The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1894-12-27
DOUBLE THANKSGIVING


arauud The corners Of hef mouth As 80
stood the doorstep, iaied three cor
oerej sLaw pulled over ber head,snd be
calico skir,s blovias IN The keen hoTetf
her ~ibi
Cautiously she c'ept alous the l'pe
the fence. covering behind The lesile'
soosfberry busbes, Ike some esesPio
criminal
laint daybresk yet, said she to her
self ba, Deacon Cool er is 40 svial ear
Iy ris,r.
She passed beneath the shadow oi
retety old barn, where the visps Of hS
prrtrudcd through the starting boerds'a
Won sometimes see = cbllds yellow ha'
rietios through the cracks OF its raese'
straw bst Her keen ear hsd cSuglt
squeakiog sound.
/ knowed III muttered Miss Hepsy
That mink trap Was always master goo
thiae 20 ketch And the hinges Sint 80
ru ted yeti Ny | DO wonder What tn
deacou'l ssyf
For there, With Its psrli colored wing
aappiug vildly,and one foot firmly csnsh
10 the iron tetth OF the trap, was DescoI
Coorers bigsist turkey 2obbler
MISS Hspsy captured it 10 an Instant
Iocsipg the metallic grip With def
movement Of one hand, while with th'
otl er she siIenced the crosklug sounds IL
the folds Of her apron.
Be eull, you oreetur! she muttered' en-
efgeticsliy. guess I've got you at last
after oil them young dsyhs plants yor
scratched up and tue slrorberry runner'
Won ruined for me. And Deacon Coope'
s'aldiu up for I that it was my fences ''
blaine. Fences, indeed when there warn
Iro f~tce between here and the Connectl-
cnt State line but You could fly over easy
a. aiukiu. guess I'll hev IhsnkseIV'
IN dinner now, and no stealth neltheT,to
bsiu' t lever forgot them young ducks o
| Ulne mat lne uehCOu C4'J hcP y" NN~
u.slia out be didn't know but what the!
VS. Wild game, and the deacon never OIL
,rlu to pay ior en-. The law wouldn't d'
potLia to help me, bein they was swim
mia ln the descons pond, but III be N.
own law tbs time set the trap to ketc'
Il q ueasels, and If the descOn's gobblet
" lked into it, faint no fault niue
Fifteen MINUTES Giterward, the decapl
,ted foeI lay on M'ss Hersy's kitchen
bic.
it, pretty tough, said she, but eues
esp psrbile it an give it q good Ion
.mell in the oven. III change hank
that blue ytrn for part Mrs Miller
cnuberries, an, I'm most sure desire ha'
kits III let me b a handful o her sun
ner savory to flavor the stutlin' "ldde
Halls got more pumpkins than she know
sbst to DO With, and Sarah SKINNER
be clad TO exchange a peck OF apples 10
some n that crochet lace did last week
BIes, me! | han't Lad 10 ThauksgiVi
dinner fora dtz'n good year-not sinc
mother dird-but it oil comes back to IN
now as bsudy as rolin of a log
why Miss Hepsy
Land o Goshen, Dulcie Cooper, is tina
you2
On cker than Lightning Miss heps.
aung her apron over the defunct turk
col b 'er snd intoposed her gaunt form be
tween the kitchen table and the door, /
which. framed like some lovely Gainsoof
oueh picture, stood blue eyed youn
sirl with yellow hair ruffled by the frost
wind and 90 old fashioned red ana plu
shawl wrapped around her
Miss Hepsy, said the girl, quIcRly' 3D.
with a c,rtsin tIemuIousness OF acceo'
dou't-don't you med some one 10 hei
Won? I'd come for my board only flesse
please don't say u!
why, stsmmered the spins'er, was ca
cuIsttn to clean Louise aud fix mp thugs
Irtle but-what ca earth does TINS mean
Dulcie? You sn your pa haInf ha
uords, have your A sin2
Yes We have! sal DuIcie Cooper, breath
inc 1nicker than ev.r | told father thl
morolug that | was gong to be marie
, nuruing her rosebud OF iace to one SD
as she spokt), and be tVi;ted me with II
lpsr.ti,ude for going of to leave him ate
all the schooling II bad, And I'm sur
be never paid cert for it. And be sal
WASN'T good housekeeper, oecsu'
some one neglected to lock the ioVl hons
last pigbt, and the bigRest gobblar Is lot
this morning
L.! int1riected Mis- Hepsy.
And so, went on Dulcie, Just told hI'
Ia Get sume Que Else to cook and was
,ld scrub for him and came away with
Mt my breskfast. AID II could onl
sta here uutll he comes ior me -
When's be comir2 dsmsuded Miss he
y.
IL don't quite kuow. but very foo1!
Can YOU wbi'eassh? sal Hepsy.
Yes, ss.ented the eliI
And pu, on vail paper?
Oh. wee I've often repspered the q
room. at 7mtl eagerly responded Du
Gle.
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