The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-10


ketchin' IL around the grocerv. was
an evenin' and everybody was r.l,s %
them miserable critters from rba ~, W o.
road as we were generally rsrIs5- 'o!lla
sometimes when we lUgged OFF an
few bushels too many of apnlas Is. ,-s-
TieG d neighbOT'S horse and ,,-s--' l--
too long and unreasonable a Srsr1 .or
old squire. it generally was. MA. ne Ne
aged 10 git some advice 10 ms ---a--
would help us out. We reauy ~ e-e.
a lot of him. We really did b.s-t
was obliged once ter clean me ne
squire. It was a case o. neCasg-,, l
I'll show We how. a-1
The old squire had a son Franz --,
was not and never hap been IN "-o
tally good fellerShip E-ith our -
OWN mainly 10 his feelin' ~ a ~.
aristocratic disposition. He S-a-,r-7 W
know his father n folks MAS %
well up Frank had been g1ir, r--
college. and had come back f,- %
ThanksgiVin' vacation. We bows all. --7
had a way Of Celebratin after orr o-.S
fashion. We'd all chip in a spell ~
the day and begin To lay Up -rrrob =
git quite a stock Of provisions. We a,
ways made il a rule 10 steal ea,5 -,
turkey and a committee was aIe-a,-s 81
pointed 10 see that this end NJ -ba ~
gramme didn't fail Then. We'd r.rs
woman to cook up our stuff ami M
Tranksgivin' got around. it found -
fellers ready for the day. Wei -
this particular Tranksgivin'. F-srt-
was hOneyin' and begin round IN a
in with US He kept teasin' and hs7rir'
round. but there want none OF us r--g-
in for his society OF course. he kr1g.
the common report that We a-.rsv,
stole our turkey and he told us = ~
ternoon. that Wilder CloUgh. gy--. .fg-5
UP on the east road, 4 poor. hard work
in, savin' woman, had some uisr-,
fine turkeys, and he suggested we seal
our turkey from the wilder.
We didn't say nOthin. bur ma
thought some. There this high r7-a5
Frank was advisin' us 10 steal our bf-f
from this poor workin' woman, Ne
want dOin' no SIGH works as thar
Wherever we got our turkey. ir arvsvs
came from somebody who was well sr,-
10 stand the strain. We said n1-nf-- -,
Frank, though. as 10 the way we t-rr
and ne kept talkin' and advisiu' and
chucklin' about what a good ir-s
il would be if We could only ger WliE--
ClOugh's turkey. We kept him .1
edge till the very last minute and ra
want certain whether we W. sef-s
10 let him be with Us at our lhsuEs-
giviu' celebration until almost the Very
instant he set down with US al a I1r-
table in the shanty- This was hut W
boys had put up out at q certain place
in the woods for our own use and Dos
session We had got a stove there "a
bles n things and had il fixed u9 Sd
that twas mighty cog and comfort
able clubhouse, now IIoteu ye
Two nights before this TraukSgiv5-'
fesuvity, which We always held ID The
evenin', by the way, was due. one df
our boys. Jim Kenna. who was in the
employ of the old squire as sore ~
err2nd boy and general help, came 20
me with the Information he had been
depended upon TO get. namely. thar The
old sQuire'S turkey was a hanein up a-
the end OF the pantry right Near the
window This trusty hired man had -e--
the window unlocked, as per Our Ir-
structiOns. 1 came around. quietly push
ed up the window and GOT the Old
squire's turkey all right. He was q
baster. Big and.fat as he could BE- W.
had Molly Tower, a woman that was a
master hand at cOOkin' and who we
generally hired, git our stuff ready.
ThankSglvln' night. We had as fine 2
banquet as you ever eat We had IN
ally let Frank Adams in On our supper
O4- NDA4AAA4QAA L-4CL liz -l-ELL LLL- I---.--
min 5, the cider, cigars. WalnUJs. or
anges n things. n depend uuon t..
Frank had to blow himself we'll About
II O'Clock. when We got TO tackIin The
cider, Frank. Wantin' 10 get in d point
shown he'd been on 10 college and had
some idea of the things that went with
banquets and such. proposed a toast 70
the one who had furnished the TURKEY
SO 1 was called on 10 arise and drink
the health of the individual.
Well. boys" I says. here's 70 thu
honorable, the Esquire Samuel Adams
You ought 10 have seen the look
on Frank Adams face You never 50
a teller 50 beat as he was OF course.
the story got around and we boys LEFT
awful TO see how bad the old squire
took II He'd come over TO the store
and not say scarce a word and looked
as II he had lost the only friends he
mad IN the world We didn't think he'd
take II quite SO hard. and besides. We
was goln', OF course, TO fix things right
on SOU ned know We didn't mean 10
hurt his feelln's 5. 1t was Franks feel
IN 5 we was amin for and TO teach
MIN SOmerhin'. So, one afternoon. the
old man vas Settin' there IoOEin' 50
gloomy and I started in. havfn' been
appointed spokesman, to explain
things told il all, and when I handel
the squire the $3.50 that we figured the
turkey come to, they was tears in his
eyes n he says, as tickled as a child
1 just knowed, boys, you want goin'
back on the old squire. 1 knOwed they
was sOmethin' about il I didn't under
stand He took the money and sent i-
up as a present to Widow ClOUgh. He
told US we'd served Frank Just right
and he should pay dearly for the show
in o manhood he'd made.
III have 70 tell just one more tine
OF how We found ourselves forced 20
use the good old squire TO save our
bacon. There'd been a lot Of grapes
taken from q place that was owned by
one OF the neighbOrs that was noted
for his everlaStin' stingiaess. The thing
was talked over a good deal and the
old squire had a pretty good notion ~
VINO took the grapes. He felt around
as much as he could and talked u Is
fellers every way he could. He put IS
onto the fact that the s6IeCru-u were
actually gOin' seriously TO undertake
the investigation OF the matter and
advised Us boys 10 straighten Tho thing
somehow If they was anything "5
could do about it.
We'll. I had Jim. the hired boy Of
4
the door of the Adams barn unlocked
that night and we took the mess ~
grapes in a blanket up into the hay
how and laid EN- under some nav
which would be pitched down ~ me
cattle next morning. Jim hurried over
10 the store early that morn---- Sd
that the SQUIRE would be the on ID
feed the critters The gang was G-.'-,-l
at the store about 10 and there vas
the squire. He called us To one s.-@
and begged Us to say nOrhfn' about ]
and tOld Us how ne had been G-=---
TO find those grapes. he feared WE ..s7
might have taken, right up IN his a---
NOV.
They was another chap that. trr.1
the war. got UP a crowd o te----f u
a Knights of the Golden Circle We
boys got wind O what was g0.l '-
and while that diSIOyal pack was
for hs1r~