New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-11-24
4 THANKSGIVING PARTY.

F!ssskfNI asafa willing nanQS cOulu make IL,
and was well-1natched by the angular
wooden chairs. which had become al
most CHASTITY from repeated scrub bings
THE brass knobs on the dresser,
and even Che pendulum of the loud
ticking old clock shone like FURNISHED
gold, rejecting the beams of freight
which frightened the dusky room.
The tea kettle sang merrily, and
Aunt Esther passed to and fro, pre-
paring the evening meal and watching
for the return of her husband from
the wood lot
4 little girl stood by the western
window Crying to read by the fast
fading light Her delicate face, long,
shining curls and dainty apparel,
formed a bright contrast to the plain
soon!-
s.What are you looking for in the
almanac, nay child? You'll injure your
eyes"
<er ssaf trying to find when Thanks
giving is, but can't see any longer"
1'yos. will be more apt to find it in
Che lost paper, Lucy; but I can tell
vou-Is Is q week from next Thurs
day''
<fOt. goody! so soon? Well have
one Of those big turkeys and jolly
Zine, went we?''
e1I arm afraid not. dear; what put
that into your little head?''
"lVtly, auntie, you told me when I
first came that those turkeys were for
Thanksgiving. I've thought OF it ever
since
<HOka, yes, I did tell you SO, Lucy, but
4 n1ea.rE that we raised them to sell
Cor Thanksgiving We have not kept
the day since we were first married;
your uncle doesn't care for such
things Inissed it sadly at first, for
Tue always kept the holidays when l
was q girl at home, but I've got used
20 it r,ow, after all these years.
II don't think ] could ventured
9he child, looking solemrsiy through
;6he twilight at the turkeys, comfort
ably settled for the night on the bare
limbs OF the old apple tree. *'Well,
don't sized any tears yet, Lucy; if you
4e:an get Uncle Jerry to consent, I'll do
my part Better not speak OF it till
after supper" she added in q whisper,
as she heard her husbands footsteps
at the door
So, with what patience she could
> command, Lucy waited gill the supper
WAS cleared away, and they were gath
cred arouzM the cracking wood. fire.
Aunt Esther with her limiting and
Uncle Jerry with his paper.
Lucy WAS his only sisters child.
She WAS spending several months
with him, while her parents travelled
1zza the South, hoping to benefit her
ssMothes.'s health. Two brothers and
oue SISTER were at college, and were
60 spend their Christmas holidays
at the farm house. This was the
airs6 time Lucy had been SO long from
Nome. ard occasionally she suffer
led from, ftomesickuess; and now,
with tho fear that the loved holiday
vas TO be sighted, an attack of that
dread r,aiady was certainly imminent.
She felt her courage ebbying away,
and hopelessly sat very still, looking
into She FIRE, till all the curling, with
ang flames melted into onebroad sheet
>of bright mistlness, and then-there
xvere two big tears on her rosy cheeks.
Uncle Jerry, who, underneath his
hard exterior, had a, really kind heart
WAS watching her over mis- paper, and
saw the teatrs, the sly, quick brush of
two little white hands, and q brave
effort to keep back q sob which was
struggling TO escape ttHonaesick!''
he thought, land no wonder, with two
dull old folks like Us" and for mo-
rl1ent he wanted to take her in his arms
and soothe her as her own father
would; but he had so long repressed
.saat tender ways, that he could not
manifest his sympathy. But some
-sfas.sg mast be done. Rising abruptly,
started fer the cellar, saying, "Esther,
hold the light for me, want some OF
sti.enl fak apples; they wont keep
,aossa"
lsy the time a share OF the fruit had
~sIisa ppearetl, Lucy had regained her
good spirits, and, with new courage,
exclaimed: ttUncle Jerry, can't we
have Thanksgiving this year? I'd like
to-"
Nonsense, child What would it
amount eoe''
Wing. we'd have a jolly time. We
.saiways did at home.'
s'Yes;; 81 big dinner one day and the
,clu<.s OF, the next
*@xe Eaver made me sick-never in
&l,e wx2rsd"
Butt what's the good, anyhow"
z 6 Maass,,.a thinks it's good and she's
always right. just last year papa
thouakt we'd better not have q din
nsr. FOR mamma wasn't strong. and
we sE4ra, SO disappointed-I was, any
way-afsd mamma put her arm around
srle aEsd said: Well sill help and do
rehe best we can, for we mustn't miss
Keeping q holiday When my boys
Aasm1 girls Rssaveg gone out into the world
yEassE hHta,ts ffa ayn t|sa ron, M ,ro moo ~