The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-11-28
II wish you would" answered Miss
Betsey, heartily.

Deileve IL Will De the nlceSt lnduks-
giving I ever had" she said. "Fll be
here at eleven sure, Miss Betsey, and
thank you SO muchP
She kissed Miss Betsey and then
danced out of the room and down the
path. At the gate she thought she
heard some one calling, and looked
back. Miss Betsey was standing in
the doorway; she could see her lips
moving and she caught the words in
fragments as the wind blew them
down to her. "Rsmember-you're
MOTTO tell"
Annie Evangeline nodded and
waved her hand. "Yes'm, I'll remem-
ber," she answered.
Annie Evangeline ran down the
hill and into little yellow house.at
it's foot. The house was full of chill
dren and as their parents had had
little else to give them, each child
had several names. Annie Evange-
line and Jefferson jackson came
about in the middle of the list. JEFF
ferson jackson was sitting on the
fence as Annie Evangeline came
up. His eyes we're big with excite
ment.
Say, Annie Evangeline, guess
whatp' he said.
"What?' asked Annie Evangeline
"We're going to have turkey and
chicken both!'
"Ohl" cried Annie Evangeline, her
eyes shining too. 80 jefferson, it's
going to be the loveliest Thanksgiv-
ingl I'm going up to Miss Betsey's
first-I'm going up there at eleven"
"Idon'tthink that an ything muchl
What are you going to have up
| there7"
81 promised not to tell" answered
Annie Evangeline. II don't think
you'd care for it, jefferson, but I
liked it. Itdoesn't seem to suit boys,
somehow"
"You might tell me, anyhow"
Annie Evangeline's little round
face grew troubled. II would truly,
Jefferson. but 1 promised Miss Bet
sey and l can't break promise"
Miss Betsey followed her into the
pantry; the window was open and
Annie Evangeline set pitcher upon
her paper to keep it from blowing
away. There, Miss Betsey," she
said, after studying few moments.
II think I have it fixed. You see we
can call the cookies different kinds OF
pies-won't it be funny to cut them
into little pieces ?-and the dried beef
will be the turkey and chickens, and
the bread vegetables. May l cut q
slice into round pieces for potatoes
Cause the crumbs can be squash, you
know, or turnip."
"Do just whatever you please, said
Miss Betsey. 81 want that you should
have a good time, Annie Evangeline.'
| ooh, am" answered Annie Evan.
geline earnestly. She bent over the
bread cutting it into oval pieces Of
different sizes. Suddenly she gave q
little cry of dismay; an unexpected
4 gust of wind had twisted her paper
from under the pitcher and blown il
out the window. Annie Evangeline
ran out doors after it, but it was not
| in sight; if she had looked a little
farther she might have seen Jefferson
jackson scurrying down the road
with something clutched in his fist
but she did not see and she went
back to the house.
81 couldn't find it," she said, "but
] guess it doesn't make any difference
l can remember the things. Now
shall we put these on the table, Miss
Betseys"
They set the things carefully in
their places and then Miss Betsey
and Annie Evangeline sat down be-
tween the rows of invisible guests and
looked happily at each other across
the bread and dried beef.
In the little yellow house at the
foot of the hill the mother and older
girls were very busy; they all looked
up reproachfully when Jefferson Jack
son rushed in, breathless and excited
jefferson Jackson's eyes were trou-
bled and his voice full of 'consterna-
tion, for in his way he was very fond
of Annie Evangeline.
"Motheri" he cried, "Annie Evan
geline isn't going to have any Thanks
giving dinner at ALL"
His mother and the girls faced him
in establishment. "What do you
meant" they cried. "She's going to
have dinner at Miss Betsey's."
"But she isn't" he insisted, ~
heard. Miss Betsey's awful poor and
they're just making believe Thanks
giving THEY'VE only GOT old dried