Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-11-19
MISS MATTIE'S GUEST

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c-un,tl a"d stood hhukiug in 'h'
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elbow ; eiued To 10 s,in""g
them bo,a.
Wet. Mss WAtue,' called GA,
euaikr,mdn IN is hear y I 81
lun. i ser Your mimi Is noe set Vn
aturk tnls time, oar juSt wait
/ nH star lhi> bA~k' fl toi C'p'u
ILm>m', ,ud III OS ,ou 'hr
lush thlng-a plump ilttle d"ck !
cl.,pped lnto The sale this morning
thinkIng TO b, self that's the yer,
moral OF a treat for Miss Matte
Mis-, Matte locked embarrassed
auJ fuhhcd her Iorrduger unea>liJ
love. a snail coIi that lay III the
palm of ner hand under her glove
In WAS a silver ) cent piece. and
and she had taken it with much
hesitation from little store OF
pieces, most of them given heI
hen she was child. For heIsel
she could have cot a,OLg very vel
with t,eo and ea, but somebo"
T.. : emed "a uishOnOr TO ali hei
hapln past not - have something
>peclal on THANKSGIVING, and st
she mad decided to spend thu
III, .lous blt. She had il feeling 0
t real pity for it, hing There VAIN
aud meg in her pal", and So S9o'
TO 20 tdmb Ing INTO The heap q
clasbiug, juggling Z lns tosse'
about 10y the butchers greds.
fingers or perhaps into the poche
of that horrible apron with OiCo'
q stains on it. Miss Matte Shudder
+. ed, bat quickly recO, cred herSel
to say cheerfulll:
Oh, thank you, Mr.. Sinmeh'
but don't YOU tUink ducks are
-, sight of trouble, what with th
u siufiug and the roasting and neeC
lng TO be locked after aud baste
regular? made up my MUD t
something simple, and l don
know anything thaCs easier got o
more rellshlug than lamb cnop'
Two lamb cnOps Is about what
s thought of, Mr.. Simmons. W
know there's only me-
Mr.. simmons had not seen the
cent piece, but he understood jo
n as well as if he had. auG he begd
r' TO cut tie chops at once, takin
ss all the time to relieve his own er
e. barrassment aud assuring Nil
ty Matte that 'it folks only knew
III there was nothing like lamb chol
to encourage your appetite al
In strengthen you up all over
III 'ButyOu'll have to take thre
chops looking cuilOusly at Il
4 money Miss Matte laid in his b
hand, 'or l shall have 10 ma
change, and change is scarcer th
hens teeth tonight. You mig
have company unexpected, =
know, and an extra chop won
come III uhuuN
Miss Matte laughed so genia
al that the MAJ ketman ventured
MI slip d sweetbread aud a bunch
sas yellow celery into the basket
aae a tue SLY. He would have looked
If he suspected her reason for L
-, buying 1t, and, bless you. be kn'
better than that. Some peo
have feelings, though their ta'
in are red and their hands course a
a. greasy.
Miss Matte went very happ
down the street. She had llgh
her lamp before she went OUT,
cheerful little ray smiled
couraglngly at her as she came
tue gate. A'l the other wind'
in The weatherbeaten OLD he
we're black aud empty aud loo
to the lonesome little woman
all sorts of ho5goDllngs might
peeplng out at her from the glC
behind them, for Miss Nat
neighbors had gone away o
Thanksgiving visit and taken
whole family. At least they
the whole family but at the '
moment Miss Matte came to