The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-11-14

- by appoint - as day Of
thanksgiving"
In sonorous. well-rounded accents the
sentences rolled forth. Little Jimmy
Quinn. newsboy and waif. listened. catch
ing not all that was spoken. But he I'M
derstood the import. and he thought how
grand and majestic did the name and the
official designation. "Governor." fill out
the dignified. well-worded announcement.
He was outside the hotel. Now he tip
lOunging room.
Jimmy saw person he thought the
nicest-faced. noblest looking man he had
ever met, standing facing a mixed audi
ence. who had been listening while he
read the Governors Thanksgiving proc
lamation. though Jimmy. not seeing the
paper he had inst put aside. supposed he
had been speaking it out.
Further" said the pleasant faced. fine
eyed young man who held the interest OF
the group by his magnetic oratoricn!
grasp and general good fellowship. 'be it
ordained that I. the Governor, command
that one ten-pound turkey be given to
every poor family. family with no father
two turkeys, family with no mother three
turkeys"
Jimmy got down from painful tiptoe
pOise. full of the rarest excitement,
wrought up by a vivid Imagination.
"Crackeyv' he exploded. Here's
news!" and bolted down the street for
home.
"Home" was rickety cabin in an un-
kempt yard. 1t had known no woman's
60 e.
h-nther N"' "een ''''e"riny hArhelor 3
hall" while she was In the hospital.
Across the back yard was stretched q
taut wire. and against it leaned balanc-
ing pole. Just near it was an impromptu
spring hoard. with an old torn mattress
under it.
| Jimmy's older brother. Ned, had Just
turned double somersault as the former
burst upon the scene with prolonged:
"Say"
"Hello! what's up?' queried Ned, pos
ing for another tumble.
"Hold on! Say-great news!'
"Well?'
''The Governors in town.
, "Hey! what GOVERNOR" challenged
| Ned. suspiciously and incredulously.
"Why, of the State-the big mob, see
saw him! heard him speak his proc
proc"
"-lermation-go ahead"
"He promised one turkey to every pool
man. two to half orphans. three to-
| "Gwanw
Ned disdainfully turned the cold shout
der on his brother.
"Rnt. saw
"Naw! There's nothin' to It. Some
body's been kiddin' your
| "But 1t was the Governor! Didn't hi
talk out the proclamation? Don't hi
look Governor all over? Two turkeys
"Say. Jimmy" gravely interrupted
Ned. drop 1t. You've been hoaxed. Gel
down to business now. II you ever expect
| to make man Of yourself"
! Ever since the last circus came to towr
the Quinn boys had been making mel
of themselves" in = way unique-the &C
robatic way.
They were spry, supple, daring. Mex
was india rubberw He could Zip NJ
| in the air like an expert tumbler already
after 4 months practice. And 40 to Jim
my's wire-walking feats-Ned declares
they would soon be earning fifty per-
a. 1.-THE celebrated Flying Brothers.
And they had sacred motive in view
''for mothers sake" She had scrubbed
washed, worked day and night to rails,
them. Now, even ont Of the trivia
amount they earned selling papers, the,
! had saved small sum to buy her new
''comfort-rocker'' when she came out o
| the hospital.
Jimmy went through his practice IN
half-hearted way. His Cherished hope
had been sat on" He believed IN fairie,
and luck, and therefore IN ''ths 0ovsEaes'