Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-11-28


And golden her breeze-blown hair;
The sunny October skies
ShOne lovingly on the pair.
Over the garden gate
The fair girl leaned and said,
CAV yeeS Onny cabbage thOt'S fit to ate,
1eeS kin fetch us round q head!''
Yonkers Gazette
MARTHA GATES Thanksgiving
"Yes," said Mrs. Gates, very decidedly,
I'm goin' to do ity'
Her husband looked at her, transfiXed
with horror. But listen to reason, Mar
thy" he said, pleadingly. "You mean all
right enough, but its a turribe resky ex-
pertinent You'll Spite the hull day for
them and us, too
Just wait and see. 'Bijah.''
GA nice Thanksgivin We'll hev!' groaned
Farmer Gates. Its jest reedickerlus the
way yer goin' to act I'll go and tell Jane
about it, and stop her COMM
Now, see here, 'Bijah Gates" said his
wife, turning around upon him quickly,
Ii there's any Righteousness about this
hull business, | reckon it'll all be OWN to
you. Here's Jane and John Roberts hain't
spoke to each other for fifteen year-own
brother and sister, too-all on account of
nOthln', as We might say. She's livin' on
the old farm all alone with old Jehu,
CROWN crankier an bitterer ev'ry day.
an baby, an yet I'll bet his heart keeps a
hankerin' after the sister that was alwuz
a mother to him. An [ say it's shame,
an I'm jest goin' to bring 'em together!'
He shook his head. at can't be done,
Marthy," he said. IF you bring 'em to-
gether in this house, it'll make it onpleas-
ant for ev'ry one. Besides, it'll be a
Than WIN for moor Tom and
Susy, fur we've always had such jolly
good times on this day. Wen all be like
chunks O Ice
Tom and Susy were as blue as their
father over their mothers decision;
Tom. 4 don't see what mother can find
IN Aunt Jane, a regular straight-laced
old maid. Her very looks would turn
sweet milk sour"
L know [ shall laugh at her." said
Susy. Il do just love to do something a
little bit improper, just to see how
shocked she looks. She thinks 1 am the
boldest, worst-mannered girl she ever
met, l know she does. And she thinks
Toms the sulkiest.'
'''Susy," said Tom, scornfully, Il do
wish you'd be a little moro particular
about your grammar. One would sup
pose [ was the sulkiest girl she ever met.
Don't underrate my dignity more than
necessary. It'll be crushed enough when
Aunt Jane comes. She isn't our aunt,
either-only your second cousin, thank
goodness
"Oh, mother tauntingly cried Susy,
here's Tom talking about losing his dig
Hity because my grammer made him out
girl. My goodness! [ reckon there
isn't any such thing as dignity, unless it's
connected with boy, boy"
Now do stop your quarreling," eX-
claimed Mrs. Gates It's very strange
that you two can't talk without saying
somethin' hateful to each other. | don't
see why you can't behave and treat each
other politely as you do other peoples
brothers and sisters"
But Susy is SO unladylike,' grumbled
Tom
And Tom is so dignifed,' sarcastically
retorted Susy. that even his own sister
can't touch him with a ten-foot pole
Besides" said Mrs. Gates, severely,
aunt James had enough to make her
girl when her mother died and left John,
only 3 years old. She was goin' to be
married, but gave everything and all up,
to make home for her father and John.
Then her father got sick with the old
fashioned consumption, and for long,
weary years she took care of him and
managed the farm, and took care of John,
till her health gave out an her nerves
got all unstrung. Then she grew awful
fretty, an ev'rything bored her. An John
he never understood how it was. An
after their father died they had a few
words, which led to bigger ones, and John
called her q mean, hateful old maid, that
the world would be better off if she was
out of it, an she retOrted that that was
all the thanks she got for givin' up ev'ry-
thin for him. So they parted. She gave
John half of what the place was worth,
an he bought another in Stanford. An
they've never spoke sence. But l know
she's most broke her heart over it, an
it's a shame"
But how in the world, Marthy," said
Mr.. Gates, kin you reconcile two people
if they won't be reconciled?'
That's jest what I'm goin' to try to
find out, father said his wife, L RELY
don't know nothin' about it, but it does
seem to me as if they two couldn't be i'll
the same house together, an at a Thanks
giyin' dinner too, without thinkin of the
past an kinder meltin. An there's the
baby, too! l s'pose it will be kinder en-
barrassin' at first, but if we use tact, an
Be reel careful"
The unsuspecting brother and sister
Doth accepted their cousins urgent invi-
tation to spend Thanksgivin' with their
family. Poor 'Bijah's heart misgave him
more and more as the time passed on
He didn't have the heart to speak his
discOuraging thoughts to his troubled
wife, and he felt that it would not be
loyal to her to appeal to blame her to
Tom and Susy, SO he made frequent
contidant of old Sorrel the horse, to whom
he would shake his head and say, Il never
looked forar with dread to Thanksgivin'
day before, Sorrel, and l hope never will
ag'in."
On Thanksgivin eve, 'Bijah Gates and
his wife were at the depot to meet their
guests. The train from the East came
in and deposited John and his pretty
young wife, and his wonderful baby. Then
the train pulled away westward. 'Bijah
placed the three newcomers on the back
seat, then they waited a few minutes be-
fore starting, Ostensibly for the purpose
of talking. Then the train from the West
slid in.
Now Mrs. Gates heart gave a great
jump, and 'Bijah became very nervous
and uneasy. What would Jane say when
they brought her to the carriage, and she
saw who was there?
Mrs. Gates slipped away to meet Jane
''Thank heaven, it's too dark for her to
see! Now, if the train'n only start before
she finds out! Then she can't do nothin',
but to come with us tonight, anyway