Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-11-23
GOODELL'S THANKSGIVING;
OR,
On the Road to the EnersOns

On the Road to the EnersOns.
I'm afraid you won't get ready for meet
in father mOre'n nothin'."
Hiram Goodell was shaving around his
mouth, and he could. not speak. Not
muscle of his face moved. still he looked
irasciblc. lie stood before the kitchen
glass and shaved cautiously and slowly.
He was always afraid of cut ing himself
when he shaved
Hiram GOodell was a very cautious man.
His wife stood by and held his vest ready
for him to put on. Her hands twitched as
she watched him wipe his razor painstak-
ingly with a bit of paper and then hold it
up to the light and squint at it to see if it
were clean enough. She felt like snatch
ing the razor and shaving him herself.
For mercy sakcs, father, don't be 50
long-windedn' said she. She was sandy
haired woman, tall and brOad-shOuldered
and lean. Her blue eyes were weak, and
she narrowed them and wrinkled her
brows when she talked Hiram carefully
scraped around his mouth and held his
lips firmly pressed together 1t was quite
time before he spoke and then the words
came out with the added impetus of re-
preston. Il wish you'd lay down that
vest, an 90 long bout your work, moth
er" sad he, an not stan there watchin'
me"
"'hn mere ""'chia So" " IKE 10
kh"W II you ever Eet ahyWhcf ia'her'
If didn't follcr You up. I'd jest like to
know what you would do"
THE bell amt tollcd yet"
Inc pen am ioliea. ) mai jest Ihe
way you 'aih, ia'heF. "haI II IL am l.
you can walk down thcrc under twenty
minutes, an you Know 1t. an IT. tIhe
Tor II to toll now. TINS clock ten min
htcS la5t. bui therc you SiAh as deilncr-
ale rs II YOU'D got week before you
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returned I'D like to know what kind Of
n figure you'd cut to the folks that sit be-
hind you if didn't look out for YOU
niue. loH don't have any more Thought
Tor your ears than as If they didn't belong
TO you. Now don't stan round any long
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lhey saw me comm an went oack''
Thought to himself
When he was well past the house, the
door opened again, and an old man and
young woman appeared. They came ont
OF the yard aud proceeded down the street,
behind Hiram, who dumped along with
solemn deliheratton. The bell had now
nearly stopped toiiiug and the Emersous
teIt IN haste. They sat well toward the
front OF the church, and were abaShed
when they went IN, il II were late But
they could not quicken their pace without
ONCrtakluw Hiram. and they did not want