The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-27

PoWpo0 U00eo turkey n6a been Q11coN'
sred, II hnin't no puddin' nor nothin'
cooked, cause as there wa mt no turkey.
l didn't cook nothin'. Why didn't be
find It ont sooner? It will give me 9
dreffle sight of trouble. :"
L Never mind, y said Miss Budd, ''you
Set the table and I'll provide turkey,
pudding, pies and everything" adding
in soliloquy, IN heap awful hot Goals
of fire on his head"
This arrangement suited Mrs. Csf,
and she hustled about, muttering to the
effect that that woman could be kinder
respectable like when she tried. The
table was laid and dinner awaited the
Captain and his guest. Soon they came.
and with appetites sharp and keen, sat
down at once- The Captain ordered in
the turkey and its retinue. So contrary
was the disposition of Mrs Calf that she
must play q part to harass the Captain.
Turkey" exclaimed Mrs. Gaff, in
apparent surprise, What turkey, sir?"
"What turkey?"
"Yes, sir! what turkeyP I've seen nc
turkey to-day. If yer can't provide a
turkey, can't cook it. So there!''
"Where's the turkey / ordered sent
here? Marin I'd
Here it is, Captain" and there be-
hind the Captains back in the doorway
came Cynthia Budd, carrying the
twelve FOUNDER, beautifully brown and
steaming hot. Behind her walked Miss
Sparks with the pudding, which was to
go into the Captains oven until its turn
came. Depositing the edibles in their
proper places the two maidens walked
out.
As the Captain himself declared, the
wind was taken completely out of his
sails, he was thrown upon his BEAM
ends, and, in short, was as good as
scuttled. After the facts in the case
were made known to the Captain by
Mrs. Gaff, he walked boldly into Miss
Budd's kitchen, and there, with the help
of many nautical phrases, delivered
himself of an address to the effect thai
unless Miss Budd and her friend Miss
Sparks consented to dine with him, the
turkey and pudding should come back.
They consented, and around the Cap
tain's table two old boys and two rather
elderly girls, presided over by uni
versal suffrager, enjoyed Thanks
giving dinner as they had not for many
years.
Miss Budd's first act after dinner was
to erase the chalk-line in the hall. On
the following Saturday Miss Budd came
to pay her rent-money, and very smiling
was she. The receipt had changed its
tune and read thus: 3" Cynthia Budd to
worthy Captain Silas "a real Captain
and bravest of sea-fighters, heretofore
maligned and treated with great disre-
spect, for which the perpetrators are
much grieved in mind and submissively
sue for pardonD Dr."
When the Captain read this he roared
with laughter and springing to his feet
thus addressed the blushing maid:
1.-The fact is, Miss Budd, / am not
Captain of this household ship. Mrs.
Gaff. not content with being steward, is
all the other officers from commander
down, and not relishing forecastle life
on my own ship, I-I-propose-I-
would like -make-er-that is, /
you would-.er-shiver my
timbers, marin, mean to say that If
you would-cr-Do you suppose?-that
-h'm-1 mean-do you think-er-you
would lise-er-to-er-er marin,
would you-er-er"4",
"Yes," responded Miss Budd, a.
er-think- I-would!"
..It's a bargain! shouted the Cap
tain; ''we'll be married at Christmas,
They We're; and Christmas pudding
was made more delicious by a Thanks
giving turkey. : Providence Or. ~
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