The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19

| Brown mIsed as he was dressing;
u meyer YER knew things quite SO blue nor cred
And then he took his pocketbook and count.
| ed up his money!
The dollars four, there were no more. so few
were they seemed funny.
| Ii made him smile that little pile and then
his blues departed,
For Brown had pluck, believed IN luck for
othose not chicken hearted.
| And to his breakfast gaily down went spec
ulator George Caldwell Brown.
| While he drank his coffee hot to his hand n
note was brought,
And the writing on Its cover made him turn
1t DER and DER.
When at last he broke its seal its contents
fairly made him reel;
Made the blood rush to his head, for this
Was what the letter said:
"George Caldwell Brown, Esq.,:
Dear Boy-It gives me several kinds Of joy
To send CHECK made out to you to pay the
hundred, long since due,
You kindly loaned when / was broke,
Most sincerely. r. T. CHOAK."
As he picked his way down town, thus
unused Spectator Brown:
''on the day before Thanksgiving, life is
always worth the living.
Every cloud has its silver lining; somewhere,
always, sun Is shining.
Now II really seems to me / should very
thankful be;
Yesterday the sky was murky; now I'm sure
TO have my turkey.
But holy smoke! As I'm sinner. no ones
asked me out to dinner.
Last Thanksgiving I'd a lot Of bids to feed,
but this year not soul. SO far. re-
members me-
Jimmy crickets Well, We'll see."
Thinking thus. Brown stood before his six
teenth story office door:
"Would or would 1t not alright her II
asked my young typewriter
How to work this plan." thought Brown, as
he went and sat him down.
And as he read his letters DER, he thought
about his plans the more,
And as he thought he grew perplexed. until
at last she thought him vexed.
"To-morrow's Thanksgiving" ventured she
"a day when all, it seems to me,
Should cat lots of turkey and pumpkin pie
and all sorts of fixin's that money can
buy
Thus quickly to the girls amaze, Brown
made reply In following phrase:
"And," he went on, 81 have a plan, and you
must help me If you can."
Then he told her how the borrowed money
came,
And how he sorrowed much before It came.
He said: 1.-The landscape blue, 1t turned to
red;
1t filled my heart with thankfulness, It drove
away my wretchedness
But" he continued, .'then l thought of other
men dead broke.
l ought to some other luckless sinners
furnished with Thanksgiving dinners
The maiden listened to his words "You
want my help to buy the birds,
The celery and the pumpkin pies and other
things" she said. her eyes
Bent on the floor. Then he replied: "That's
it exactly; If you tried
You could not closer speak my mind.
And further. If you'll be so kind
And help me at the dinner, too.
I'll always grateful be to you"
Ihe maidens sSn sthee6 cheek was like peach. and
Into 1t crept rosy pink. SO comely. that 1t
made him think:
well. VOW; in all the city there Is no other
girl so pretty"
So to the market forth they went, on beney-
olence intent.
On the way the girl observed: "Where
Will you have the dinner served?
Ii you have not got another place, I'm GER
tain that my mother
Would be happy If you were to have 1t cook
ed and served by her."
"a very good idea, my child" said Spec-
ulator Brown, and smiled
How many guests, then, will there be? |
lave you asked them YETI" said she.