West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-12-12
MISS LUCINDA'S BROOCH.
How 1t Was Lost and Found-A
Valuable Reward.


1t was the day before THANKSGIVING.
In the kitchen of the Graham farm
house great preparations were going on
for tomorrow's feast, for all the Ora
hams and their relatives, and many of
the neighbors were coming to eat
Thanksgiving dinner there, and Aunt
Susan, as every body called Mrs Ora
ham, was one of those hospitable WON
en- who can never do enough for her
visitors. Already on the pantry shelves
great loaves of cake were ranged, send
ing out tempting odors to tantalize the
children who kept hanging about the
door, for a glimpse of the good things.
And pies, too, cranberry and mince.
and doughnuts looking as if they We're
larry aching to be eaten, and goodness
knows there were mouths aching TO eat
them. ''Oh, myn' cried johnny. more
than once, ''d0nt they look nice? |
wish 1t was tomorrow now, don't Won
Ruth? It's an awful long time to wait.
L don { mean 70 eat another thing till
tomorrow
Yes, they do look nice" said Ruth.
''It took me all yesterday forenoon 10
stone raiSins for the cakes, and didn +
eat hardly any, either Aunt Lucinda
says she knows she never made nicer
cakes in all her life. l don't know
which looks incest, the cakes or the
pies: ! guess they're both good"
II d Ike to try EN-, anyway" said
Johnny. IAN | tell you what. the tur-
key viii be just boss, for he's fat rs buf-
ter.
1t seems most wicked to kill him. !"
said tender-hearted little Ruth. 81
don't b'leeyc he'd have had such an an
petite if he'd only known what was 20
ing to be done with him"
But turkeys was made to eat" said
johnny. whose appetite did away with
all tender qualms of conscience.
Aunt Lucinda was sitting pumpIlin
for pies. 1t had been stewed the daY he
fore, but the pies had not been baked
because Mrs. Graham held firmly 70 tho
belief that pumpkin pies were never AT
their best three DAYS after making
You make Them to-day. an I'll tend
to the rest o. the work, she said
Use all the eggs an cream Won
want, Lucindy / never knew anvb1dv
who could beat you maxim punpkin
PIES. You've got jest the knack, some
how. i remember how Jack Stansburv
used TO say he'd like 10 live ON 'em
Poor Jack! l wonder what's become
of him
Lucinda was thinking of Jack. as she
forced the fragrant yellow pumpkin
through the cullender. Jack had hee,
her lover. years ago. Everybody had
thought lit would be match 81" She
had often thought so. and 30 had Jack
But often in this world things 20 wrono,
or anyway different from what We
plan or expect and lovers quarrel
had parted the paths which should have
merged into each other. and Jack had
gone away and for years nothing had
been heard Of him. He might bc dead
Lucinda thought, and / am quite sure a
tear fell into the pumpkin. and perbaps
1T was that which gave the pies such a
rich, delicious flavor on the morrow
Who knows?
Like most lovers duarrels. this ON.
had been about nothing in particYl.r
She often told herself that she had boo,,
most 20 blame. But she had been too
proud-or stubborn to saw that when
Jack and she talked the matter o,e,.
and so they separated. loving each other
The same as ever. and he had seemed to
drop out Of existence Poor Lucinda,
Her heart was sore vet with it. old .or-
row, but she had borne it braveIv and
hidden 10 from curious ewes by pleas-
ant face. IF she is an old maid" the
neighbOrs said. "she's as han some "a e.
most girls IL was allus nat'ral for tbe
Grahams 20 keep their good looks"
Busy with thoughts Of the past. She
tifted her pumpkin. and beat cgg, and
cream together. and made the savorv
filling for her pies
There she said as the clock struck
noon they ne all ready for the oven n
your going 20 see 10 the baking of
them, u go and fix thing in the par
IOr. Susan
She went up 10 her room TO wash her
hands and comb her hair before .bo he
gan the task Of fixing things" I'm the
5quare-rOOm as good old Deacon
Graham always called IT, A. She stood
before the glass, she discovered that her
brooch was gone
Dear noe. what IF I've lost t;" She
exclaimed It must be -rmoyybere
about tle kitchen Ill run right down
andsec.
Lucinda brooch was an heirloom f4
ihe Graham family IL was au o'd-f .h-
I'ned thing Of gold that may have cone
over .n thc Maf1ower -ho had hoard
grandmother Graham say ths, 30 ras
Ola when 70 came fo her. Becsu.rcf ff.
agc, and because it had been given 20
her by her mother boo Ler last -.c.uc-
Lucinda priced it very much. She af-
way wore &C. She icIt lost without. Fl"
abe said
Ihe brooch was nor o. De found ia NC