The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-17

from me an / couldn't fed GRANNY .
Are You quite sure you can find
ycur cousin?"
She looked up in his face, and laid
her thin hand on his sleeve.
Il never saw my cousin" she said.
camly If Granny has run away
from me, l haven't anybody know y
Why, then, did you csme to the
eityy" said the turkey-msn, wonder
lag where be could leave her.
Il know the city best she said;
Granny used to live there, till a
week ago. Ii is so dark in the conn
try, when you have to slay alsuei
There are The marksi-mea-see how
bright they are,i
Ii was the night before Thaaksgiv-
ing, in the city SIS well as in the
country; the markets shone as they
always do the evening before the
great feast. Never were the gar
lands mUre green, Deyer applies more
red, or gobblers more plump
The turkey-man drove up and stop
ped
Here is as far as I can go, little
one" be said. as be lifted her out aad
stoud her safely iu the bright light Of
The market
She was pretty child, but pale
now, with blue lips and shaking
bands
Poor little thingsf be mutteTed;
Il wish they hadn't named her Mary
aud be entered the market.
The market-men beamed on every
body They rubbed their hanas as
customer after customer vanished
With the cold form Of some kind OF
fowl neatly covered. all bat lis feet,
in brown paper,
Ii was growing late; the turky-
man bad sold out; be waited only to
get hot supper before starting for
home He had been thinking entire
ly of dollars and cents: but as he |
walked cut of the market be thought /
of bis home, his wife waiting alyne 1
for hi,. in the great white house, and |
his little Mary safe in Gods home
atove-he had forgotten the home
less child left alone outside the mar
ket.
\ heavy hand was laid on Oh bis
arm. Stand back a moment,"
whispered a voice. He looked up.
aud saw a large POLICEMAN watching
a child at barrel Of red apples.
Ii is his little fellow traveler
That's sharp youngster.n half
laughed the policeman, under h.
breath. This sort of thing is going
on here all the time. Nothing is safe
for moment"
The little blue hand was already
on an apple. II ialtered moment,
then grasped it tightly, then dropped
il.
She hid her face in her hands The
turkey-man stepped up to her and
touched her shoulder gently Sbt
had not seen him; but. without look
ing up. the child knew who it was
The e8iv friend she Hxtss~ t
II couldn't do il, On, j couldn't
she sobbed But I'm so hungry
and she fell against the barrel
x
The stars were shining cold and
clear. The turkey-man's wife wa
looking out, and wishing the ther
mometer could go up, without the
price of turkeys down. 1T is s.
cold for John riding from the cit, /
alone," she said to herself She
opened the door, hoping to hear th'
wagon; but the cold wind sent be-
back to the blazing fire. She though 4
Of year ago, when she did not sli {
waiting alone Sac imagined she [
heard the little voice, though it haG
been hushed nearly year-hoN &
1la NV she saw the sweet face though d
I had been covered so longi She t
wiped the tears from her eyes a. she d
heard the rattling wheels; John mus d
LOT see her sad. She opened the q
loor, bolding the lamp high above ,
Ter head. c
The turkey-man came in, with L
wrapped in the bnffalo- d
ohe; be laid it on the big dining-ta {
lie Don say no." he cried; ''le'
Is do something for Mary's sake, thi-
rbanksgiving!'
Are you crazy?n she exclaimed,
s be uncovered the pale pace. Il
Wait till | tell you ALL" said the d
urkey-man. q
When be had told his story, be- d
aid, earnestly: How could go t. b
hurch tomorrow and thank God Tor :
lis care of Us, if I, with no little one f
0 care for. had left this child alone q
D the great city," d
You did right John" said hi Il
rife; "you always do" o
With these words, the woman 0
ood, practical soul,-hastened L, {;
rash the little girls face and hands
hen she warmed and comforted her, d
bile the kind turkey man went t. "
axe care of bis borse. "
81 remember this house, said the u
bid, as she looked out of large q
lanket before the bright fire. Il saw ii
one day with Granny Cole; ! d
topped and looked through the q
,nce, and threw stones at the tur- IJu
eys | didn't know be was kind ri
IAN then. Granny hates rich men IN
i wonder where Granny is-I'n la
Drry Threw the stones-but they b,
'asn'r big" The little head fell v
'wer; the pale lids closed: the lIt,le N
ands grew quiet; but the little voice OF
speated in sleep: II didn't know he Ell
'as kind man" st Nicholas.