The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-11-28

to be remembered, and he ate his
thanksgiving dinner with thoughts OF
happy days to come.
There was a boy who was fast get
ting we'll. He had been very sick and
had tossed for nights with a raging
fever. but il was all over now; he was
out OF danger and he was able 70 get
up every day and sit outside in the
soft air; he would soon be able to go
back to the camp and his chum. His
chum Was n careless, happy, easy
going fellow like himself. They had
enlisted from the same town. had been
fast friends for years, and had always
shared their pleasures and troubles,
mostly the former. because there had
been so little OF the latter How glad
they would be to get together again.
and how his chum's eyes would open
when he told him of the horrors OF
hospital life. Nothing but milk for
three weeks, Only years OF integrity
would make his chum believe such a
story OF hardship. He woke up early
Thanksgiving morning. His nurse was
near him. "Hooray for turkey" he
said with a yawn. He raised himself
in bed and three cheers for mince pie"
he added. His voice broke a little, he
was still so weak: but he felt fine and
oh. SO hungry for a Thanksgiving din
ner.
The doctor says YOU can have
broth, said the nurse gently. and she
smoCthed his hair back from his fore
head. and wine jelly. and some ice
cream, and"
What" gasped the boy.
Turkey would not be safe for YOU
yet" said the nurse and she tried to
soften his disappointment.
But the boy was not listening. His
chum should hear OF this outrage.
/ Thoughts OF revenge filed his soul and
were exceedingly sweet. Each doc
! tor rose before his minds eye and each
! was relegated TO realms where mince
| pie and turkey were unknown. HIS
! eyes blinked and filled with hot tears,
| he was such young boy. And then
| they dried and twinkled. The hour
| for the feast had come; the boys were
/ mustered into line and the march to
dinner was started. One of the doc
| tors stood by, his face shining with
| sympathetic pleasure. Here was the
! lad he had brought back from the jaws
OF death, here was Jones, who began
TO look as though he had never had a
! sick day, and Smith, who was so CRATE
full for his cure, and Robinson, whose
bright face and jolly laugh would be
missed when he left them on the NOR
row, and-his eyes met those OF the
| boy. He was wedged in between two
kindred spirits and his march savored
of "a sneak for it." In stature the boy
had lost two inches, for he was max
l.. - II u 80
the strong hand of the doctor was on
him, and the boy was saved TO glad
den the heart of his chum.
| There was a fellow OF thiTty-two OF
| three over in a corner OF one OF the
wards. He did not want any dinner
The lines about his mouth were sad
and his eyes held depths OF pathOs
Doctor. may / write to my wife to-
day?" he asked: his voice faltered
and to the little ones he added
Thanksgiving away from home; an
mis- bright, CHEEKY wife. with her ten.
der. blue eyes, his clinging, little Dick
and Marjorie, and-the baby. H'
turned his face to the wall, and nobody
} disturbed him. For they knew.
who has not felt how sadly sweet
The dream of home, the dream o.
home"
, But. after all, there was little sad
ness in the Military Hospital or
Thanksgiving day. Each was cheerec
with feasting and frightened with evi-
dences OF kindly thought.
!; Next Thanksgiving day will tn,
boys think of Honolulu? Will they
! give a thought TO Hawaii nei. with its
tropical beauty and its subtle charm
!, When the chill winds whistle and blow
, will they remember the gentle. little
breezes that so lightly watt their cool
ing touches; when the skies are gre!
: and overcast will they think OF this
: land of perpetual sunshine. with II:
; beauty of valleys, and mountains, anC
, sea, and sky? Surely the boys vii
pause to give a thought TO Hawaii ne
, and to the sympathetic hearts tina
have tried to make them feel that the!
; were not strangers in n strange land,
but one with them on Thanksgiving
day. Next Thanksgiving day Their
+ viii be many n boy who will rise from
his chair and say:
Here's TO My Honolulu Lady.