Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1885-12-21


manifest his sympathy. But some
thing must be done. Rising abruptly,
he took pan from the dresser and
started for the cellar, saying Esther,
hold the light for me; want some of
them fall apples; they won't keep
long"
BY time a share of the fruit had
disappeared, Lucy had regained her
good spirits, and, with new courage,
exclaimed: "Uncle Jerry, can't we
have Thanksgiving this year? I'd
like to-"
Nonsense, child. What would it
amount toP"
"Why, we'd have a jolly time. We
always did at home"
Yes; a big dinner one day and tho
doctor the next"
'1t never made me sick-never in
the world"
'"But what's the good, anyhow"
Mamma thinks it's good, and she's
always right. Just last year papa
thought we'd better not have dinner,
for mamma wasn't strong, and we
were so disappointed-I was, anyway
and mamma put her arm round me
and said: 'We'll all help and do the
best we can, for we mustn't miss keep
ing a holiday. When my boys and
girls have left home and gone out into
the world, want them to have the re-
membrance of happy childhood and
pleasant home to help them over the
hard places they will find. 1t will
make them better men and women,
I'm sure; so order the turkey, papa
I lNo, 4
/ thought mamma was going to cry,
her voice trembled so, and l believe l
should have cried myself if she hadn't
said turkey
"She never had many good times to
remember" said Uncle Jerry, think
ing of their hard, orphaned life.
perhaps that is why she wanted
her children to be always happy" sug-
gested Aunt Esther.
Eyes, she said so once" continued
Lucy, picking apple seeds out of a
core; land | think, Uncle Jerry, if
you had some little boys and girls,
you'd feel different about it. But Pm
your little girl this year; won't you do
it for mep" She was almost fright
ened as she looked up and met his
stern white face.
Its your bedtime now, Lucy" in
terrupted her aunt. "Well think it
over till morning." And Lucy was
glad to retire to the adjoining room,
wondering what she "could have said
to make Uncle Jerry look $3.50 dread
fulr'
An hour later Jerry Winters broke
the silence, which was already becom-
ing oppressive:
II suppose we must do something
or the child will be homesick.
"Yes," answered his wife.
"Don't see how | can stop chopin
day, with that contract on my hands,
and Jake and Steve have both begged
off for Thanksgiving. Isuppose moth
ing less than a turkey will satisfy that
child?"
"No; but we can we'll afford it.
Who is going to have our money after
we are gomez We may as well make
the child happy and have good time
once in our lives
"She might be happy anyhow. .
seems a waste to me, L must confess.
"Well, Jerry, we never wasted very
much that way, and it strikes me that
if we had had more holidays, and had
made the old farm house more con-
genal to young, lively spirit, we
would have had our son with US in our
old age"
"Estherm
"I know we haven't mentioned him
for years, jeremiah; but, for all that,
neither of us has lived day without
thinking of him.
"Well, 1 did my duty by him, if ever
father did by his child"
ave did what we thought was for
his best good but | fear we made some
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