The sun., 1900-11-30
| A TALE OF TWO TURKEYS.
IOsr nor. AS6Rr HvsBiND AVN 1910
nov ~ ann sTRIPTs
Throssh One P,rd. Iatsn In rhsntfuIness, the
Bo, came Home trdcr th. Maternal
wing scrap of herman Couple set
tied b, the wisdom of srrst srhuIum.

In two Instances IhnnkSglNNg 'nfk"v7
figured ~ the police returns Yesterday II ~
hadu been for turkey small hpy who ran
away from home week ago might 4tl ~" at
large and h.- mother sun Worrying about him
Now he's al. nt home. and though ho ha. -
stand W. 10 the mautelpi"cr to tak" l- meCl'
ms mother i, happy IN the pos-o.s.ou If her
boy The boy vows hen never l"1y" homo
again aud hl- mother intends To- SEQ that ho
DOESN'T
About q week ago a woman went 10 ilo W"st
SNty-einhth street polio" station and I"lrfully
reported 10 Scrrt Russell that her boy had
been sent on an errand IA" might hoiurc and
had not come back Ih" sergeant said h"
would try to help her aud when the night pla-
toon was sent out h" gave the policemen a
description Of the missing young~t"r They
did not find him and on Wednesday night h,S
mother started out to get hcr Thanksgiving
turkey. 1t was lat" and III" didn't feel much
pleasure IN her crrlud. for ~h" thought Of the
vacau, place there would hc at the table.
The turkey was la be- bought IN the Big
Block" Market, on Amsterdam avenue. between
Siyty-Nr-t and SiNty-S"rOnd s'rn"ie. There
the curb wa- lined with p"dl"rN' wagons,
whose owners w"r" procllliglnE ~ the top of
Their voices the qualities 81 ia" bIid~ oeN had
Tor sale. Ih" woman passed a number OF
wagons Then Shr came 10 ono In which 4
boy was holding w uig gohhl"r She looked
at the turkey aud then at the boy
Here lie he~: turk IN ~" market ladies'.
lie was shouting "Buy 'Im while he : good n
fat You wont get another chance ter-nisht
li"re now. stop W and
sharp yell from The hoy intcrrnpted ne
speech The trhoy fell into tha wagon. aud
| "A muscular arm grabbed th, bov 10y the collar
and yankcd him to the pavement
"MOmm"r' | wont run away again, pea9"d
the boy The woman never RELAXED h'r srp
on his collar tll She reached the police station
serE, hu-,elt was aHqin teiind tte drrk
determination to treat the case properly eN-
pressed ~ her cUlnlcnance Now watch what
delt TWIST of the strong arm threw the young
hopeful across her knee Then her hand de-
scendcd many times on the spot where 1t would
do the most good After five minutes or 80 the
| sergeant interviewed
Now" said the woman, I'm going back to
that wagon To buy that turkey yOu had, boy
There Il be real thanks In my house to-ruorrow %
Sergt. Schulum was ruling lines IN red INK
"a the 9lotter ~ the fhth street station on
Wednesday night when Il tall, gaurt woman
and little grl about years old walked ~
The woman was German and she could speak
lltiie Enelsh. But tnEth. German. iiddl>h,
who hasn't lived all hi- life Oh the last side
for nothing Heguckiy learu"d that she had
given her husband 90 cent with which TO ,ry
turkey he was To pay back the 81 cents and she
and her little daughter went along 20 see That
he did He had won the turkey. the woman
said, but when -he, asked for her money going
home she received "A blow instead Now she
wanted to sleep IN the station for the night,
because she felt she couldn't keep her tongue
from demanding her just rights il shs went
home and she didn' I relish a heating
tn" sergeant sent IA policeman 10 hunt up
the husband The COP returned with wiry
little man who had "A live turkey almost as biz
Is himself under his arm. Tie policeman
said he'd found hun sitting ON doorstep IA few
blocks away. As soon ~ the woman saw him
the quarrel was renewed They both
talked at once. The turkey never hlinked an
eye. but turned It's head from one side Of the
room To the other watching It's gluItp tn fly
But after u while the sergeant got hi- chance
to talk He reminded husband and wife that
IL was Thanksgiving Eve and they shouldn't
quarrel Then he decided that the husband
having won the turkey must keep his promise
and repay the 50 cents. This Judgment de-
lvered by "A blue-Coatrd man who wore gold
stripes on hi, sleeves and spoke with authority
carried weight The husband reluctantly
obeyed, and when she got the money his brawny
wife stopped down and Kissed him. He didn't
return the salute, nut sh" took his hand-the
one not engaged III holding the turkey-and
they went out. the little giri trailing behind,
Yes. cir said Scrgt >ohulum, telling the
story. Solomon aint dead yet"