St. Landry democrat., 1881-11-26
MADAME'S THANKSGIVING.

MADAME'S THANKSGIVING.
Thanksgiving Day-bah! DIS world
here keep Thanksgiving Day--eh? Ny
faith, it has so much to be thankful for,
dis worldr' and with. indispensable
irony in her face. Madame shrugged
her shoulders and threw away the daily
paper with q vigor of contempt that
would have ended in its destruction had
not little Lizzy, her maid. caught .it
from the grate-pan en- which. it De
scended. - ~ L o5% 49,. Sc ~
Madame will like to read the rest
of the paper after awhile" she said,
apologetically: a.r 1
;T"Certainly, childr' replied Madame,
.'and you: are a very good girl to re-
member it.; as fol. me, can remember
7 Wse sh sa q sasss e. g d.;
command one to be taaakful? We must
be utankful. when we Oh! I DO
hate foolish! r. and Madame tookshpf'
seat at her breakfasttable and sipp6
her solitary cup OIL chocolate with ,
massive silver spoon, while IsizaY, tas
good a little Methodist, as ever served p
foreigner of mysterious religions views
dueked a small mall, e0sFfssyy and falserqf
] Please. Madanes our rls ] minister teu,s say
we. have all a greatsleal to be thankfa
foreyery day. Firstpur health, please
and the sun rising ana-ande: tthe flow
ers growing, and having enough to eak
and; please, Madame, Isdon't think u
means in-in american Just what Il
does in French, sonlyrthat you ought u
have. a good dinner, and mot work, am
go to church AZ ard |, say your PRAYERS
please, Madanle!n II Is1a35i4 qoha
vOh, l please always tolhaye good
dinnerr' cried Madame, laughing. ;" As
for saying my prayers suddenly she
paused. a soft. kindly look came over
her face. But it is right for you to
say your prayers, my child" she adj
,ded; 4. and you shall 60 to your church
and have good dinner on your Tanks
giving Day"
"Oh! Madame, 1have realnice things
to eat every day-better than ! ever
had Christmas time BEFORE" answered
Lizzy. 1.-The poor little Galsons are
often glad OF what you tell meto throw
dame, does up your laces. -
s'Ah! have never seen her, She is
poor. den, dis Madame Galson?''
''Oh! asotully poor, Madame" re-
piled Lizzy. $50 poor-so poor they
have but one tiny little room. Her
husband was rich, but he died. She's
a real lady, Madame; and then her eld-
est boy was drowned; and now she has
four children, and all she can do is to
mend and do up lace"
"Ah! you see?" cried Madame.
"And your Governor says to her, BE
tankful!' See, now, for me: am rich,
richer than you know; but all my fam
lily are gone out of dis world. My
poor husband-ah, shall ever forget
dat day! And once anozzer ting hap
pened to me. A little sister-a young
girl-she had sixteen years-she was
younger than but it was when we
were both young-we slept togezzer;
in de morning I Weakened. she was not
in bed-she was. gone!. never saw her
again. # seriedt fAht yesT d. pfaved,
too; bttRno answer ever Come! Little
Lizzie, it is not certain. one is happy
because one is rich ~ a@s. n, ..i I;
81 am so sorry, Madame" said Liz
zy,stsod sorry, and poor Mrs. Galson,
she's French lady, too. There is a
knock. think it is Mrs. Galson's little
girl foE the lace Sfohus. y suwo
Let her come to this room. Ishould
like to see her." said Madame s,a
And Lizzy ushered into the room q
pretty brunette girl of some ten years
old, who answered all Madame's ques-
tions modestly and sweetly, and who
spoke French as well as she did English.
You are right, Lizzy," said Mad
anne, when the child had departed;
t'that little girls mother is lady"
And then she sat quietly before the fire
knitting some trife in crochet for long,
long while. At last she spoke, and nat
urally to Lizzy, who was her only COM
panion: $50 your Governor says one
must dine well on Thanksgiving Dayp
Well, / will be a good citizeness. I
viii have a dinner party; I will ask
Madame Galson and her four little ones.
If it is not distingne party no one will
know. | have not so many friends. I
will write to my country woman. You
shall take the billet, Ell! Lizzy?''
''Oh. Madame, how good you are"
said Lizzy.
And so, that very afternoon the little
maid carried into Mrs. Galson,s Door
room polite Invitation, in which q one
exile !" requested 1.-THE company, of an
other. = U t. was prettily worded. AS
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