The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-11-28
THANKSGIVING STORY.
How Joy Trod Upon tho Very Heels
of Sorrow.

now quickly Joy treads upon the very
heels Of sorrow, or vice per,ai
Never was this truism more fully n
Illustrated than on a certain Thanksgiy.
Ing Day at Grandpa Ashton's.
All Of the young and most Of the mid.
dle.agcd people Of their church and
~neighborhood called Mr.. and Mrs. Ash.
ton by tho endearing title Of Grandpa
and Grandma" so ! nm taking nc
liberty whatever.
The day before the one appointed BY
the Governor ~ a national holiday wa,
bright and cold, and with Just snow
enough on the ground to make fail
sleighingi and merrily indeed the slcipb
bells jlngled as the good people Of
hushyille went hurrying about ON
thoughts Of business or pleasure.
Grandpa and Grandma Ashton were
old and poor and sad. II Is surely bad
enough to be old aud poor without bay.
Ing business worries besides; but Grand.
pa Ashton had been drcadiully worried
about a certain debt that he owed, until
everything looked blue enough 10 tho
dear old man, and Grandma, suspect .
Ing something wrong. was beginning 10
sigh very frequently, and watch Grand.
pa with tender, sorrowfhl eyes; so the
business trouble was really taking all
the quiet peace from their old age, and
II not actually unhappy, they were like.
ly 10 soon become 30.
When Grandpa came In from milking
cows on the morning before Thanks,
giving Day he brought a big rooster
under his arm. and opening tho Kitchen
door said as cheerfully AS could DO 10
Grandma:
"Sec here, mother! Is this fellow to
be eaten tomorrow I 'spect we'd
ought to make . little preparation.
hadn't we, nowe Nothin' great. Of
course, fur jist US two, but suthin' a N.
tie out Of the ordinary run-aud with
one OF your ertry nice cream pies. and \
few other little %flxin's. | guess we'll
do"
Yes" sighed Grandma, ~ dom,
care much any way; but as you say we'd
ought TO take some Kind Of notice Of the
day. seem the Governors been and an.
It. | hadn't made no e%aleulr.
tons about the dinner. father. causo |
lelt 20 certain some one or other Of the
children would insist on us comm 10
eat dinner with them. You're sure
there wasn't no letter In the postofllce
last night. Amt you, fatherP"
YES, sure; but I reckon ia better
chop this young feller's head OF. now
I've got him safe aud sound. 'Tain't so
Easy catohln' EN- when you're stiff with
rheumatism and hard on TO seventy. As
twas forty years ago. | kin tell ye.h
The simple breakfast didn't seem IA
laste good 10 Grandpa; he nlbblcd At
,ne Thing and another. and slipped his
'ea, and finally he said.
I've got some bad news for Won.
mother. and ! dunno when I've hated
% tell anything ~ | do this"
Grandms raised her head no suddenly
hat her snowy cap border stood straight
put, framing . pale face. and she raised
me hand ~ II TO ward OF a blow.
(which q Il II faiherpn she ask.d
yer thoughts, mother-like. fying to her
'hildren. II thought something was
srong somewhere. l Jest felt Ii some
ray
The ohildren's all well and happv.
- know" replied Grandpa. chan.
'ier BY . long sight than their old father.
mos got TO be turned out Of house and
lone. Pretty hard. mother, ain't n
.fier al the savin' and plnchln' we've
lone for The last fifteen year or morsPn
0randmA began 10 sob In a weak sort
Z way. She asked no questions, Know.
NJ well enough What he referred 10
'ithont further explanations. There
"a . mortgage on the little house and
oeky farm. which they had been ysiplv
rsing to cancel for many years. The
Older Of the mortgage had told Grand.
. that he was going 10 foreelose on II
be next week and the property would
2 sold 81 auction 10 the highest bidder.
II wrote TO Ezra and Abram abou, II
osne time ago and | 'spo.e you've told
tanner and Liddy, but they haint Rot a
'ord % nay. Il seems. fdon't espect
nsy.n - NJ suffer. mother -don't cry +,
o-bat itn b kind Of hard 10 be do. /,
'seoeus even On = child Of your own /,
ID I'm awful afraid ihey don't nope of ,
- .aat ". they're all 90 silent lately.
al" taking down the old family Bibls' I
ne Lord ssver he's forsook n, mother I
his prcmises b certain. We've rot
dreadful load II trouble 10 carry, but !
gu "a Him 10 help rs. and give rs ,
he Old mans vcioe cssssd 10 tr,mble :
- negan % Issd the chosea chspser. !
q eeefly hall . esnsufy he hsd rrsd :
= Mp noening spd svpuineln thas /
- hise1ea. nd now viii lochs !
, eflv1ly wkIteuess falling d
~. ~ hands tremblips
eupltun4 " salIei arsln 4
- ~ - In ti.s. 81. +
q g 80 Fzz5ez. - bs&osukt help 4
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