St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-26
4 THANKSGIVING STORY.

Harriet Prescott Spoford in St. Louis Re
public.
1t was very hard to go without a tur-
key on Thanksgiving day. But there
seemed nothing else to do. They had
always had a turkey and cranberry
sauce ana mince bic before; but now
that the father was disabled and there
was only Mays little earnings to 90 and
come upon they must be content with 4
dinner Of corned beef They did not
have as good as that every day. by any
means. But what was the cOrned beef,
Tom Powers asked. besides a turkey
stuffed with buttered and peDpered
and mashed potatoes; great crisp.
brown turkey. such as belongs to
Thanksgiving day of right.
Ned IWOmbly'S going TO have turkey
and ducks. too, and chicken pie"
Tom said to his mother Hes going
TO have two turkeys. l saw them 90
ing in"
well. dear. we must make believe
our dinner tastes like turkey" she re-
piled. And if father is able 10 come
TO the table I'm sure that will make it
Thanksgiving enough, turkey or no
turkey"
"COrned beef for a man who's been
kept alive on gruelw grOaned Tom.
"Oh, we shall have some granum for
him."
Its real good, granum is" said little
Sue.
1T isn't turkey" said Tom
No; it isn't turkey" said Sue, visit
fully.
well. dear. I wouldn't talk about it
n, - I'D No
with her work. lit would make YOUR
father feel SO if he knew you missed it
this way. And he feels bad enough at
the BEST
He wouldn't feel so bad if he saw a
turkey on the table, just as always"
said Tom.
There, there, that will do, said the
mother.
1T isn't the turkey, just for the sake
Of eating il, said Tom conidentially as
he and Sue went out picking up chips
that afternoon. Its because it's part
O. Thanksgiving; its because it doesn't
seem Thanksgiving without it; it's be-
cause everybody else has one. Though
the drumStick is awful nice
Il like the wish-bOne best" piped
Sue.
Turkeys don'thaye a good wish-bone
like chickens"
But you can make hoppers out of
them that hop all across the ROOM" said
Sue.
And the gizzard chopped up in the
gravy with hot potatoes Oh. say,it'S
a shame to have cOrned beef on Thanks
giving day."
Yes" said Sue. But cOrned beef is
good with cabbage, too"
That was too much for TOm-Sue not
awake TO her wrongs. The idea. ;"
said ne, ''Of your having to eat cOrned
beef and 90 without turkey You, al
most a babvI'
Pm not almost a babyr' cried Sue.
Indignantly. Pm 4 great help to
mother. she says so. I'm only a little
smaller than you. And l guess 1 can
eat what the rest can anyway. Sol"
Il mean." said Pom, "that mothers
and girls should have nice things" and
his mind reverted to the turkey going
into Ned TwOmbley's, to the ducks
there. 10 the two turkeys. What did
they want of two turkeys? There were
only four or five in the family. Were
they going 10 kill themselves eating?
And if there was to be company, one
turkey and the ducks and a chicken pie
ought TO be plenty. 1t only showed
/ how unfair everything Washed TWOm-
bly, and his great, healthy father and
mother and Jane with the two turkeys,
and he with his sick father and
his delicate sister SUE, and his
/ tired mother, and poor May with no
! turkey at all,with nothing but that hard
! salt beef. which he hated, at least which
! he hated for Thanksgiving day. They
/ might just as we'll have baked beans
! baked beans for Thanksgiving dayl
! How much better was Ned Twombly
/ than he was, that providence should be
so good TO him? He wasn't any better
! He whipped a boy half his size last
/ week, and he told the teacher a lie
about it afterward. Well. then, Tom S
thoughts ran on. perhaps Ned's
father was smarter. But he wasn't
any smarter; hs had never done a days
work in his life, while Toms father mad
| always worked. And then Tom left the
task or trying to adjust the workings of
the universe to his sense of Justice
! only it still seemed very hard, very
cruel, very unjust, indeed, that Ned
| TwOmblY should have two turkeys and
! he should have none at all! How could
there be jollity about Thanksgiving day
| with Just piece of salt beef on the
table, with the sense of poverty brought
| home to you III such way as that-and
what was there to be thankful for? He
was sure he wasn't going to be thank
| full for salt beef-althOugh, to say the
truth, he would have liked it very vel
for supper tonight, having had only
| crackers and water for dinner. Oh. Il
he were only man and could go dowr