Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-11-27
MISS LUCINDA'S BROOCH.
How It Was Lost and Foun,1-A
Valuable Reward.

Valuable Reward
I was the day before Thanksgiving.
In the kitchen of the Graham farm
house greas preparations were going on
for tomorrow feast. for all the Gra-
hams and their relatives. and many Of
the neighbors were coming to eat
Thanksgiving dinner there. and Aunt
Susan. as every body called Mrs Gra-
ham. was one of those hospita5le xom-
en- who can never do enough for her
visitors Already on the pantry shelves
great loaves Of cake were ranged, send
ing ont tempting odOrs 70 tzntalize the
children who kept hznging about the
door. for a glimpse Of the good things.
And pies. too. cranberry and mince.
and dougnnufs looking IS If they were
fairly aching to be eaten. and goodness
knows there were mouths aching to eat
them oh. myr- cried johnny. more
tEan once. .-d0nf thev look nice2 /
wish il was tomorrow now. don't you.
Ruthe It's an awful long time 70 wait
don { mean to eat another thing TIL
tomorrow"
YES. they do look nice said Ruth.
1T took me all yesterday forenoon to
eat hardly anv. either. Aunt Lucinda
says she knows ,he never made nicer
cakes IN all her life ! don't know
which looks nicest. the cakes or the
pies / guess they're both good.
I'D Ike 10 Try 'em. anyway" said
johnny. --An' / tell vOu what. the tur-
key vii be Just boss. for he's fat as hut
ter"
1T seems most wicked 70 kill him.
said fender-hearted little Ruth Il
don't b'leere he 4 have had such an ap-
petite If he'd only known what was go
ing 10 Be done with him"
But turkeys was made 10 eat, - said
johnny, whose appefite did awzy with
al tender qualms Of conscience
Aunt Lucinda was sitting pumpkin
for pies 1t hzd been stewed the day be-
fore. but he pies had not been baked
because Mrs Graham held firmly 10 the
belief that rs1mPkin pies were never At
their best three days after making.
You make them to-day. an III tend
70 fhe rest O. the work she said.
Use all the eggs an cream vou
want. Lucindy- ] never knew ANYBODY
who could heat yoE maxim pumpkin
pies You've got Jest the knack. some
how / remember how Jack Stansburv
used 10 say he'd Ike to live on 'em.
Poor Jack. / wonder what's become
Of him
Lucinda was thinking Of Jack. as she
forced the frzgrant yellow pumpkin
through the enilender Jack had been
her lover. years ago EVERYBODY had
thought Iii would be 4 masch- She
had often thought 50. and 50 had Jack.
Bat often in this world things 90 wrong
OR anyway different from what we
plan or expecf-and a lovers quarrel
had parted the paths which should have
merged into each other. and Jack had
gone away and for wears nothing had
been heard Of him. He might be dead.
Lucinda thought. and am quite sure a
tear fell into the pumpkin. and perhaps
Il was that which gave the pies such a
rich. delicious favor on the morrow.
Who knows?
: Like most lovers quarrels. this one
had been about nothing in particular.
She often told herself that she had been
most 10 blame But she had been too
pr0ud-0r stubb0rn-tO say that when
Jack and she talked the matter over.
and - they separated. loving each other
the same as ever. and he had seemed 20
drop ont Of existence Poor Lucinda.
Her heart was sore vet with is old sor-
row, but she had borne il bravelv. and
hidden Il from curious ewes by a pleas
ant face If she Is an old maid. the
neighbors said. '-she's s. han some as
most girls. Il was allus nat raj for the
Grahams to keep their good looks"
Busy with thoughts of the past. she
siffed her pumpkin. and beat eggs and
cream together. and made the sav0ry
filing for her pies
There she said. as the clock struck
noon. .-they'ne all ready for the oven II
you're going TO see TO the baking Of
III ~. III 60 and tx things IN the par
lor. = slsan.
She went UP to her room 20 wash her
hands and comb her hair before she be-
gan the task Of fixing things in the
s.souare-room. as good old Deacon
Graham always called IL As she stood
before the glass. she discovered that her
brooch was gone.
Dear me. what If I've lost its- she
exclaimed . II must be somewhere
about the kitchen III run right down
sndsee-~
Lucinda's brooch WIS an heirloom in
the Graham fzmily- Il was an oid-fash-
ioned thing Of gold that may have come
over in the Mayfower. She had hesnd
grandm0fhe- Graham say that il = as
cid when il came 10 her. Because of its
age. and because il had been given to
her bv her mother in her last sickness.
Lucinda prized il very much She al
wavs wore L. She felt lost without,
she said
The brooch was not TO be found in the
kitchen The house was searched thor
oughly. But IN vain
Dear me- said Lucinda. with tears
IN her ewes. .. What caH have become of
~ / haven't been out Of the ward to-
day. and kaos1 / had il on when
washed the breakfast dishes. must |
have dropped it. and somebody stole IL
kzy be the Rucgles children found l.
They were herr. and two OF three 9th
crs. / remember. wish you run over
and inquire Of all OF them johnny I'll /
give you handful Of doaghnrts Il you
VII
-ft's bargain declared Johnny,
and set ouf n ones On his errs-ad- 5ut
be cane back without the brooch. In
stead be hrDsgnt bloody nose'