The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-29
a CAPE COD TURKEY
A Thanksgiving Story
nv CHARLES BARNARD.

vjth only We soteo Az WIG
and Thanksgiving morning at that.
Folks ought to be kindly disposit'oneo
o,e, their dinners to-day; but some
Sow II seems kinder unnatural / r
ioISs VINO haven. any relations
WnV that big dining room seats Z4o
neonie and only three to dinner.
81 cnnnose father will get tuT-
key?" ue,. GONE
over to Sq1ire BAscom's to see II ne
ran get one. Howsumever, VIC chn
hove . Cape Ccd turkey, at any rate. -
N" IA Cane Cod turkey? What's
tba,?' :. oo,,es -
Lefty sedgewick lived WIN Lei e,
fother and mother in the Summer 10
little one story house near oroau'
ssndv beach that faced Msssacnoee''s
hav Tn the Winter they shut up
ths;r bouse and went to live IN the
IotaI Nanmsett. This was vast
wooden hotel, open only in the sum
mer. Il had 100 bedrooms, ootn l'sIie
and big. and two dining roums, ana
three parlots and plszas, nearly
halfs mile long. In summer, Gap
tain sgdgewick caught fish for the
hotel and in Winter he lived IN three
Of the small rooms at one eco OF Ine
hotel and took care OF the grea empty
building. n;.,;,
There was no other house within
two miles, and Lefty had neither girl
friend. playmate, nor schoolmate
from the Let of November till the LIST
NJ Nav. She studied at home, with
her mother. during the Winter. when
they lived in the hotel. In summer
abe went to school in the village, TWO
and a bali miles away. walking there
and back every day. t.
As her mother said it was mon
strous Lonesome" sometimes; ana mere
il was Thanksgiving day, and not q
single friend or visitor to come anu
see them.
Just then Lstty's father came in:
He had on q pair OF rubber boots and
. great, yellow oilcloth coat, that
came down to bis knees; and an oiled
cloth hat, as shiny as old golo. he
stood for a moment by the door, and
a little ring OF rsin-drops fell all ABOUT
him.
Powerful rain for Thanksgiving
dsy, Coming on thick, too. Bad Gay
for ships of shore.
Ibid you get turkeyf" Sad Mrs.
sedgewiok.
mo. Squile's sold every feather
be had to some Boston man. POWER
tui eaters the Boston folks must De.
Squire had nigh on TO five dozsn
fowls. Great pity | didn't bespeak
one. However, be gave me good
bunch of bests," =,
"Just the thing for our turkey"
said his wife.
"Jess 90. Let's be thankful We
have a turkey. anyway. Now, III
lust run through the house and see If
all the windys are snug against the
rain. Shall I start a fire IN the
Cafry?'
mo" said his wife. "That great
room does seem so lonesome, with all
those empty tables and tue chsirs
standing on top of them"
hr. sedgeHick pulled out a bunch
of beeis, and, laying ssids hia yellow
coat, he went away into the VASE,
dim, echoing rooms OF the hotel.
What did the minister sag he
should take for his text to-day, Letsy?"
''Go ye into the highways and back
lanes and bring the poor and lsms
and the one~armed folks, like Jim
S!ocum, to he least"
mot much use preaching on that
text. said Mrs. 5edgewiek. There
isn't any what you'd call real poor
folks in this town. Most everybody
will have q turkey and cranberry
sauce to-day. I suppose We could
invite lots CT poor folks to dinner.
I'm sure We have got-Harkl Was
that gum"
Suddenly the door few open and
Captain 5edgewick rushed into the
room.
There's rack. There's a rack
On the beach! I saw it from the attic
windy"
Booml
How the dull. heavy sound seemed
to roll along the gray beach. The
windows ratified and the hills seemed
to pick up the sound Acd toss it about
from one to another.
They're firing for help. Herel
Lefty, take the ensign and hist it,
Union down, on the mast-top o. the
cupola. must go to the lie boat
house. The folks in the village viii
see the ensign and come over"
He opened a drawer in the table
aDd pulled outa monstrous American
f,g. /: was az big as ak double
sheets and Lefty could hardly reset
round il when it was folded W.
Wife. you must make up a rouo'
ing fire IN tbs dining~room and make
coffse. The men will he cod and wei
time they get thru. Mebby taere'i
be poor f3lgs ON the rack"
Lefty ran through the great dining
room and past the Office, and then
up and up the broad stairwsys. She
ciimed up four stories, and dragging
the flag behind her. Ihe bundle be-
oopno un-oiIc5 on che y1ol-o1 mn 49,