Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-11-27

hsrj RIGHT thers Il the kihehsn.
You can have your way dear. 81 h-s
that cheese. I know how much ia
want to sec it, with al those scsiiope
around the top, ON our table ana it
SHAFT be sent away. Az for the rest
well do the best we can Christmas to
nah up for it"
''4nd it viii be all right, John. any
way Last night we had the Thanks
andhow we viii have the giving and
at dinner we will have the whole OF it
together" She glanced up into her
huband's eyes. with look bright and
grFe at the same time, as she made
lite motion towards the room where the
thrS 10 happy, healthy children were
shdting and laughing oven some new
plat. Three years before, the day had
bed sad one in that home. A great
malV people had gone in and out Of the
ittA parlor, stepping softly, With bowed
heads. The air was sweet with flowers;
the house was very still, aud to-day's
weehigh-chair stood back in the corner,
empty; for the baby, like the people
acroe the street, had gone sup to the
city3-the new city-to spend Thanks
giviIg.
N. Brownlow pressed his wife's haad,
andtfte moments pause she continued
in kr old CHEEKY way: Besides we'll
havs good dinner yet. There are the
litth pies for the children, and the
apples, and, oh, lot of things. Don't
let's leave out a single coaree. And
John, it's lucky I've quart of molasses
in the jug, and by and by we'll make a
couple Of pans Of candy, both kinds,
pulled and fat"
Half an hour later, Bob, having stiaed
his regrets, and fixed his hopes on mo-
lasses candy. sailed forth to the neigh
bors house, bearing the big basket
stocked and steaming with large part
Of Mrs. Brownlow's long anticipated
Thanksgiving dinner. Not even cram
berry sauce for the chicken was forgot
ten. And at just / o'clock the entire
Brownlow family gathered around thei1
feast of corned- beef and potatoes, and
Mr.. Brownlow after the custom Of his
father and grandfather gave thanks.
It was q merry meal, after all. 1t
didn't take much to make the family
laugh, and every time Mr.. Brownlow
alladed to the great lump of beef as
1.-The turkey" the joke was received with
an uproar. Then, too, they had good
deal of fun over Bob's ginger
bread cow-gocse, which Mr.. Brownlow
declared was sunfower, and therefore
accused Mrs. Brownlow of being @sthe-
tic. The red cheese, too, bore of no
small part of the honors, the attention
and ingenuity of the family being con-
centrated for at least ten minutes IN an
effort to restore its lid, which, having
been nicely cut out at the market, in a
delightful pattern, came of with the ut
most ease, but utterly refused to 60 on
again. until sone one tried it with her
eyes shut, when it instantly yielded, and
settled into its place as quietly as if
nothing mad happened.
In the midst of the dinner, their merry
talk and peals of laughter we're sudden
ly hushed by sharp ring at the front
door bell.
The Brownlows looked at each other
in dismay. SWELL" said the head of
the family gravely, "there is consider
able amount of beef left, and two potatoes
which though cold are nutritious. If
you must give the these things away,
Clarissa, at all events don't promise the
molasses candy"
Mrs. Brownlow laughed with the rest,
but looked little anxious as she went
to the door. Presently she returned to
the dining. room, followed by a man
whom Mr.. Brownlow recognized as the
porter in his employers store.
"Hallo, Martini" he said, "What have
you there! Guess you've made a mis-
take this time, haven't your" For the
man was busily removing the coarser
outside wrappings from good-sizsd
parcel, which gradually resolved itself
1AtO d uUuUoI VI SIud4oI OuoS, 0dCu u0dt-
" tied up in brown paper.
Matin kept steadily at work, and in
sisted that he had made no mistake.
It was little present from his employer
to Mr.. Brownlow's wife, he said, and he
was to wish them many happy returns
Of the day.
It was little late to be sure, and
Martin ought to have been more prompt.
But after opening the first parcel and
finding it to contain the most lus cious of
dates, the family voted unanimously,
the question being put amid great ex-
by Bob, that it was not alto
gether too late. The children accord
ingly proceeded to pull off paper after
paper disclosing marvellous collection
Of figs, candy, cake, grapes and innum-
cradle dainties which the Brownlows had
never, Id their widest moments, dream
ed of affording.
wish had time to tell of that
''candy .scrape." OF the pouring out of
that dark, delicious food from the Jug
into the kettle; of the stirring with
long wooden spoon at which the child
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