Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-10-10

a tiny shallow yoke across the top OF
timed: Il jest got TO the door an was
( gOiH To knock. when / see something
white h!owin' round on the snow II
was feathers. | was so upset | didn't
know what 10 do. ! didn't expect they'd
/ be SO careless with their underhand work.
! Jest stood there, an then | heard the
! dishes rattlin'. an one the girls says, I'll
( have some more turkey, mother, an they
/ all laughed.
That didn't make it your turkey, did
Didn't hey? You wait. Pretty soon
/ someone says, How did you ever ketch
| It, Dick an Dick says. oh, it went ii
! the shed beneath the deacOns barn and ]
/ Knocked ii over with hard snow bail. an
/ before il knew where il was If was com.
/ in home under my arm Then the little
! girl says, i wonder if that old duffer has
! missed 1t yet, meanin me-Deacon Par
/ ten-that.s been helpin' them for three
/ years. Me an old duffer" and the dea-
( con voice rose higher and higher till If
/ ended in 4 shrek.
Now there, there, father Perhaps
| they did all you say" said Mrs. Patten.
almost convinced against her will "Rut
/ il they did take the turkey you can lust
/ depend on it they had need of it,
Need of IL. Hain't l always helped
EN-, an wouldn't | give 'em all they
asked for"
| Taking things TO them of your own
/ free viii, that $ giving; but letting them,
1 have what they come and ask for. thai 4
/ begging, for them. | know you've been
/ good 10 them. So have the other neigh
| bors. But since this bad spell Of weather
we haven't felt that we could go so far.
| and perhaps the other neighbors have
/ neglected them, TOO. There's no telling
how bad off thev might be"
That's no cXcu,c for their stealth"
] - ~.
/ its he first time we've had any reason
| TO think hard of them: and / never knek
any. good 70 come of spyin' round after
ones neighhots, and it amt like you to
do it, either.
'Han't a right to know where my
things are gcin' to: Why didn't they
take one Of the russell turkeys Thcy
knowed was sayin' the white one. Jest
wanted TO be as mean as they could
Then eat it today, cause they knowcd |
always sent en- one for tomorrow But
they We fooled themselves this time.
lhhey Il not get another. hing out of this
old duffer. Oh, no.
The deacon's harangue was cut short
by loud knock at the kitchen door.
Mrs, PGtten went to the door and opened
it.
Morning, deacon said Il CHEEKY voice
from the outside The folks are going
out to dinner tomorrow, and | thought
to haul down Widow Pdyid's things to-
night. The women folks have a pile
fixed for her
No growled thn deacon. starting to-
ward the doc; Won can't have anything
of mine to help folks that ain't honest"
Don't say word about il. father"
Suppicatcd Mrs. patten. but the deacon
brushed her aside and closed the door
behind him as he went out. 4 short
time, after the man left the yard follow
inS his team On foot. and Mrs. Patten
knew the deacon had not shielded his
neghher
Mr.. David aud her three children, the
oldest Il boy Of II, had lived for three
years in the h;tlc black house beyond
the Pattcns Ii had been an abandoned
house for years. but the willing hands
anu he generosity of the neighhorS made
Il INT for hahitatiun and a continuance OF
'hc same generosity, together with the
/ work she Obtained. enabled the widow to
exc ont living and keep her house
Ao.d togo. her. But the heavy snow
storms had shut off their ncjghbors
aud th"u offerings had been laid
aside to swell the donation they
We're accustomed to make ON Christmas.
Mrs. Pattcn thought of her own part of
That donation. There were tho wooden
stockings and mittcnS She had knitted
Tor the children, "A warm dress of her
own she had fashioned over for Mrs. la
hy a little sacrifice. There were the veg
etahicS and some dainties she had pre-
pared for thcm-all doomed. alas. never
70 reach the widow and her family
Then She thought Of the deacon'S long
illness in the spring when her ucighhor's
ready assistance and kindly sympathy
brought both rest and comfort Could
such christian sohcitudc come from an
unworthy heart?
Christmas dawncd cold and bright.
'h'tr-hriusluS morning to everyone but
ne deacon, who gloomily sat around in
me Kitchen. Finally acting upon Mrs
tattcnS advice he started for the barn
To- Sc ure turkey for dinner 4 few
minutes later he landed i'm the middle
Of the kitchen with jump that sent the
unhakod custard in Mrs. pattenI pie lily
ing over the table.
Mother, h. yelled. "thc willie tur-
keys home, seed it poke it, head ont
lr, IN under the harm when was irving
io coax M tb' others Its got under
there an been driftcd in an them IA
BQt Mrs patteu had succeeded in
reaching hlm. aud turning his attention
70 the other side Of the stove. where. S,t
the youngest David child holding small
basket "a '''''''
What, do YOU want?" blurtcd out the
excited deacon. '-''
Mother wants TO know if you'll 10, Ms