The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-11-27

rr .1a sAo eiuuyeu around to the rear door
followed by Theodore, Lavinia, Evange
llne and Is, IGervase, each Juggling along !,
Nobody responded to her repeated vol
ley OF knocks, but presently little ole
woman, who had come from neiphbor
ing cottage to the well for water, wa
made to understand what was wanted.
Mrs. Peckield2' said the little ole
woman. in a high pitched, shrill voice
winch so often accompanies deafness
"Yous her cousin from the city. come
spend Thanksgiving2 Well, if that ain
too bad Mrs. Pecktield started IN.
very afternoon for Ladd's depot; got som
relations as lives there" s4.s8.
ihaps very strange said Mrs. Net.
Ilngley. Il telegraphed to her that | was
Uou.dnt got the telegraph, guess
SAID the little old woman.
/ Bat Mrs. Nettingley knew better than
that, tor under the corner of the piazza
mere lay torn envelope Of the Western
Union Telegraph! And she knew that
MRS. Peckhe.d had fled from her, lust as
she, Mrs. Nettingley, had fled before the
Badgerley family. 8
"But IL be even with her." said Mrs.
Nettlngley, grinding her false teeth. .I,ll
! go to Ladd's depot. What are the nam az
I OF her relations there2"
Inc little old woman, after some med
ltatlon, said that it was Jones. AT least
she thought it was Jones. She wasn't
quite certain. Itmight be Smith. Or i,
might be Thompson. But she beziered il
was Jones' And she believed they lived
on Thorn street. y
1t was long walk back to the railroad
depot, and the four little Ne.tingievs
were tired and cross, but they fortunately
succeeded IN reaching it before the last
northward train started. But it was an
express, and didn't stop at small places
| like yLadd's depot, as Mrs. NettinoIev
found to her cost when she paid S. for a
mack to take her back to Ladd's depot.
On inquiry it was found that there
were about half dozen families of the
name OF Jones at Ladd's depot. The first
place to which they drove, on Thorn
street, was tenement house, where th.y
all had the scarlet fever. = ! SO - =
"Oh, my said Mrs. Nettingley. s:Driye
on, quick. This isn't the place j. -.
The next was clergyman's house
where full-hedged prayer-meeting was
going brisk]y on a.- -
This isn't the place, either" said Door
Mrs Nettingley, waxing more and more
in despair. s..', -
And the third was a vincgar-faced old
maid, who lived with her married s;ater
and never had heard the name of Peck.
field in her life. .-....s =
T. ""hat shall l do2" said Mrs. Netting
ley.
Better go to hotel, ma am" said the
hackman, who himself was beg ginning to
get out Of patience. Il p 80 -: -
But 1t costs SO much" said Mrs. Net
1agley. "And tomorrow is THANKSGIVING
day. Is there train goes back to-night?S
~''To-night?'' said the hackmen. s:Whv
Its past II already And my horses has
got the epjzootic, and I couldn't keep EN-
out no longer, not for nobody. But
sspose I could lake you to the IL 80 nighII
express, for little extra!''
And this moderate specimen. of the
Tribe 5ot hackmen consented to be salts
Ma Whispered Gsrvase, ~ .ere are
we go1ng?" 'su[r - :
Home" said Mrs. Nettingley, pro-
nouncingthe word as if it were a aa.n,,t-
she'll she was cracking: There was one
comfort, though the .Badgerley family
would have been repulsed by that time:
and, after all, cold beef was a cheaner
way Of supplying the table than turkey
at ~ cents 81 bound.
1t was I or o'clock the next dav when
she reached her own door, haylno raid
in hack and car fare enoug h to buy half
dozen ten-pound turkeys, and with lad
ed and fretful children, a violent head
ache on her own score, and one of the
trayeling-bag lostl ..-.. -. -s~~S,
81 IL stay at home after this" said Mrs
Nettlngley to herself. Sch! Parlor
window, blinds !. open!, People taking
l 90 believe Nettingley's GOT company d to
Thanksgiving, after ALT"
AND her heart sank down into the so,es
other boots. It was quite true: the SER
Vant'mald, with red and Hurried face
opened the door.
Abby p said Mrs. Netttti inngley, swho )
here2" ~ - ' go
"Lats of people, ma'am," said Abby, !.
InInS t1uiit1ll oVeF ner shoulder.
where ere they2'' demanded her mis-
tress. &ss ~ =,
"Iu the dining room, ma'am. d 8 Is i : s
And Abby threw open the door, there
by disclosing a long table with three
huge turkeys well Drowned and savory, q /
that was a small mountain
IN itself, and g. glass reservoir Of cranber-
~ sauce. that set Mrs. Nett1nglev calcu-
ia1lng at once as to the probable amount
OF dollars sunk in its crimson pillows;
while, seated in hospitable array around
the board, were Mr.. and Mrs. Badperley.
the two sisters, and the six children, Mr..
and Mrs. snithers, seven little Smitherses,
ana the SIX LsonaJds Of Marie, second
cousins Of her husband--twenty six in all
Including her husband.
Mrs, Nettingley and her children sat
down and ste their Thanksgiving dinner
with 'tEl what appetite they might. But Net,
tlngley had rather hard time of it that
night.
my dear said the sacrifcal lamb,
what was I to do2 They didn't get the
letter. They said they had come to
spend Thanksgiving, and Of course had
to order dinns r. What else could I do2p
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