The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23
THANKSGIVING STORY.

said waiter AlLisoh1 WIN w
lilo as he watched the motions of his
wife.
Mrs, Allison had just taken the bills,
for bills they were from the post-car-
r;er at the door; and as she stood be-
Gore the bureau mirror, fastening her
bot she had endeavored to slip the ug-
", yellow envelopes out OF her sick
husbands sight.
Eyes" sighed Mr.. Allison again, II
know very we'll what they are-but
how they are to be paid, or when, l
don't know, I am sure, and he clasped
his thin white hands over his eyes with
low moan. Hir wife was at his side
in a moment.
"Don't be disheartened, DEAR" she
said. cheerily. "You are getting well
50 fast now, and after q while / know
we shall get out of these difficulties.
Why" she added, playfully, Il am go
ING to collect a bill of my own this
morning, to the value of $40. You
ought not to have looked about SO Curl
ously, and then you would not have
known of these unwelcome visitors"
Until you had found some way of
bowling them out, eh?" said Walter,
smoothing the fair head bent over his
chair. "And I know full well your ex-
pected $50 is all spent, wisely. You
are a brave little woman, Bessie, but /
can not see how we shall stem this tide
much longer. / have a notion of writ
ING to sister Catherine. / dislike to do
it, but there seems just now no other
way"
wait until after Thanksgiving" said
Bessie.
Thanksgiving! It is near at hand,
is it not? What with debts and duns,
I fancy that we shall not feel particu-
larly joyous or grateful" said Walter
Allison, bitterly.
IT am thankful, Walter, dear, that
you are so far recovered, and, above all,
that you were spared to me-" And
here Bessie's voice faltered, and she
hid her face IN her husbands shoulder.
and both we're silent as they remem-
bered the empty crib in the next room,
and a little grave whittier the baby boy
had been laid to rest only a few months
ago.
yes, DEAR" said Mrs. Allison, rous
ing herself, Eve viii be thankful to
have each other and, precious Eth
ell. And when am temptedto despond,
SAY over and over to myself: I have
never seen the righteous forsaken, nor
his seed begging bread, and then / am
thankful for the memory OF pious par
ents and ancestors. And now / must
go and see Mrs. Wilton about my work"
THAT seems like begging bread to
me-, or very near it,"
"Mrs. Wilton don't think so, ] can
tell you" said Bessie, brightly. II get
very good prices for my work, and you
are not to under-rate me, / can tell you,
sir"
Walter Allison looked at the bright,
brave face, the trim, energetic but
graceful figure before him, and sighed
again, but Bessie pretended not to hear.
She stirred the fire into a blaze, arrang-
ed the books and papers on a little
stand within her husbands reach, shook
up the lounge cushions, and made the
rather bare room look as coy and COM
Portable as possible; and with q kiss to
little Ethel, and an injunction to stake
good care of papa" Bessie went out
INTO the wintry air.
She was d brave woman, as he hus-
band had said but, in spite of her cheer
mess, there was a heavy weight on her
heart this November morning. BY
some of those sudden turns of business
so often occurring in our cities, Walter
Allison had been thrown out of en-
ployment. Then came the illness and
death of the baby, quickly followed by
the long tedious fever which had
brought the husband and father al
most to the verge of the grave, and
though now convalescent he was still
weak and helpless. Under the con-
slant drain their slender means had be-
come painfully less, necessaries were
sadly needed, and debts were calling
loudly for payment.
AS soon as her husband needed less
OF her constant care, Bessie Allison had
c~curageously tried to assume the place
OF bread winner She and her hus-
band had both relatives Of wealth and
position. but the poor and struggling
easily fall out of notice; and the Ali
sons had q full measure Of pride, and
called on o for assistance. Bessie
considered herself fortunate to obtain
sewing and fanou xuo.L f.ona aauaral La.