knee-the orphan child of
mat youngest son whose loss was the one heavy
shado on this happy home. But tonight no
shsdow was visible The fickering freight
fell only upon faces at their brightest whether
IN the bloom of childhood or the cOmely serenity
OF middle life; on bright eyes and lips on kind.
Iy smiles and looks. A II shone with the cheerful
1umoT of the anniversary. The children bTim
hui OF fun and turkey; the parents renewing
Their own childhood for an evening. And there
IN The shadow OF the curtains, whittier Harry
and LdIth had be;sskeB themselves a little dr..
ma v A. going On-a f4atasia born OF the seasa,
-WbIch,u guess might be hazarded. would
Tipen, amidst other anniversaries into the ear-
nest purpose OF a lifetime.
" DraUPa, tell u = tory demanded one OF
lie little ones, a. light drew on.
Gcoi for you. TOl - exclaimed her brotber
OF, yes, gr tnIPapt; grandpa tells such nice
stories chOrusec the others, While little Nell,
putting her sOIt hand 70 the yrinkIed cheek
lOiEed n with the = Please" which she so often
had found irresistible.
Now. this - story of gFandps's was one OF
HE features OF the Eastwood Thank sgIyiny. IL
used 20 be Cinderella and Jack the Giant
killer formerly, when the little psopIe VIZ
sui Is, and no~sdsys il was stirring tale TO
please the boys, or some German legend adj lnt
Ell 10 the occasion Last year it was the adysn-
lures or a drummer cOs and his dog at Ante
faIa- And DOS, Is gTasdPapa settled Nell i'm a
more comfortable position on his lap, and gave
preparatory 'Hem.' the whole party. vS1nS
and Old, clustered a lI.tie nearer, and prepared
Thar Vas sly twinkle in graujpa's eyes as
,'Ih.z tine, children, an going to tel YOU
'.DeaT me - said the aunties to each other
WINE n u m 'he window, possessing himself of
PfettS E-ith hand, gave It pressure which
cheeEs.
eyes. love story Once upon a tims-say a
hundred years sgO, or Observation-Disclosures was a
Young man whose name was Tom and he I'D
III New York. lie was Father a lonely yonng
man, Tor he had no home, and had fodginss
which were not very nice; but he minded ir
less, because he had never known what a boma
was; and, besides, lie was very busy all tae
time" ~ Wv
''What was he busy at?'' shouted lack wbo
was famous for asking questions.
IL. lie " as slerA III great wholesale ware
s'vbat did they ssno"
"Now, Jack, You mustn't keep interrupt!nr.n
cried the other children.
They sold machinery, Jack. and farmars,
Ioois-llo~s ana harrows and such like-and all
sorts OF inventions and patents; what are known
noW-s days a. \ ankee notions"
"Nhy, that's just like Clarke & Amhler
cried Jack, but somebody hushed him mn
Grandpa only laughed. Clarke * Amber were
TIE successors OF The house in which all his mo-
Iey had be en- made.
"As said before, he was yery busy. for
though business was on asmalIer scale then an
DOW, this was one OF the largest houses in that
hney and there was great deal to do: and hv
working hard he had laid up some money and
what Was better, earned the good Will and con-
ndence OF his employers There was soma taIk
Of his becoming a junior partner m a 80 %
two, and altogether he felt that the world was
going smoothly with him.
me haont many relations, this young man
his parents were dead, and he had no aunts nor
uncles: There was a first cousin OF his fathers
living IL New England; but he had never seen
him OF any OF his family. But jus: at this time
to friend"
''What were their names, grandpa?p asked
little Nell, in her soft voice.
'.Weh, pet, Wen name one Of them Edith
ard the other Ellen. They always called each
other Ditto and Nelly Edith was the pret
fest. She had long light hair and blue ewes And
n fair skin, and altogether was Just about the
sort OF girl young fellows picture themselves
falling IL love villa some day. And I assure
you, the young fellow / IL telling Won about aid
90 the very trst time he saw her."
And wa Nelly pretty, too?' asked the Nelly
sn grandpapa's knee.
"WeH," continued grandpa, in a cons;dsrin,
lone, mot exactly. She had brown hair ana
eyes, and a trim little fgure, and looked alto
Bether good and honest and sweet. Still, guess
most young men would have given her sister
ten glaEces where they gave her one. AT All
events, NY young man did. FOR he looked az
al. -
There were not many places of amusement
t4-OTt NaNrs but suCL dS Jlcy were, thew m
ed very brilliant to these country girls who hal
never been In the city befOre- And You rarely
see cousin so polite as Cousin Tom-so ready
10 devote all his spare time To taking them n
this place and that place, and hunting up shows
and entertainments for them. They wrote horne
10 their father how kind he had been; their LET
tiers were fun of him; aud in return papa,
wrote ana sent his regards and Cousin rom
must surely come and spend his Thanksgiving
win them IN New Hampshire. You nav he
sure that Cousin Tom was ready enough ~ a.
rept the Invitation, Tor he had never seem gjrIs
80 pretty OF go nice before, and by this time had
quite made up his mind 20 fall in love with his
cousin Edith s
lit was all arranged. The young ladies went
home late in October, and on the day before
thanksgiving II no hing prevented, Tom WAS
70 PFeseJt himself III, the place they lived
81 N New Hampshire"
Jack. P~''S'eu
''Suppose NJ cal it Westneld, I" replied grand
pa, Win a Twinkle 'As It happened this
young e!erks employer had some business 20 he
transacted III the town OF ElRin-only 10 miles
from Nestdeld-ald a. Tom Was gOinS 80 near
ne eeeiGsd 20 entrnst II 10 him, only, unluckiIy
MONDAY before Ihankszfvtpo W s-o