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Sadie's Thanksgiving.
ny LUCIA CHASE BELL.

II was Saturday afternoon. aud Sadie "
had just finished her ironing. The roam I"
was full Ofthe sweet warm scout Of freshly Y
ironed clothes; the sunlight made pink .
and golden glows in the clouds Of shining
muslin han.iug all over the straight old =
chairs, and the wiulow looked brighter
and thriitier than ever, towering up above
the transparent whiiue>s all about them.
Johny Hue Davy we're away shelling corn
for old Mrs. NeG little q ree-year-old
Kit was taking her afternoon nap, eurled
up among the pillows in the bedroom by
her sick mother, and the whole house
seemed delightfully."- clean aud quiet, for
a wonder. She kept bithely humming,
" Through lanes aud heigerows pearly,"
while she put away her ironing blanket,
aud put the teakettle on aud rolled out
the light biscuits for supper. 1t always
seemed as if she could " Smell fresh hay
when she sang that old song, aud somc-
how il always came into her head when
she felt glad. You see, Sadie had made |
up her mind to have Thanksgiving when
the day came round. Nobody in Bndge-
? tor ever did have Thanksgiving dinner
that she knew of, aud the day there was
}. almost sure to be muddy day there scow-
? ling sky, aud chilly, damp air, that pene-
trated to your very bones, in the most
discouraging mancr.
But Sadie had read about the good old.
fashioned Thanksgiving in New England,
vixen, according to the jolly stories about
them, the country folks kept the day with
hearty cheer and the clouds sent down
glorious 'sleighin' SHOWS" and the preach
er Numbered out good solid othodox SER
mons, and the people sang with zest that
told ofreal thankfulness and the near pros
pect Of generous big dlnuers.
"And | guess we've got something's to
. be thankful for" she said to herself, bus
lily tripping to and fro at her work. "Old
Mrs Bennett said | was gcina 10 have u
felon on my finger, and | didn't. Aud
poor mothers old auuty, that talked OF
coming to live with us, didn't We'd have
been glad to have her come, you know,
'u' and Sadie whispered conideniialIy to thu
-~ biscuit roller, = but she's a poor sick Ole
lady, and mothers sick too. aud We wer
= 'fraid we couldn't keep her nice, AM
warm. and comfortable Then the grocery
man gave johnny an old hen that &c
sick in the coop at thr grocery, so h
IN I'D Mt sell her, and we nurSed her u
till she got to be good US new, aud lay
an egg now every day. Another thing
we hav Mt had any equinocial storm tn
irs year, to speak of, and the root leak
And the very best thing we've got to
Glad of is about mother; because lie do
tor says she'll get well smre /; and beside
she doesn't have that mis'able pain night
now at all. i guess she nt edn't ever wo
much if sh. does get well Rob and
keep her just to love and look at
Mrs. Benoett says about her two work
foot stools.
To be sure Sadie's reasons for thankf
ness might have been little be"llderi
to anybody else, but they were Gle
enough to her mind and when she thou;
about The last one, such happy, low
light shone over her round, trcckled Il
:. ,hat il seemed almost beautiful AS
nd the dinner, she thought Rob, who worI
out in the country, might manage to
Ger .,rtov mr. at least a nice fat chick
I'd in and sope pumpkins, and a jug OF cro'
the and those would be orthodox mater
Dto it for splendid Thanksgiving feast.
reely had lust done up" the best tablec
! dis that very afternoon, so stiff and gi'
'ance YOU might almost fancy 1t TO DC fca'
u out. ask. Mrs. Bennett would lend her
alone GLASS dish to put the ounce preserves
olved and three more spoons, so there u
* un- enough to 90 around, and then' peri
en- up Sadie thought she would invite the m
f the fer She did wish it would snow
e Sc thorough snow Storm that would set
orga- sleigh bells to tinkling, and make pc
near feel CHEEKY aud glad in spite themS'
since Somehow it seemed as if everybody al
ut up felt dowu-hearted IN BudgetoH. Il
said, sure it wouldn't be particularly cheer
or us. Johny and Davy, ifthe wind should
e into pen to blow snow spray through the c'
in the roof down on their bed up ga
:, but then they often wished they wer
Ia IA diers, and could sleep out doors, ant
,erson. diers wouldn't care for snow.
eighty Why, Rob Willlsl" said Sadie
- w .ne a sudden hearing the door open.
- ha- that she was surprised to see Rob,
nel M. always came home on Saturday afterI
Ter, all hut because he carried over his shout
mount like bag of meal-a little mite OF
years. IA os Kit bn not ROSY
evenly apou' 10 III. M