St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-10-20
Thanksgiving Ann.

In the kitchen doorway, underneath
its arch Of swaying vines and dependent
purple clusters, the old woman sat,
tired and warm, vigorously tanning her
face with her calico apron. 1t was Il
dark face, surmOunted by Il turban, and
wearing, Just now, Il look of troubled
thOughtfulness not quite in accordance
with her name-a name oddly acquired
from an old church anthem that she
used to sing somewhat on this wise:
"ThanksSivin' an"
johnny, don't play dar i'll the water,
chile ~
! "Thanksgvin an
Run away now, Susie, dearie."
"Thanksgvin' an"
Take care dat Dressed baby. Here's
some gingerbread for him"
"Thanksgivn an the voice of melody"
You laugh But looking after all
these little things was her appointed
work. her duty and she spent the in
tervals in singing praise. Do many of
us make better use of our spare mo-
meuts
So the children called Der Thanks
giving Ann her other name was for
gotten and Thanksgiving Ann she would
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one knew. She had lived with Mr.. and
Mrs. Allyn for Years, whether mistress
or servant of the establishment. they
could scarcely tell; they only knew
that she WAS invaluable. She had taken
Il grandmotherly gual dianship of all the
children. and had Il voice in most mat
'ers l,'i' cohTerheu 'he ia.he' a'o iii"'h-
e': Nn',e III 'he culinary department sile
reigheu supreme
me cary oleahlas' was over: She
had oes'o"eu UNUSUAL care upon II, Ne
cause an agehs 1i 'he bln'e ooc'esS'
NlNi'liig some oi 'lit country PIaces iol
contributions was TO partahe OF IL win
lhenl; but MhiIe she was nuSN WIN IL
maj oatch OF deiicate wafiies, the gen
tlcnan had pleaded an appointment:
and, taking hasty leave OF his host and
h"7tes@' had departed un"6served from
the ki'cneh WINDOWS; ana hahksSN
inS Ann pio'e money WIS s'''i III
nel PoShe''
biui' ASK me. nor give me ne
'h'n''' '''' H. rI"se PuSS"" 'iu
: "n '"''l.u' uri u'ili "Me ue ito,o
n"'u"' "n N"'iu" pay II "eH u'u'
sue iilu' il'u'eu' "nc' tue s'''e vi 'n'
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il""' IT'S 'ne io"S i'''iu'i' "n
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& Wv. "",''" .: . W
t"ar,J - ,,,,i aftor ,ha ,a";.h'L ,,',.'I,
and ..catch him If be was ,nTwh.rs,. hi,
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rL,rl.s,r;,,nn c,, IL tha d,.,,,-,,. ,h.
mn"snnEar r,tnrnad n,n,r.n,i, rn
we,,irJ bv his rhnse
t .Wa-lI, | come M with bim-t,ld Y,
would-and rive him tho tbr.. dnI
lars. He seemed kind of tustered +,
have missed such a nugget and h,
said twas a riuerous iountion equal t,
: your masters. Which proves'' soi,
, Silas. shutting one eve. and appearin.
to survey tbe subject meditatiyelv viii
the other. that some folks can do ~
much good lust off-hand rs some othe
= folks can with no end of pipchiu an
I scrcvin' beforehand"
=. "Tbink if proves dat folks dat dom
have no great mount can do a, mucl
in 4 good cause by thiukiu' 'hout il
, IittIc ,foreh,nJ a. other folks viii Il,
dat has more. and puts der hands in de
nDckptS |
in systematics bout such things. does ::
and with an enerretir hoh nf her head
l bv way of emphasizing her words. ol,
f THANKSGIVING walked into the house.
"Thanksrvip an the voic. of melody"
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