The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-11-27
THANKFUL THANKSGIVING.
PARTI.
ON THE HILLS.
But, Harry, you surely do not thinl

4 But. harry, you surely 90 not think
FRY took his mothers face between
hands.
: This is what I think, you most precious
all mothers. There is no game in the
DDS; there IS nothing, or next to moth
G :, to eat here in the house. Hector
ows the first as we'll as I; and you the
It; so we make very respectable ma
ity, you see.'
Hector, hearing his name called, lifted
s3 huge self from the floor and came
Ter to Join in the conversation. If you
/ II add together all the best dogs you
Ter saw or heard of, and then multi ply
Ii two, you have Hector to the life.
It was going to be an early winter,
en- for Upper Highlands. The leaves
ID so, as they tumbled and rustled
rough the long gullies of the wood; and
2 wild geese said SO. too, as they hocked
nthward in long, wavering lines, look
2 like black, crooked arrows, hi Oh up
the sky. But surest of all, the child.
n in the valley said SO, as they bun
ed off to school, trying to think of les
ms which, somehow OF other, wouldn't
ay lessons, but would change into skates
id sleds before they knew it. Back on
Ie hills, where Harry and his mother
sved, winter was surely coming. The
{eak wind whistled about the little
A}Vse and roared down the large Chin
To- The forest gave up plenty of
inches, which the trees generously
,ook down, so that the fireplace was al
ays roaring with plenty of warmth and
spare. But food was scarce. The lit
, farm had refused to do its share, and
harvest had been small, indeed. In
G woods, too, where game had always
zen so plenty, this year it had failed,
I'd the little household was sorely pressed.
There is no help for it, my boy,' said
S mother. You must 60 to the village
II assistance"
Mot to beg" .-...
mo, no. Not to beg answered bis
other, cheerfully. 'But, see here"
Harry took in lis hand the little white
Ok. In its soft nest of pick lay a pail
!, tiny diamond earrings. The setting
|: gold was old and dingy, but the stones
toarkled brilliantly as ever. -" as.
II bought those, Harry, when quite 8
Dung girl, and wonder I've never
lought of them before" SO -.F-
sAnd you shall not think of them
DIV, darling. Why will you not let me
o to the village and get work2 Hector
aall stay with you, and every night
i'll come back ~. ....,s..a-., f.. ~.
mo, Harry, no. You couldn't come
sack over the hills at night, and ]
.ouldn't have you away. There mus
tlrely be game in the forest, my boy; and
b the meantime we will bridge over the
title Improbable season with supplies
R.om the village below. Why, all the
S,sociations of these earrings have beer
l2s.ul. I cried before got them, and
cried afterward to think how foolish
lad BEEN"
They sat and talked far into the night
With bedtime came the bringing in O,
FOOD for the mornings FIRE, and the rath
r unnecessary precaution of locking the
ough- doors.
whats the matter, Hectorf Want II
AVE littleIracing before turning in fol
he night3'
The dog was standing with his fol-.
avs upon the latch ,:snuffing at the crack
Harry opened the door. Whewl They
lad been so busy talking that they hadn'
loticed the rising wind nor SUSPECTED tn,
now, that now whirled into the room.
Mother" said Harry, with his arm 0,
Ter shoulder-"Mother, the snow ha
come" ... ...-..
YES" .
That was all they said. 1t wasn't
question of snow-balling and coastine
With them. 1t meant a bitter struggle
against poverty-this coming Of the snow
before its time. But, whatever the other
thought Of it, Hector was as jolly as
Fcheolboy. A whistle brought him bacl
10 the house. His shaggy coat was GOV
bred.
Perhaps, Harry, its only another fur
Ey." 5...ts
"Flurries don't take three days to gath
IS dear; and when they do come TIL
7, Nv isn't like this.''