The morning times., 1896-11-22

there turkeys an cranberries in the Injun
| Territory?'
Il guess there are, but amt sure about
| crdnberries."
Then why don't you buy one??"
Cause there's nobody round here for
miles an miles an miles to buy from, and
he added doiefully To himself, there's
| no money to buy one with
when l was a little wee girl said
| Miss Loo, reproachfully, Il once caught
Il turkey all by myself, in the yard, did
She arose from the bank of the creek
and walked slowly and tearfully back to
the wagon. She was only eight years old,
| but she was already positive about the
rights of little women, and one of these
was unalterably the proper celebration Of
Thanksgiving.
Her brother Ned sat by the chilly waters
| and thought disInally. He was thinking,
and Just old enough to realize plainly,
that things with his family had gone all
| wrong. He knew that times h ad been hard
In Wyoming, where they had come from
He knew that his father had lost all his
cattle and had had to leave the ranch. He
knew they were travelling with their few
household goods down to Join his uncle
in TeXas-traveling in the slowest, most
laborlous but cheapest way, with his faith
er's last wagon, and his fathers last four
horses
Ned sat until the falling sun warned
! him IL was time to fetch wood for the
fire and help his mother make the poor
meal they We're getting accustomed to.
Mother" he said, as they hung over the
| firetogether. 'Tomorrow's sThanksgiving. y
IA poor one for us, sonny she answered.
| No pie for little Loo tomorrow, I'm afraid
poor child. But Wen soon be in Texas,
Ned"
.'Ain't there turkeys in this territory
MON? Wild ones, l mean?'
80 I'm told, but gracious, you can't
expect your father to get up, sick as he
! is, and shoot turkeys"
| Couldn't L? I've shot pops gun off
| twice An Loo wants turkey. Shes tired
| OF pork and flapjacks"
| Your father said when we left home you
! We're never to leave the trail. You might
get lost on these big prairies."
Ire said unless necessary and when we
! entered the territory the people told u.
we were quite safe. The Indians are al
quiet on their reservations, and We've only
seen two all the way through, so there's
! no danger off the trail''
Get the coffee, Ned said his mother
land don't talk nonsense"
/; But Ned Thought long over the fire tina,
night, and early next morning when his
mother got up, she found the camp fire
ready lighted and a ragged piece of paper
: attached to the wheel of the wagon. She
read 1t with difficulty.
Ned has gone to katch turkey fol
Loo. It's nessary,"
(! AT early daybreak the lad had Slipped
from his nest of blankets on the grount
encath the wagon and struggled out witt
determined heart. He had come to tht
conclusion that this was one OF the ''neces.
! sary'' occasions on which he was to be
! allowed to leave the trail and prospect
| as it We're, on his own account. Loo was
crying for proper Thanksgiving dinner
he would try to give it to her in some
measure. His father could not eat tieil
coarse food; the white breast of a fai
| turkey would tempt his appetite Ther,
was no doubt this was q necessary occa
! don :
| rar'off on the neyerending plain he rode
on his fresh and willing hnrsa tn" uun rest