The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-01-18
a. TALE OF NINE SEEDS

Nine brown seeds lay wrapped in the |
heart Of red apple. Eight of them
were large, full seeds; but one was /
dwarfed and insignificant.
'.Alas!'' sighed the little seed, I'm |
not fit to be called seed
Thou canst count myself one!'' said |
a large seed. 1.-The greatest Of the
earth can do no more.
Il call this jolly world!' cried
Master Tom, as he loosened the small
silk handkerchief under his broad col
lar. Don't you, Posyf' he added,
pulling his cousins black dress.
Posy's blue eyes filled with tears. She
| could remember when her own dear
papa and mamma came with all the
| rest TO spend Thanksgi giving at Grand
pas. Now they would never come
again. And brother John had written
he would try to get there, but dinner
was well begun and be had not come.
She thought Of him, SO far away. He
was not her own brother, but she
knew no other. How often. after she
began to wear the little black dresses.
1 he told her OF the time when her
father llad found him alone in the
world. cared for by no one, and had
taken him home and made him his son.
Her mothers last words were: John
will take care Of you, Posy. sDear
John, thought Posy, perhaps he is
now hard at work, having no turkey.
no pudding, nor nuts nor apples.
The delicate bits that grandpa had
heaped upon her plate had been taken
away, scarcely tasted. She knew she
ought not TO make them all sorry when
this was Thanksgiving; but when Tom,
from behind his small tower of turkey
and chicken bones pronounced this "a
Jolly world it started the too willing
tears.
Mamma" said Tom. waving a
drum-stick at his mother, "hasn 1
Cousin John got pretty long nose?'
pretty long, said his mother.
ssThere, Posy." said he, still gestlc-
ulating with his drumstick, 'tof course
he will smell his jolly dinner and come
for it.
posy laughed with tears in her eyes.
"Any way, it is mean in you TO make
Us unhappy on Thanksgiving Day.
Don't you think SO, bovsi' Without
looking at the young gentlemen adj
dressing, Tommy passed his plate to
his grandfather. with an "All around
again, if you please, sira" If Posy's
tears had reused any sorrow in his lit
tie heart, it vanished with the return
,, of his well-filIed plate for he declar-
, ed, as he received it, with greater EN-.
phasis than before, s'that it was a jolly
world
. The dinner was nearly over. Great
! gobblers, that had strutted nobly in
their day, and gentle turkey matrons
, that had not always meekly followed
after; black hens and white, yellow
chickens and gray; pies without mum
! Der and puddings worthy Of the day
apples. SWeetmeats. nuts and raisins--
/ all had contributed toward making {
! merry day. 4 weary satisfaction
: seemed TO rest on every youthful face
9 except Posy's and Toms.
Mamma" said Tom, placing on'
fat hand Oh the lower buttons of hi
!. jacket, 81 always told you that thes,
: clothes didn't fit me-
! Posy, raising her little hand owe
!, the table now stripped Of its mos
|. substantial glories), said earnestly: =
= = would rather not have tasted one BIZ
: of turkey, not seen any chicken pie
nor pudding. nor anything that ha
= gone; would rather now take all thes
!" apples, figs, nuts. and throw them in
= to the pig-pen, and see my brothe
: Johni'
He'll come tomorrow" said Tom
: my, languidly, Perhaps if he hal
come to-day lie would have made him
!. self sick"
: .Of course he wouldp' said big Con
" sin Billy, who was picking out nuts TO
Tommy's pretty sister, Dora. s.Hov
much better for him TO get here stronl
and we'll tomorrow or next day AM
II help us to take care Of Tommy
d Deeper grew the shadows aronud til
l. old farm-housei Softly the darkness
II covered one object after another from
l. Posy's hopeful eyes. shall leave tn
r curtain up, she thought, as she turne'
l. from the window, SO John can see il
d as he comes up the hill.
d Name mine and name miner' sh
heard the merry voices of her cousins
y boys and girls, some so much olde
t she. Why should she alone be unhaT
pyl As she was leaving the window
J. large red apple fell at her feet.
Why didn't You catch III say P0sy
|. THANK you, Tom, but / don't wan
it,
n You must have it. said Tommy
lie Il have named 1t for you.'
D. 81 don't want to play said Posy.
81 cant tell You who I named, sal
d Tommy, mysteriously, s'but it is soap
body-a little too old for You, perhaH
D. but somebody You want to see M
fully
lie Eight they both love, s'laughe
Billy,
d s.Who did You name itt'' asked Dt
"a.
e. Billy whispered in her ear.
til 80 You horrid thingl" cried Dora
You know don't like him.
sr ss'Pon my word, thought that 70
se thought that he was splendid. sal
Billy, still grinning.