The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-11-28

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to the door out Jumped Jack and threw
himself into his mothers arms with all
the vehemence Of a te~n-yeag.old boy
home for his first holiday. 10 was
rather shocked at such imp~ulsiyeness.
Mother was happiness all over and the
tears fairly ran down her cheeks for
joy. Jack recovered himself as he saw
the stranger in the doorway, and as he
turned to Addie seemed to feel that too
much s~entimentality wouldn't do Just
then and he gave his beloved e very
matter-of-fact kiss, which she seemed
to take more as a matter of course than
that Of an ardent lover Just returned
after a long absence. After he had
given his sister a good natured hug and
shaken hands with his father in the
good, old, stiff, undemonst. ative New
England way fathers and sons greet
each other. Annie introduced him to
the young lady who had watched all
this with an amused look in her laugh
ing eyes, Tall and slender she was,
and fair to look upon-so fair that
Jacks frank face showed plainly his
instant adm ration as she gracefully
acknowledged his deep bow. Addie
saw the look in his eyes, and her wom-
anly intuition told her that 10 Morton
had excited in him n feeling that the
sight of his afianced bride had not
aroused. Had she truly loved him.
Jealousy would have led her to hate in
nocent Jo. but her feeling vas rather
ore of hatred toward Jack: but her
simple nature had never been trained
by perusing analytic novels and list
enlng to the conversation of city salons,
and so she did not diSscct her emotions,
but satisfied her impulses by SAYING to
herself that Jacks mustacEe was fright
fully homely, and that his hands
weren't nearly as large and brown and
strong as Harry Turner's.
The morn ng passed quickly with
Jack telling all about what he saw in
Europe. Very kind he was to .Addie,
but she didn't seem to appreciate his
learned comments on European art
and Italian architecture, while in 10 he
found q ready listener. though, to be
sure, inclined to be impertincnt, and to
snub him somewhat when he got too
grandilo4nent And then Adde'S ques-
tons annoyed him when she asked him
if the prayes meetings in st. Peters
were interesting, and if he went to the
Latin quarter in Paris to study Latin,
With moor came the uncles and aunts
and cousins from all around, for Squire
Houghton always had the whole family
come to his house Thanksgiving Day.
Then they all sat down to the rous;ng
Thanksgiv NJ dinner where there was
enough for three times as many, and
then there would have been plenty left
over for cold meals for a week. Uncle
Seth, Jolly, portly, bluff, gruff old bach
elor that he was, declared he never ate
such Il good dinner in his life, lust as
he had declared for thirty successive
THANKSGIVING, and ii the amount he
devoured was any sign, he told the
tuth. Jack, too, did his share in lay
ing waste the neighborhool of his plate,
ami when he rose from the table he felt
something must be done to aid his d.
gestion, or he would die of dyspepsia
in W hours. Being a good doctor
Jack never practiced the hvgienic prin-
ciples he expounded, always ate more
than he ought, and always prescribed for
the results at least one strong cigar. Now
smoking was a terrible habit in the ewes
of all respectable people in the good
country town where the Squire's lines
were cast, and Jack, respecting pre- L.
dices, 81 d out unobserved and hied him
self to the barn to ENJOY his weed
unmolested and alone. There he
caught Uncle Seth .ust filling his
old black T. D., and. after mutual
confession, thev settled themselves for
q good smoke and talk. The girls mean
while noticed they were left without Il
cavalier, and, like all true girls, the trio
appointed themselves a COMMITTEES of
three TO satisfy their curiosity as to
Jacks mysterious disappearance. Just
as Jack was selling Unc.e Seth about his
adventures in Paris, the barn door flew
open and in came the invest eating
committee, Just in time to run into q
veritablc cloud of tobacco smoke. The
look of horror that overspread Adde'S
face would defy an artist to depict, and
she darted a look of scorn at Jack
enough to exterminate him, but he was
too intent or JOS merry chatting TO.
heed or even notice it. 10 liked tobac-
co. as she showed by ensconcing her
self on the ~grain-boX and rcprimanding
Mr.. Houghton for his desertion. Annie
was a little doubtful at first, but 10 was
her leader and she finally overcame her
conscience enough to join in the war of
words, while Add;e beat a hasty re-
treat unnoticed to the house. There
she sat down and wrote a note to Har-
ry, telling him to come with the sleigh
at seven o'clock. Then she put her en-
gagement ring in an envelope, together
with a tract on smoking, which began:
Women can end the terrible vice of
smoking by refusing to marry any ma
who deg AIDES himself SO rs to use the
vile weed,' and she left it on the table
in Jacks room.