The Van Buren press., 1903-11-21
THANK
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ByN.AM.Roe

dinner you could get up.
Miranda Wilson had heard that same
or a similar remark every year, as long
as she could remember She was
brought up in New England where the
day was kept as religiously as Sunday,
and she expected always to keep II that
way, and brought up her four children TO
expect the regulation dinner OF turkey
and plum-puddiug, vegetables ard mince
pie. After Jonas Wilson had said his
say about the utter uselessness and eX-
pense of It all, he was ready to sit Gown
at the loaded table and eat as much as
anybody
The three remaining children-there
were four, but one lay in the little In
closure just over the hill-grew up, and
one after another went away from home,
They had never yet failed to return for
THANKSGIVING but this year it was to be
different Mercys baby was so feeble
she dared not take It so far in the bleak
weather which was to be expected in No
vember Laura's husband went to the
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city firm, and he was sent west at this
SeaSoH' anu 'n''e was ~ 'N'"'e W no
returning in time for the great festival
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S'o Wv, rom t"e o'her Sioe OF the table.
thanksgiving Day was pleasant Tho
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jonas always ''u 'h' same amount
VI worn on 'olS cay Nv on any othcr
y" 'p',' vi N' Ionuo vigorous protests
~ 'n'S ,no'"l"k NJ uro'o on to the
r''''' ' ,, 10 be' the other load OF
"usNS' "'ranoA watched MIN 20. She
maui maui n'' o'u' c'eor'u up the room
"I'u 'or TWO lamps, feellnH all the
','"p 'o"esoihe ana unhappy without
,'' ,nouSh' oi the childreh coming
w oInu,I' ono Iooheu INTO the pan
UN, "IsuInB bhe 'ouId see hali-ple
"uIcu Laura had cut, Dut the shelves
were Daro' Ihere was quarter Of nm
apple PIE leit from last Saturdays bNk.
ING Ihere were three dolghnuts In the
stone Jat-She would have made fresh
ones u harry mao Deeh coming to cat his
dozen,
Noon drew near She stopped soy.
erol times to hS the Are and fuss with
something cooking on the stove, She
watched tho clock, and by and by she
arranged the table for two-oh how she