The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-01
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Now git my trunk stamped r .f.rea, y
| whatever they call IT, she said to
Ripley, In a commanding tone, which
gave great delight to the inevitable
crowd OF loafsrs beginning to assemble.
sNow remember, Tukey, have gran.
dad ktit that biggest turkey night be-
fore Thanksgiving, an then you run
light over to ME- Doudney's--she's
got uawful tongue, but che can bake
turkey 6rst-rate-ad' she'll fix up
some squash pies for yeh. You can
warm up one o. them minneapolis.
wish 70 could be with me. but ye
can't, % do the best 20 CAM sa-
Ripley returning now, che sAid !:
'Wsal, now, I've fixed things up the
best best could. I've baked bread
enough to last q week, an Mis- Doud-
ney has promised TO bake for yeh.'
Il doa't like her baktn'.' i1&
stWaal, you'il haf1 to stand 1t .iIl l
get back, ~ you'll 6nd jar O. sweet
pickles an some crab apple sauce down
sailsr, n you'd better melt mp brown
sugar for 'lasses, "a for goodness sake
don't eat alt them mtncs-ptes up the
i'Dt week. ~ see that Turkey ain't
froEs gotn' to school. An now you'd
better get out for home. Goodbye, an
remember them pies.'
AS they were riding home, Ripley
reused up after . long silence.
did she-a-kiss you good bye,
Tukey?'
tNo, SIR piped Tewksbury.
Thunder didn't she's After 81.
lence. 'She didn't me, neither. l
guess she kind sort . forgot It, bein'
20 Illustrated, y know ..
y
Ons cold, windy, intensely bright
day, Mrs. Stacey, who lives about two
miles from Cedarville, looking out Of
the window, saw q queer little dgurs
struggling along the road, which was
blocked here and there with drifts. It
was an old woman laden with a good
half-dozen parcels, any one of which
was load, which the wind seemed
determined to wrench from her. She
was dressed In black, with full skirt,
and her cloak being short, the wind
had excellent opportunity to initiate
her garments and sail her OF OCCASION
ally into the deep snow outside the
track, but she held on brsvely till she
reached the gate. AZ she turned Ia,
Mrs. Stacey cried: sWhy! It's
Gran ma Ripley, just getting back
from her trip. why! how do you do !.
Come In. Why! you must be nearly
veil.'
sNo, thank ys kindly, but I can't
stop. must bs sittin' back to Ripley.
l expsc' that man has jest let ev'ry
thing 60 elk ways rr Sunday
ooh, you must cit down just minute
aud warm
'WaaI, 1 will, but I've got to git
home by suudowu. Sure don't
s'pose they's = thing in the house to
at.'
sOh dear! wish Stacey was here,
80 he could take you home. Au' the
boys at school,
Don't need any help, If 'twa'nt for
these bundles an things. guess tn
jest leave some Of 'em here, an'--Hsre!
take one Of these apples. brought 'em'
from L'zy James su,ler. back to Yaark
State.'
sOh ! they're delicious! You must
have had lovely time
sPretty good. But l KEEP thinkin, o.
Ripley am Tukey all the time. i
s'pose they have had gay time OF IL
(she meant the opposite Of gay).
'Waal, as i told L'zy Jane, I've had
ny spree, an' now I've got to git back
to work. They ain't no rest for such
as we are. AS told Lily Jane, them
folks ia the big houses love Thanks
givtn' dinners every day NV their lives,
and men an women In splendid clos
to wait on 'em, so't Thanksgivin' don't
mean anything to 'em but we poor
critters, we make u great to-do IL we
have good dinner oncet year. I've
saw pile o. this world, Mrs. Stacey
pile Of IL! don't think they was
80 many big houses In the world as l
saw btween here an Chicago. Waal,
can't set her gabbin'; l must get
home to Ripley. Jest kinder stow
them bags away. I'll take two an
leave them three others. Good.by. I
must be gittin' home to Ripley. He'll
want his supper on time" And off up
the road the tEdomitable little figure
trudged, head held down TO the cutting
blast. Little snow fly, speck on q
measureless expanse, crawling along
with painful breathing aud slipping,
sliding steps-ssGittin' home 10 Ripley
an the boy
Ripley was out to the barn when she
entered, but Tewksbury was building
hre In the old cook-siove. Hesprang
uD with n pYv nj Inv and ran fo hor