Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-29


guessed as may be, seeing as tomorrow
would be thanksgiving, you'd do her up,
mum, stammered Jack, very red in the
face, and pointing to the child, who was
eagerly breath ng in great willis of the
warm, lineny air.
'Ihis be laundry, sir.
"Aye! That's why we're here, amt it,
little un? She do need a rigging up num-
81 Saf, now, where them dolls"
Bang went the door, whose bell kept
up a merry tinkle behind another Jack,
bright-eyed newsboy.
Fetch on them dolls, Aunt Rosy"
cried the boy, as lie swung himself on to
the counter-drawing forth red-cheeked
apple, which lie ate to the accompaniment
of bone playing and foot tattooing on the
counters side-while curiously regarding
Aunt Rosy's quaint customers.
The apple was too much for the waif,
and she began TO cry for II.
my eye, but YOU re a howler." said he,
handing her the core.
"Sousle her good, " commanded Young
America who, after hearing Jacks
story, turned champion Of the soap and
water cause, for the sake of getting the
''women folks" out of the wa, 50 he could
make friends with the sailor.
"Bide your tears dearie, bidc bit and
you shall have peep at Jacks dolls, so
you shall, coaXeI Aunt ROsy,in the back
room.
The cry subsidei into Thimper while
Aunt Rosy washed and then dressed her
in some clothes that hal once belOn 5ed to
her own little one. Instinct told the
child that dolls were something to eat
Give 'em to me- give EN- to me, she
hrieked, when Jack was about to replace
the cover of his basket, where the fra
grant beaut es lay In, their snowy napkins.
Jack didn't wonder she cried for them,
he wanted some himself, but when he
flered to buy, he was told "along of their
being regulars, | can I sell 'em!'
He means,' explained Aunt Rosy,
! tina hey Is orders sir, that he S to de-
| Ii en- sir, now that the papers be sold.
| You see, SIR, his mother and me be Wild
ows what como from the same town, ST.,
| though she be young and were old. /
! took to the laundry, and she turned muf-
fin woman and though | say it, as
Dug int, she be as famous for
her mullins and gingerbread dolls as L
! he for my shirt-bosoms.
Here the wait added dancing to her
shreks
one Jack, in desperation, started for the
pastry cooks, and the othe; promised to
fetch her some dolls in the morning How
! he divine that Aunt Rosy was going to
keep her over night is one of many
mysteries.
Perhaps there was no divnauon in it.
1t may have been stra G 5ic move towards
seeing the sailor again.
We'll, she did keep the child, bidding
Jack call for her early in the morning, as
she Aunt Rosy always went to church
on a Thanksday."
The morning dawned clear and cold.
On his way to the laundry Jack wondered
why lie was going for the child.
''Thanksg!ving' brightly smiled the
sun. Thanksgiving" gaily rang the
bells. thanksgiving. joysusly cried the
people to each other.
1t was a Thanksgiving day lie had first
seen eggy.
When Jack and his mother stopped IN
on the way to church to leave the ginger
bread dolls, they were gone. lie took
her TO see The b ity, explained Aunt
Rosy to jack, who was greatly disappoint-
ed not TO see the sailor, for many reasons.
One was that he wanted the sailor to see
his mother, for Mrs. MiEer was his best
girl and a mother any lad might be proud
O..
CANT she clipper chi? asked Jack,
turning her round for Aunt Rosy's APP
provaI, while Aunt Rosy herself-well,
she was just Aunt Rosy intensified, with
her new bonnet tied with purple ribbons.
As they walked along, they, woman fash
ion, discussed the strangers.
she do look like my Annie" said
Aunt Rosy, with mist in her eyes;
''and this morning when he asked OF me
to take dinner along Of 'em aboard The
BY.r, didn't have the heart to say him
nay.".
Now she always went homo with Jack
and his mother after church on Sundays
and holidays. Tn tnksgiving wouldn't be
Thanksgiving without her.
5 netting had to be done, but syi35 was
not decided until after service. Ther
Mrs. Miller and Jack hurried home and
Aunt,Rosy went down to The , IT,.
Jack and the child were waiting on the
dock for her.
You're to come along with me, " SAID
she as soon as she could get her breath.
"it's just gone the bell, mum, objec.e
Jack.
"Tut-tut, now, man; you must come. ,
And Aunt / oSy was deaf to further OBJ
ections and questions
"Eless the mast, but she got us in tow
little stowaway. She s full-rigged frigate
she Is. The great captain must be proud
of such ship"
Thus 1t happened that Jack met them al
the door of their neat little home over the
corner grocery, afterwards entertain
lag the other Jack and the little
child i'm the front room, while Aunt Rosy
went out to help his mother.
Presently dinner was ready in the
kitchen dining-room and oh, such din
ner! There-there behind the crispest
and finest of turkeys-all flushed and
smiling was-Ieggy.
In the twilight as Jack sat popping the
corn-he said he had to scorch It to m axe
it seem real to him-Peggy asked hin
what he would do with the child wher
he had TO sail away again.
'Jack's in port for good, lass" said he
'and all along of the little un as has
brought me such luck. 4"
"a pile of luck she'd fetched you IL I
hadn't been there" said the other Jack
in an Injured tone, from the table, where
he and Aunt Rosy were playing game
of straws.
81 say, what's her name, anyhow"
And then 1t dawned upon them that
they didn't know.