The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-24
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY NOVEMBER "a, 1892

| forced to receive it without a change of
/ countenance for was facing our guests,
and indeed was obliged to ia ali the time
in order to cover the sound Of Maudes voice
on the other side OF the wall
There is only one thing to be done n
whispered Maude. 81 shall simply die II we
have to keep these people waiting any longer.
It's nearly O'Clock"
| So it was; and / knew that il those CLOCKS
| got started again they would destroy the last
remnants Of my self-controL
You musb go out and buy a roast tnr-
key Maude continued. Get it from a
restaurant and hurry right back with it
for these people are simply starving. III
| be in there in a minute and then you run
| out as quick as you can and get the tur-
key
A few minutes later, when I got out into
/ our hall, the cook was waiting for me with
q large platter
Blast the platter" said l. "Do you
think Pm going to carry turkey through
the streets in that thingm III make them
! put It In a paper bag"
III We do, it'll be sthone cold when We get
/ back again. said Horah, land wild the
oven as il is this day, it'll freeze before we
can warrum it"
but l declined to take the platter. II
necessary would buy one at the restaurant.
BY that device / should have to carry it
only one way. remembered with Joy that
there was restaurant right around the
corner. True, it was the worst one In our
ward, and any turkey obtained there would
doubtless be tougher than an ostrich, but l
determined to risk it rather than increase
the distance which must travel
EXCITED A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST.
Unhappily they had no roast turkey to
sell. All their fowls had been consul ned bv
their patrons earlier in the dAv. | tried
several other places with equal success
lime was rushing on. Every CLOCK which
| saw in n store window was at least twenty
minutes fast, just because fate was deter
mined 70 scare the lite out OF me. Finally
found a whole bird for sale | bought
him and a roasting pan to carry him in,
and few extra golets for luck, and any,
thing else which the cupidity Of the pro-
prietor could suggest.
1t was l dare not say how late, when l
returned. The turkey had excl ed a great
deal Of interest on the way | had had it
covered with cloth, but that had blown Oft
at the first corner. Theft the small bows
had followed me and all my aoouaintances
had met me; and when l sneaked up into
our fiat felt a. il | had stolen the turkey
and killed the man who owned him Also
the roasting pan was getting hotter instead
of cooler. 1t had burned through the
cloths by which | had been at first pro-
tected and, altogether, was in o great
and perspiring hurry. l burst into our
dining room with the turkey. | sup
posed that the room would be vacant; but
IN fact all our guests were assembled. Our
own turkey was on the table. He had ex-
perienced a change of heart while | was
away, and Maude, 10 desperation at my de-
.lay, had framed some absurd excuse for my
absence, and had posted Nora In the hall to
tell me what the story was and prepare me
to enter gracefully. OF course Nora had
gone iuto trance in some other part of the
premises.
In the face of this calamitous exposure
Maude and I made full and humble CON
fession. | told the whole truth for the
first time in my life, and do you know that
it has since become a habit with me Try
1t yourself next Thanksgiving day, and
you viii have a new and unusual cause for
thanksgiving.