Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-11-19

become Of all his friends anu why,
N spite of his pitlful ples, no one
came 10 pen the door for him, He
heard .Jiss Nat Ie and ran hope.
fully 70 meet her, limping as he
came. for be had stiff leg.
why, Tommy Bnrnes,' said
Mss Matte, STOPPING to pat his
rough yellow head, you don t
mean to say your folks have gone
off TO Thanksgiving ard left you
behind? Well, if l ever! How
Observation-Disclosures you a
cripple hesidesn
Tommy Kept IN crying, but no
hal his eve on the door while Miss
Matte vas fitting her key, and the
minute it opened he darled IN.
Tnu's righ Tomm,,' said Mss
Htiir, i st make Yourself at
home. You and I'll h ye or
Iii ,ukgiying tOGrlhcr. That extra
ch, III III be Sapted after ali, aud
r.n gol . TO make 'riz' bIscuits,'
ST. put AVA her h"DOet aud
>hANl ,nd hing the basket on n
II il il the back room without eve n
oking At the contents, though
TmmN B rues watched hrr keen
With sorewd suspicion of
,umrlhlug good, and a faint hope
he, uOthing IN his past expert
zee insutied that he mlght come
in for "A share Of It. Miss Matte
WAS nccus omed TO beng alone,
nd she scarcely thought Hf Tommy
,s spe trOtted about, setting the
sponge tor her biscuits in 4 pint
bowl, putting little cnp of broth
on the stove to warm for her sup
per, maxim her tea, toaStlng ner
bread. and at last sitting down by
the table in tue lite green chair
Ni,h a patchwork cushion. Up to
this point Tom my had sat quietly
by the fire, having learned by
many severe lessons that little
folks should be seen "nd not heard,
but when Miss Matte poured out
the Savoy broth the delicious odol
was too much for his fOrtitude and
with one bound he sprang into her
lap.
Bless me- said Miss Matte, IF
hadu't cl-au forgot you, aud you
half starved, | dare say. There
get down. l never cOald abide
cats around my vlctuals.'
She pat Tommy gently on The
floor. crumbled some bread int
the bowl OF broth, cooled 1t care
tally ana set 1t down for him t
tea.
its pretty rich for me anyway,
she taid, as she made out her sup
per with toast aud tea.
L was perhaps well for Tomm.
that he took AN early promenad
next morning around the bac'
I wards OF the nelgqbOT hood AM
secured valuable tidbits, for Mis-
Matte had very lutte to offer hin
Sue baked her deiigh'tol Ilt'I
, D lfs Of biscuits aud enj pyed iheu
immensely, finding them llghte
and more dlgeStible without bu'
er. She read Thanksgiving
l psalm and went about trSingto SID
in little chirrupy voice like
brown sparrow. She brought
the small basket aud flushed th
unexpected treasure trove, bI
took it kindly as bit of ne &
borly good will. The sweetDrea'
white aud plOmp and all ready Il
cooking, reminded her of old Mr'
VI prison, just beginning to sit u
: and watch the people go by Oh
window. What tOothsome dal
{. this would be for her, and VIII
delight that she should be aO
to take 1t TO her as she went
. church yes, aud some OF u
y celery, too, tor a relish. III
IL chops we're transferred to pla
~ on the shelf, the sweetbreah wra
," d d in A fine old napkin and la
" back IN the basket with the be
half of the celery, aud the .blscnl
> Miss Matte had saved for dlnn'
-, The Old bread %ill go Jlst
~ we'll with chops;' she reflected a
as prepared for church with a g''
Of of happiness such as she had l
= known in a long time.
lie 1t helped to a real feeling
a. thanktulness, especially when
oa Thought of old Mrs. Morrison, a
how pleased she had been with
tv unexpected gilt. She laughed
ad little to herself as she returned
nd her own door after service, RENE
pp. bering how when Sally Morris
TO had commiserated her on be
Io.,o 1,hankooivinU dav all