Telegram-herald., 1891-11-26

II did not occur to them that what they
had talked and dreamed over until it
had grown to seem almost thing &C
complishcd might burst upon their
fond uncle with oil tho unexpectedncss
of thunder clap out Of clear sky.
The very moment poor Teddy had
chosen was unpropitious; the major had
but just discovered fresh traces Of
collegiate usurpation upon the person
of his beloved war horse, Sultan, and
his rage, in consequences, was at pro-
nounced pitch.
Invite your college friends to eat .
Thanksgiving turkey, is it?-a Thanks
giving divill III tachc them to give
thanks In my house! Would ye pour
wine for the rnurdherers of your uncle,
and shtir sugar in it to their liking?
Tare an ours, but you're . cool-faced
lot, wild the chake Of grinning
chimpanzeol Invite the bloody beg
gars, say you-oh, no, yell not! l be-
lave I'll reserve the right to do what
invitations done in me own house, or
know tho raison whyi And I'd rather
have the company Of tramps--d'yo
mind that-the poor, meeserablc.
abused. misunderstood tramps that
niver lift finger to do anyone mean
turn, thorough, honest, daycint min,
that lave a citizen in paoe, lave the
gates on their hinges, the shingles on
the roof"-herc tho majors anger
roars anain--''and tho roof on the
house! No, sir. To pcrdition wild your
college monsthcrs-but 20 may ask
livery tramp ye mate in the sthroet to
come and dine. wild Maj. McCallgan-
say that he is their friend. and that
turkeys shall be roasted in honor Of
thcm-that tho deserving hungry shall
be I'D at the ixpinse Of Maj. Nc
Calligan, and that bread and wather's
too good for the likes of'-here fol-
lowed untrsnslatable, but unquastion-
ably vigorous. Celtic epithets-''collegs
companions"
Poor childrenl Teddy's notion o4
doing the hospitablc was nippcd In tho
bud, SO green that there was no means
of determining just how rich in hue or
how beautiful . flower il might have
become: and Kittic's little dream Of q
period Of bliss wherein q most enchant-
ing gown of peach blossom tinting
shared equal honors with the figure
of a tall and rather awkward youth
known TO the college world a Jim
Juniorr--this delightful dream vanished
In the miserable dawn of her uncle's
tempcstucus mood. and tho wretched
sun of day of disappointment shone
through mists Of big unshed tearA
"Uncle, you haven't forgotten y0ur
proposition concerning Thanksgiving
in oshes vvcrds--to-morrow7"
"Eh, Teddyf Bless me soul. ns bog,
what7"
ITO fetch pack o. 'ssamps on Thanks.
giving day 70 dine with zen. I've met
thirteen in the interim sorry h's thir.
teen--sach an uulncky number; eus
aimee told each ons TO fetch ell the
scarecvows he could scare mp along
with him, I wouiSnt wondsr-hsllo,
uncle. what's the tsssssrY
Moth netting. Teddy-neshins- ne
hov!- TIE laugh shouldn't he On him,
had &c bound- whas an sse-what .
lonr-eares. deep-moathed. brsyine sss
be had been 70 give that boy Teddy
land. IL Teddy others. Of course. otaers
who we're his sssh-enemics and es-
pe~isl sbernisstssssl such Trcsesque.
saeh an sSsarsliy rsdicassas hold upon
Lsm,
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"Forrottsns pys thsak me nsfa'ry'a
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