Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-24

But pears lake he had to have so
menny trinkets, an he TUX all de money
l could git an-den pears lake lie got
worse an worse ub drinldn' an gam
blin', an de ole doctah went to when
got so drefful tired an sick he said if
it wuzn't too late fob me he'd try an
save me but mus leave him suah. Den
] didn't know whah tub go, noh what
tub do next reckuned what wus kun-
min tub me-"
Here she stopped exhausted, and gave
another troubled glance at the uncon-
scious mahogany bundle.
$50 dat kim ole doctah he dun foun'
cut de lady at de aid society what yuh
KUN frum, an she helped me tub git
in heah.
Eyes. I want wull when I git out OBJ
l,eah; only pears lake I'm so tairid like
am de Lawd he dun keeps CALM sofy
in muh heartburn, Ida-Kum an
res'-Jes' lake my mothah used tub
say when she wuz ibin'. So I've laid
heah uh studyin' an uh studyin'-an'
seq: Eff de Lawd seq kun, Ida, chile;
lium an res den whahs my little baby
goin' tub git TUX cab o-an' den de
Lawd he reach down an sent some wun
fob Ida's little baby. So 1 reckun de
Lawd means I bettah glib it away"
''Give your baby away!" echoed the
voice by the bedside.
Eyes, miss" said Ida. "Yuh see it's
uh gull chile an de Twin image o him,
SO recliun eff she gifts uh good raisin'
up she'll grow up kind an willin' tub
wulS an help long"
But why not keep your baby, Ida,
till it is older, and maybe there will be
way opened for you to earn d living
for both?"
eyes, dun did try tub t'inll de Lawd
meant dat away-but I dassen't keep
it, fob eff dun it, she wud git cunnin'
an crawl aroun', an be cute lake, an
den, yuh see-yuh see-de Lawd He
cudn't ak Ida tub do sech hahd wuk as
dat"
Here Ida turned her troubled eyes
away.
But, Ida," said the voice by the bed
side, who would want to take a little
helpless baby? How old is it?"
''She dun kun uh Thanksgibin day.
Der wuz uh lady-a young lady, an she
had uh kline, smilin' face, lake she wuz
allus good an happy, she kun in heah
de othuh day-an' she reckuns she'll
dun talk 1t. She seq she'll raise her up,
an train huh to be huh little waitin'-
maid, an SEN huh tub school sum, an
tibet she will lib wild huh always. OATS
de bes' I can do fob huh, pears like, an
lefoh she gifts emmy cute ways, an be-
fob gifts too taired like to heah de
Lawd when He calls in muh heahrt:
Kun, chile, kun, an resi-"
Here Ida paused and lay smoothing
the counterpane feebly.
Then she said: 81 ben uh studyin'
bout dem good wuds in de Bible--my
mothuh luhned me, bout Thanksgibin'
an pears lake Ida kin luhn 'em tub
say tub de kline Lawd when she gifts to
His gates: 'Entah-into-His gates,
wid-Thanlsgibin'.' For de Lawd He
\ jes reached down an smoothed out all
de tangles frum Ida's heap O. troubles
an sent de lady fob huh before she got
any cute ways lake. De lady dun put
huh name-kahd undah my pillow.
Heah it is"
AS l read the name, Miss Margaret
Stanlope, Ida fumbled feebly for a
stump of lead pencil under her pillow,
and said:
''Jes put huh name, pointing to the
baby, down on de name llahd fob me,
Call huh 'Thanksgibin'-lda
The visitor wrote it and handed back
the card to Ida, who held it fast as she
closed the mothers eyes that had gazed
longingly at the little bundle by her
side; ''uh studyin' an uh studyin',''
hoping and trusting till now she was
| ready to Enter into His gates with
Thanksgiving"
JENNY FAIRN1AN SMITH. (
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Thanksgiving.