Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-12-04

love his nieces, and to feel At home
with them. He wrote 10 offer Will
his house and practice on terms that
were reasonable enough, and only
demanded partial payments year by
ysar. There was no doubt in DIR.
Whites mind that he ought to ac-
cept this offer and when another
year OF patient economy and steady
work hsd passed by, he was able 10
send even larger sum to DR.. hyde
than he had promised, and to keep
half OF the house, which hitherto he
he bad leas, a to two families. and
install his mother as housekeeper.
1t wanted now year of the ten he
had promised himself to achieve a
home. He had succeeded beyond
his hopes. But before Thanksgiving
day be was called again to Champion.
Judge HILL was stricken again with
apoplexy. This time be rallied more
slowly than before, and VIII spent
his Thanksgiving away from his
mother for the first time in years,
watching the faint spark of life flick
er. tremble, gather strength, and at
last burn up again in this old mans
bosom. The judge returned to this
worlds affairs more handle and
grateful than ever He knew his time
was short; and month after, sit
ting by his bedroom fire, the wreck
of his old pompous, dogmatic, rudy
self, he called Annie, in a broken
whisper. She dropped her work, and
came.
Annie,' be said, feebly, you've
been good,ratient girl but / don't
suppose you've given up that fellow?'
No, father
Well, you haven't fretted and pes.
tered me bit and I'm free to say
| think better OF him than | did. If
you will have him, why | don't say
but what I'm willing now
Annie bent over and kissed him
tenderly. She could not say any
thing.
'Bnt, ANNIE the judge went on,
don't never set up your will against
his as you have against mine. II you
do, | tell ye youth come to grief: his
is the bigges;; he's rightly named
Perhaps | sha'n't want to, laughed
Annie, shyly.
Don't lot on that: you're a WON
an, and they all want their way, from
Eve down. muttered the old man
with gentle sarcasm.
Then IL make his way my way,
daddy, and we shall both be suited
Him = said the judge, contempt
ously.
Bnt he did not live to see it. The
Will that orders us all, even our vii
fuiness and our resolves, sent the
third and last summons before spring
rlpened into summer, and the Judge
was gathered to his fathers.
When the tenth Thanksgiving
after that solitary feast in the kitchen
came about, Will White, his mother,
his wife, and his wife's mother were
seated around the table 10 Judge
Halls dining room, for the house
now belonged TO Annie, and Will had
taken the Champion doctors place, as
the judges money was enough to set
them tar above want, and Annie
loved her old home too we'll to leave
it, besides DIR. Grey had six children
and an ailing wife, and was glad
enough to exchange Champion tor
hartford.
The dinner was abundant and ele-
CANT, but, with a touch of uncon-
cious poetry, the widow White had
placed before Will covered dish
he lifted the lid, aud saw before him
piece of boiled salt pork and few
potatoes.
Wills eyes dimmed as be looked
from the dish to his mother.
4 told you so, mother / he said,
with thrill in his voice.
Or, my dear my dear want
all your will, Will Don't lot on it
the Lord helped you. my son, or you
wouldn't be here to day.
'The Lord helps those that help
themselves, MOTHER said Will, rever.
emily +; and then he bent mis- head
and gave fervent thanks to Him who
had worked it 10 him both to will
and to do. and given them all such
great cause TO keep this second
THANKSGIVING.