The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-20
MR.. JONES'S TURKEYS.
written and Illustrated by Louise

The moon had .s2n and WIS smiling
y dcwn on the i'll Rad that WIS covered
With snow. Thc trees a'so were s2r.n-
l,lcd with cistening ice dro.s. and lie
fciiccs were covered with snow and
53 stretched ;.oag for miles like slado"y
j ghosts
II was lovcl. picture. The f.cl2s COW
cred with snow. the roads covered with
snow. Tie fences covered With snow, the
trees dressed i'll diamonds. and the noon
smiling softly dorn ca ;hc whole tram
uuil scene.
IL was in November. and the inllabt-
tanis OF Inc country were surprised that
Tho ground should be covered with snow
Most Of them welcomed the snow as
cmbcms of ~. SO nigat came and
when the soon 1859 1t found the co-n-
Try aroanu NJ covered with snow.
As said before. everybody was glad.
Everybody but Nj. Jones, an old bachelor,
who was crusty and stinEy, and dislilSed
everybody So when the snow came Mr..
.lo1es's temper Chat was never tho
f. swccicsD' bgcln1c unbcarab.c. $50 his
housekeepcr said.)-
Mr.. Jones' was very wealthy. His man
sion was of the old colonial style, and
had been the scene OF much pleasure IN
the years that had Iast. but now--wal ],
its magnificent furniture, its old por-
4
Y and everything was becoming mo.ldy
q and cutie forgotten.
No one dared approach the mansion.
for fear of the dogs-grcat hounds--that
had tempers like Mr.. Jones's temper.
When Mr.. Jones took his morning rice
he was unnoticed, therefore when It
!, showed he stayed indoors and nobody
Il cared or noticed IT.
The other families around regarded
J,i prf,l TO q
with no friends or kinsmen.
But they We're wrong. Mr.. Jores had
a sister, q lovely sister, the only t. i>ig
Y he hal ever 10 cd that " n n ~
4 and no one ever heard from her. Her
mpsllss dee; p. ~, 9tpR
Their had died when size was u baby.
leaving these two children separated,
orphans
The estate fell to Mr.. Jones who lived
+ a solemn life. and many an hour of
agony.
But 10 go back to the crisp, moonlight
night. while the world slept peacefully
/. Along that road came women and two
children. They We're very poorly clad.
y and the youngest child was crying from
the cold The mother sratched off her
shawl and wrapped 1t around the cry
ing child; then quickened her pace.
The ice cracked under their feet and
the Oldest child was coughing violently.
At last the little one fell asleep In its
A mothers arms, and taking the other one
by the hand they hurried on down the
road with not a person in sight.
734s A fter going about a mile, the poor wo-
man cried:
"oh, must find some place to rest, :"
I which woke the little one. and she cried
aloud.
At last they caught sight Of the Jones
3 mansion, looking SO dark and forlorn,
with ono little light in-Ihe garrett win
dow. The housekeeper was sitting there
sewing The lady. Mrs. Marsh boldly
went UP and knocked loudly. No answer.
Another knock, louder than the first.
Joe! IIa! Sleep as usual" came q
laundering voice from the interior of the
house Then came another voice
mo, Marse ack. i amt Sleep
Then go and see who dares come to
my house and knock at this hour of the
night! Quick!'' catne the laundering
And in a moment Mrs. Marsh was con-
fronted by q half asleep. frightened look
2 ing colored boy, holding n candle over
his head
"Mornin NAM" he said staring ut her.
Good morning." she. said, summoning
courage, for though 1t wasn't quite MORN
ing it was 4 o'clock at night.
I "I-I-thought LIQUID l please see the
lady, the lady herc?"
Miss Samantha Isabella Arulie Buten
is the only lady here" said he. scratch
Z Ing his head.
Can see her?" asked Mrs. Marsh
Yes, madame: jest step up here, for
B fear Of waking my MASTER" screeched a
voice from way upstairs. that was loud
enough TO wake a deaf man almost. But
Mr.. Jones had retired for the night and
had no intention Of rising come what
would. Then Mrs. Marsh and her chill
n dren won't upstairs, into a warm little
room that was occupied by Miss S. l. A.
Is Buten.
II came here" she said. because I'm
nearly dead, ! am poor and have no
e place TO lay my head except on the
h ground. MY children here. Julia and
Edna, do not realize that VIC are beg
K CARS; poor things" and she began TO weep
bitterly.
"Ugh." said Miss S, ]. A. Buten. poor
8 things" Then as II struck with sus-
K picion. she peered at her closely. Say,
why don't you go TO the amshonse-ch?
KY Mrs Marsh raised her tearstained face;
\ "I-I-can'r No! a Jones would never
g go to the almshouse'
VI Miss S. !. A. Buten jumped up, kicked
- over her chair and yelled: "A Jones!'
Eyes m" meckly said Mrs, Marsh; "my
name was Miss Jones before ! was mar.
rIed. ] was--I don't know exactly how Il
81 was. But my brother and ] lived Will
our widowed mother who was very
wealthy, remember an old woman. ask
ing my brother what my name was unG
asking how old was; then he went into
Il the house--and III cant remember any,
thing more. She put me to sleep ant
when ] awokc found myself with {
band of gypsies. OH" then she PAUSED
for breath. II lived with them for years
Y then ran away TO New York. where
worked in IA factory; then married Mr.
* Marsh who died one year ago Tonight
leaving Julia, two years old, and Edna
four years old. and myself alone If
Y could only find my brother Jack"
Miss S. !. A. Buten was thnnderstruck
and she showed II. Then Mrs. Marsl
went on ~ worked hard and we jus
managed to scrape along some way, blu
N then-I-I don't know exactly, But
couldn't pay my rent and the LANDLORD
turned me out. Then ] took my childrel
and myself and came out into the coun
n. 1ry II is so much better than thc cit,