The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-01
THE THANKSGIVING STORY.
Midale,o~ rran.sr,n,. ]

Thanksgiving story to be npe. Men may come and men may go. but the Thanks. giving stor,es are usually built on abou, the same plan. The march Time makes but little change ia ,he architecture ot the Thanksgiving story. There IS cruel parent in II always. X cruel father who compels weak. tral son ,o puck stones of ten-acre lot. from which the weak. frAil san has already p,oked enough stones to build two miles oi icnee. spt,ng house and the foundation walls tor barn. And still the sen-aere lot is pretty stony The weak, trail son. whose name IS Wil- ham henrs. wants to su m the house and read " The Boy Navigator. and Slab sided sam. the Nasage Scalpei." bu, the cruel father Is avcfsc to literature and be- lcscs Il IS the duty oi every boy Ia wo,k between meals lie commands William Henry to go to the ,en-ae,e lnt asd exer- cIse himself. though II K Thanksgiving day, and a cold day to p,ek stones. and William Henry ieels as | his back were broke ln nine pia,es already from previous exercise IA the ten-acte lot. William Henry respectfully and eouiieously. but himly. declines ,o go. and the ,tuel father a slave and hui;s h,s teehnss. MAl,am Henry goes up s,alrs and gets hts Harlow knife and the fifteen cents he haS saved from the sale oi the bone oi deceased horse kisses his mother. hugs the dos. and ai,h a sigh ,ha, huisis all Inc hnston, bu, one oi his ,cke,. he takes last fond hook at the old home Then ke goes away out wes, and gte~> sp @,ih ,he touuttY.
 Anci inc el .Ilse ot hftecn ycafs he SC ond thap,e, opens to slow musit Inc ctucl patcnt has had no letter trom Mtl. ham iienD He has no, had even postal eaId nom hum. The old house looks abou, as i, did fifteen years before. eXocp, that three or more bucks have fallen oti the chimney. The old iron, gate will not stay lat1hcd. lust as il never would. The old tcn-acte lot is about as stony a> e,et Ha, the old ,,ael fathes wears a genetal eSpre>sian ot home made gloom He feels fifteen scaf> older than he fell fifteen year hstote and th~ie i> good deal oi rheumatism aad ono thlne CT another ioolinE around III his system IL ls Thank sEniug daN sEun and the perfume ot tnastlns iuiAeA comes to hun as he ,it> ou tho petrh alone ~,ih hl> cnns,icnec aud he~ Il tahaEtu. lie sarlls the G.anei bas Nllhoei h.s piistlne enthusiasm. lie has no Fpcute worth speaking oi. He ,s thiek,nk ot the yel lo~ hAllcd boy he oaIcsscd Nith butet stasc tttteen years hetotc..ta thetr aic a oupie oi tcata h his cfcA here IS 4 mortgage on the old iam \ healthy, |. T.
 cnt. tnicges, Nllh Eteat regularly. hts year the old tatmci eotn ,tep has iuied and tic tEtefes, is ese, ssac. He know he rant pay Il aHd he books down the road ekpes lung te Ser the aheta eemtak with Il wut ut .ss sR4 Hi.Etl, at sofnethiHE else that sounda rqusll, AN bad. and he tcch that he hasn't much ta bc thankiul lof. \ gentle vattc alls hlm to d4nurt uut he stli hngrts ont there n the mel lios glow oi the .ith ai AaNembei ud denly he dcsenes a >elaaD tuaini4u .p pfoa, hung. \ solitaiy t"",mao. r,il handsome Vigoiogs and heatdcd ,td dressed n stoIc loihcz lie fafttrs a vsllsc and walks like t stage ptlns on ;. salary ui seven doilats a week lie asks the nli farmer f he may .t down upon the por'h and rest hlnseli. and the old iafmef ,ays he may he cid ltmet Nlic otnes upnn inc cue bat d"es n,. rec ognnc the young man in slote i9thea as her long lost son ,he take. ham ioI 5, book agent of tea peddlet ylu vail pIrssalt propose lo eit hei tbdy hte cn,s ~oiih Il H#,d tct te, t~a dol.af. and tp send h~t an .s, pA'iot suit oi t,f- ni,ute nea week N hIle Wliiian lients sits in thou. hiiui mood thr cid watr h dos comes out from under the pofs h sieeiia tho s,faugei boots. lnps upon huu and tarks tur oy hc old dog is n.ueicen ycaIs old and aI,safds, IS bhnd ,n one eye and :. bti neat aighied m Inc plhef. ts.d hIs sense oi suell is not sY ae ute sa T ~sN when he ~as yaangei. eaii be = cnTn,trs the hong lost boy fl,c weak irall boy tha' uc loved sa ~ri. he old dog glves ,he returned son tau the se,tng dead away, sud there is ttudy eab' Al around he Thank ssaS4nK d.nucf eaten Anld great Joy and dauas the meal William Henry breaka inc ncws gently to tic congregation thn hs "Nns thiec tountles III soufhetn Dakota, d ' o4- pie ei sI.Yef mines tu Colorado. sesetai eligible town stes altered about pro ms ipahit and 4 fes hludftd sis.sfes 'i national bank stock We'll, i h po~ efiui happy day io al con erned, and if thc end the mortgage la pald "ii, William
 Henry fofgfses the enee crae. parent faI caFcss,ng him ~i,h a barrel slave. and the 4rtaln falls A fhe sandefer from the se,,lng sun alIs for ihird pt.fe of pumpkrn pie ,n lively muair. In aboB, A msnth William Henfy leads 'p tbs hy in-ucal altar ihe .tiiie gIr he had pl4 ed with fl childhood ! hour ana ~ho had sytupa'hIsed ~Ith hIm when he had been appon'ed to plek stones, apd ~iih ~hom he had sympa'tued ~hcB her mud bsa- ats WGu!dn use hm ls thr frame. spfs of 'te Ihankss,YiB.. ssotY ahe read~i fsn ptt fl ihe filing 'e sut' h,t4- sell
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