New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-20
TOOL party. and we wants dis. Don't

yer tell dc kids deere amt no eatn"
She sat sewing after they left. and thinking
100. ihcy must ne good boys to want to give
pleasure to their mates. or course they would
have to play party. How could they nave eat
ing? Poor boys,
IL good she did not understand their "fool
party. nor the impish glee with which they
were planning it. She we'd alone with her but
tonhoies Lay after day was the s2mc save
sometimes the holes were worked with light
thread and sometimes with dark. She did not
minslc with her neighbors though many a time
she went away from her window with sorry
heart for what she saw OF them.
Presently she began Il so eXctedly she
pr'cxed herself several times. why not" she
thought, and her eyes grew very bright. She
nom under the mattress 1t held all her say
inss. They were small. People are mostly sat
tshed with machine made buttonholes.
"Thcre'll be enough for turkey dinner any
way-of course. therell be all awful lot OF then
but I'll get paid to-nigh,- can get stuff enough,
l know"
them pink. She raped sharply on the window
10 the two boys. who were sitting outside close
together planning their devil;ry.
''Boys" she called. IN tell you. can cat my
turkey all alone tomorrow. l never do 20
buttonhoer. when did YOU eat turkey lastD
so am a-going 20 bring it to the party. ana
maybe few hXins.
The boys gasped.
And | want you TO help me carry things TO
the table tomorrow. Wen set 1t rignt IN the
middle Of the Pocket there, ami we'll nave d
real sood time
The boys forgot their plans. They We're not
pretty plans. Immediately they began TO plan
with her Hers were "eatin' plans. Theirs
could wait.
On her way home from her work that night
the little buttonholcr pushed her way through
into crowded shops. and spent all her savings
away. Her arms were loaded full. her CHEEKS
ain pink. and her eyes shining. Never IN All
her life had she spent money like TINS .
'1'hem poor boys" she sad TO herse!: ana
laughed
bundles for her. He also approved OF her
Coin to keep Thanksgivin. guess, he sad
with his eyes on her pink cheeks. ,
The pink cheeks grew plHk"r, ana she uIoPPeu
. bundle and said. Yes
About noon on Thanksgiving Day the Pocket
vDs ashast to sec the little one-sded button
hoIer handing out her table Their curiosity
became morbid when they SAL her proceed &c
set it. ,, &c
lettuce few apples, raw turnipS ana Po'a'oe''
a great quantity of cranberres ,,s
1--WE were after gettin EN-" one explained
The little buttonhOler asked no questions
She thought may be they had run errands for
them Her heart one of gentle siinpiCi,.;
Oh. how good the Pocket smeledi Lovely
Why it smelled just as soon as &C.. i1T,s0' And
The turkey was the biggest In Inc "o''d Anu
The guests all came. and in time to see the
struggle to make the dishes go round t,"e!
didn'D and TO Get boxes ana chairs enough 10
Then the party began The little buttonholer
sat at the Ncdl Oh tilr t''''O "'4N
n,eccs Of turkey. Her two helpers were every
wherc They showed back the crowd WI,icn
would come too near, they passed thhss. '"c'
bossed slOriOusly. &C.,. 100
one proposed a toast. only there We're Dut tWo
glasses - our Holy Wan" and bowed 10 'he
httle buttonholer For the time she had tDucNcu
The boys heart and he glOrified her, But at tils
sh, looked so shocked. the other boy sald 4uich'
~. our Button Holy Wan, Of course.
They always helped each other Out. Tears
later it stood them in good stead.
at amt no lic" said one of the guests 10 IN
other There is every thin 10 eat. "oh -'ON
him tO-mOrrcr! $50, -. .ho
The noise and uproar grew 50 loud al me
n,rtv that the policeman heard it out on the
<1rcet and showed his way into the Pocket Ills
face became redder when he saw the niue pu.
tpDboler seated on the soap boxes deauhs ou'
"Rv the time A huge cake. covered with Won
harf,l frosting was cut. the party was nea'!y
uncontro,lable and the policeman began 10
think his services would be needed .
y'he little buttOnholer cut the cake down ~
fbe very last piece and passed that piece 10
him ooh. YOU keep it yourself ne saiu d"
wardly. 49,. .. cha ra
pliad: Thanks l never use cake. SHa" "u
Iuire you TO eat it.. ,, ,5
One Of the boys winked at the other ana sa ~,
buddy DE mex party We gives Is soh - 0'
weddin'' -. ,.o..,- oors
The big policeman forgot TO box the BOY ca, ,;
He was looking at the pink checks. ana ,ie
lauebter Of the party filed the WhoIe IUChc'
and rang out to the street-(OVeTland AoAt"1S'
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AN ACCIDENT 10 RHINE N1lDENS.