The Evening critic., 1881-11-24
MACS PECULIAR THANKSGIVING



Written for THE Critic by w. A. west.1
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There was an air of desertion about the
club-room when | entered that night after
dreary days toll. l was n newspaper
reporter, and member of the Press Club
Of. 1t was the custom of tho members
to drop in at the club-room nightly wheu
homcward bound, and one generally found
more or less company there where pleas.
ant hour was passed in social chat over q
pipe. On the night of which l write,
Thanksgiving eve, the place appeared de-
serted. The lights burned dimly and the
janitor was not to be seen, circumstance
that struck me rs singular. l threw my
overcoat across chair, raised the lights,
and walking to window looked out into
tho dismal, almost deserted streets with a
shudder 1t had rained all day, dull, de-
pressing downpour, but now rs / watched
the blinking. street-lamps CLEAN of
twinkling stars peeped out from behind a
pile of jagged, black clouds in the heavens,
encouraging cheerful feeling The stars
went shifting with brighter scintillations,
and then swung in the blue-black concave,
forming a vast illumination up in the
zenith The storm had passed and
frightened under the prospect of a charm
;s ' IL, "a ,,,,s.,t h.i;5..
Is.nn5 th,,s al, droapn,;ra o,,;o,. c"ots.on,
ascending the stairs attracted my attention,
and as | turned from the window John
Rolfe one of our.oldest members, entered,
accompanied by stranger.
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peen eHcnnnseu ana our 'is, t was ou't 1ia
lug n,s o,o y; ,ps ~ nb;ao. ';sarS,
heveeu woh 1s III rays anu aI f n,' sad
glah9lns h"'i'i''s'''"'' Nv No '"''o' p"''o''
'he N.Y. God who 10 thot9n Tom Harrison,
oxolaiyy,od I' stonn;no oniclly hack INTO tha
Sor lie eP hlancheJ and hiS ovos r ,o
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''" OH a hegaar 7 smnnoso ~ Rolf. ro-
rl;ed. "bnt oid seilow WHAT'S tbo mattor ~
ppiacing his hand with deem concern on Uor.
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Tbnn as snd5onI,, as bo bod ex5ihitod
c,;att uar,;sor ros,y,med his commemorative
n r;sh M at "ttomnt 20 iangh aJdad ~ " nn,
n ",t% we'll all " to.nipbt gentlemen You must