The Red Cloud chief., 1884-11-28
fonY's THANKSGIVING DINNER
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.tricied ~ rule. FOR the ven good r,s
s1n that t. had neither hamr. parents
Dor guard aU% IL j. true ;hA: thls IN
IL. eadent condition had u. dssalyAn-
tsges. Fer instance. there were tines
when \ warm bed in 4 cory home would
have been mon. desirable than = ues; a
. barrel. az pacsing box. 81 -0mc corner
OF the wiauc, along West sEr-e;. for
Tony Wa, that very common character.
n New York vaE-ant Probably he had
parents .nc-. bat i, va. - long ASp that
re coult remember nothing about ;hcm
H. earl --t recollection, wcrr q being
kicked ur cuhci cut vi n dark cellar.
the onls home h. had ever known
How lid hr live Well. he could not
have told YOU himself. for two reasons.
In thu ir-t place Il Ma, a queer. shift
ing. shiitlss, sort Of lie. hard 10 de-
rcribc; and in the second place. in al
di.on TO E.s other misforlunc., Tony
VA, born dumb. and 50 lived a more
lonely life than the other lt;le Na-a-
bond, who could at ica-, talk aad swear
ind quarrel with u another.
Perhaps Tony was rather inclined 20
BE- law. At auy rate be- never seemed
Ia think Of such 4 thing a working for
his living; but neither did be- beg. unl~s,
j. could b. called begging 10 stand
around Washington Market and peer
fungrily al the meat and :>h. the but
ter and cheese and poultry there dis
PLAYED: or e creep halfway down the
steps Of some underground restaurant
and sniff the odors 81 clam chowdcr or
hecf,teak. | dare no, say hat be
would not have suatch"d n sandwich or
a sausage had the opportunity offered.
but hc was 80 little and puny that he
never dared venture. Vow and then
some good-natured soul would throw
him 2 stale tart or moldy crust, or a
bone that had AZ least a smell Of chicken
about il. and 50 be mana. ed 10 keep
life in hi, little skeleton Of n body.
But Thanksgiving time was the hard-
est Of all to Tony. for. really. the smell
of turkey and chicken j. not particularly
filling" however appeiizin@ it may be;
10 see Others feeding. or preparing Ia
feed on the fl; oi the land. always made
Tony more hungry than ever. On thu,
particular Thanksgiving Day he felt
even more empty than usual. for. not
feeling well. he had slept through most
OF the previous day in a -unny spot on
top OF a biz wooipile near the wharf.
and. of course. had eaten nothing: and
not having DR.. Tanner strength Of viii.
he thought that h. was in a starving
condition. lie hung around the mar
ket until i closed about noon. but all
the dealers were too busy IN notice him;
and n for the buycrS-well | suppose
that they had spent al their spare cash
Cor the contents Of the basket they
carried. % Tony Jared badly indeed
After the market closed he loItcre1
ahou, the stree; stands and restaurants
for awhile. but NJ n noticed the pit
iful little face with il hungry eyes.
except r brutal policeman w..o gave
him a rap with his stick when be crept
suspiciou>ly near a corner pie-Stand. -
Tony wandered on up Vcsey to Green
witch street. and strolled aloug.-linkin-
into doorwayS when the el-vated rail-
road ears Numbered by. for be could
never get over the idea that the huge.
Gathering train was going 10 tumble
into the street By and by he turned
into a croSs-street where there were no
shops. and strolled along. peeping into
basement windows. Oh what delicious
odors came from those kitchens. l.
~ F. -F-u.-s e. .wantt
them. and at last he made up his mind
TO beg for something 10 cat But n
one place ,he cook wa. Scolding. 1t an
other the kitchen maid looked 30 for
bidding. and at the next two spoiled
children began TO boot at him. 20 he
hurried by A. fast As be could
At last he came 10 a n~eat-looking
block. and the first door IN it stood
open. for the gTocers boy hal just car
RED in = big basket Tony summoned
I'D all his cOurage-there { much
of il AZ most-and yenturei in. He
found himself in a pretty little dining
room with a table in the middle. all
ready for dinner. too; for at one end he
saw q Big turkey. ard az the other a
pair OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT chickens
Not a so1l was in the room; the COOK
was chatting with the grocers young
man in the back kitchen Alas for
poor Torv's principles. il he had ant.
The temptation was too strong 20 IL
resisted. Withou; leave or license ne
snaichcd oae II the chickens from the
platter and rushed oct of the house IT
full speed. He dared not b. seen
on Tie street. with his booty. bat IL
: met veiy sc1iiied down the iirs. ba-
Llent steps he cam 10. and ihc-e. | an
so-ry 10 say, without the sGgh:es. twin-e
81 conscience, he fe@ScG Oh hts sgolea
ccod>. No words can DO justice 20 a,
enioyncnt 81 that meal. Hunger Is
said TO b. the best saace. and OF that
Tony had p!en;y. lie stripped the
bones clean. More than that. be ate
the smaller ones. and wished-we,l /
am afraid he wished that he had grabbed
the other chicken for his breakfast
His dinner eaten, he cgs-sei himself
up n q oorne Of the area and weE. 20
sleep-his unusually hearty meal had
made him sleepy. You see And what
do YOU think was the next thing be
heard? WHY. a sweet, giriish voice
saving. eagerly:
% mamma, may / keep him. /
want to 50 much" and be opened his
ewes 70 find himself held fas; in n ten
der embrace. while two dark blue ewes
looked lovingly At him and b~eseccaingiy