The Red Cloud chief., 1885-11-27

md %s9: :sap sss 49, ct muse :s:@ ' 20 Aunt
DoXys .ar.
20 Nh Atkleby. num-" said Mrs.
O'Tianigan. ..i.N- Kilt in,oireiv I am.
NUN. w.d shame. an 'h- Aairt is me-
j. broke. % i j.. that ivver Ia --- tlie
day whin ME own DOy-an NJ lsy,her
a. -ii-ibi- a man a. liver ~-nl-ypei in
tYo ~.iors-wudn know the difference
betwane aiurTkey an = ~payccrk. Shure,
he seq yer-ilf was away an IN. young
Teddy guy him lave 20 pick ont a ,rrr-
KEY for himsilf. and b.. tux :hi. wan.
80 he did. for foine large TURKEY. and
him a-thryin 10 wiring the meek Oy il
when | hears the guarc voice 81 the
cray,hur. And SCI !: WHATEVER air ye
about. yc spalpan"2 Srz /; IL 30 be
Nj, ipplrby pAyco"S yr have there
An he hayin the neck Of the poor
ba-t- half wrung. an the rraythur
near Kilt. | was nfcerd - tring her
home I'll We. An shurc. ! E,h,linihcred
up the neck Dy her and dOc.hcred her
up wild swatr lie. an last night she'd
ate a bit. AN TINS marnin her voic. had
grown that ,wate and ~Hst-chOoral
twould BRING tears 10 The Gic- oy yer.
And. scz ] t. Barry. ~-z | Come along
mp 10 Ms Appi-by- wild me-, SCI l.,
AN If II .,n hangin vel get. -ez l..
MS in tine cowld jail ven ,pind yer
ThankSgivin' DAY. sez I. fur muir
;hcrin ov her poor basic o. a paycocx
an We wa! have murtherri her but
for nae, SCI :.
Barty looked as detected A. anything
80 small could vel look. but he lifted
up his gTu:f little voice coUrizrOu~ly.
"ShUr- ! uiyver knew that a cray
thur could be i ~payc2ck wid"ut a tail
1t all. At all he said pitcoT>iy. an
seen il warnt manin any harrum |
was. an the hart ov me quite broke
intoircly. an me mithcr s-an w. not
hayin' anythin' barrin' pra;ic> for our
Thank-yiyiu dinner, Shure We mott
lave me of. Hiss Applrby. mum an
shure III niyyer come where ! hear the
voice ov 4 pavcocS agiu.'
Aunt DoAy was 20 happy 10 have her
dear Princess restored that she could
blame no one Never mind. Barty.
Won needn't feel badly he said.
You shall nave the tnrkry / promised
YOU; Il fine. ii one. and Ell ready for
the oven. but. oh. dear" She "y-
claimed. IF | only hadu; written that
! letter"
Barty's ypc-bc"onc look gave place
to a beam Of happiness; but ~ he and
/ hi mother went of with Il fine turkey
in the big basket he still protested that
'.,hUrc ii was not a right ha,- at all.
at all. that pcrtindrd to Dr a paycDcS
an had nj no iligin, tail-f"atlnr..
Aunt DoNy was still bgmOauinc h.T
sad mistake when Martha Washington.
who felt that pcrh&p> she was some
what to blame in the matter. came in
with n letter.
''Oh. dear. is il the answer?' said
Aunt DoNy.
Reckon not. Mise DoXy. it done
com. froo lie po~st-oEi~.' replied Mar
tina Washington, scanning il closely.
4" Pears like it might be- from Miss
Sarah Wilmrlmina.
"Oh, OH cried Aunt DoXv, a. she
read the letter. what do YOU suppose
Sarah Wihrlmina saws: she says that
Mrs. Graccy knows the people in the
cottage very well. and that she con-
graduates me Oh having such delight
full ~ncighborS. They are Mr.. A,
the celebrated artist. and his family;
and Mrs. A j. the daughter If my
old minister. DR.. Forri>tail. who i.
going 70 spend Thanksgiving with
him.
Aunt Doxy dropped the letter in
her lap. ''Oh. that letter. that dread
FL -, -. ~
think of mc?"
But now Thaddy looked mp suddenly
from = thoughtful consideration Of the
yellow kitten eyes.
"hre YOU sorry YOU wrote it. Aunt
DoXy; iruc aS You live. and never do
50 a~ain?" he asked, ,oiemnly. land
would Won be Il little easy on Il fellow
if-if If an accident had happened 10
that letter.
Why. ThadicuS. what DO YOU mean?
Tell INT Instantly cried Aunt DoNy.
'.Wcll." confessed rhaddr. you see,
before ! rang the bell at the cottage
Ruprr; asked me to play with him. and
W. went " 1t to the grove back of the
h"Usr. ami h. was making a kazoo ON
a comb and wanted 4 piece II papcr.
and - ] pulled that letter out Il my
pocket. withou; thinking what ii was
and tore it up and I'm awful sorry.
but -
"Ihaddy. il was very. very wrong
Of YOU 10 he 80 careless ard disobc.
dent, said Aunt DoNv: ..but this time
| do believe it was an interposition OF
Providence -"
And soon another letter was dis
patched 10 the cottage. and Aunt Doxy
followed il with an invitation To din.
ncr. And Mr.. A and Mrs. A
and Rupert and Marguerite all came
up from the cottage. and so did DIR.
Forri>;all. And 81 it came to pass that
they had = jolly Thanksgiving at Pine
Hill Farm after al. And Barty O'Flan-
igan had his turkey, too. - Soph:>
SWttt. in s.. Nicholas.
ALUM IN NEVADA.