The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
THANKSGIVING FOR TWo

picked onions, two turkey drumstlcks.
ditto slices of white meat, stuffing and
gravy, one tin pail of cranberry jelly,
one wooden dish filed with mashed po-
tatoes, one can lima beans, one stalk
| celery, one mince pie Gust see how
thick it is with real raisins), one sack
of nuts (have you got a hammerO ana
two apples"
Janet looked at the remarkable COM
bination with eyes turned suddenly
grave.
Herman, that cost you more than a
table d'hote dinner would, and now
how are we going to cook it,"
Most of it was cooked at the deli
catessen shop, and haven't we two
stoves, or as. good as two stoves
Draw out that oil cCntraption of
yours"
She sprang to her feet. In few
moments the tea kettle was boiling and
the water was ready to pour over the
coffee in the little French pot which
! was then left to drip. The cranberry
sauce and the rest of the cold dishes
were set forth in brave array son the
china from the farm.
While the soup cooked in the chaf1ng
dish the potatoes and the gravy were
all heated in big saucepan over the
oil stove, and wien the soup was
served the beans took its place in the
chafing dish. And the two young peo-
pie. who had forgotten TO I homesick
and heart5ick. seated themselves at
either end OF ridiculously small
Thanksgiving dinner table.
At last they sat over their nuts and
raisins. Last year they had eaten
them in front OF blazing fire. In
stinctively Janet glanced toward ra-
diator in a distant corner of the room.
1t did not look cheerful. but the steam
was escaping merrily from the valve,
and that was something to be thankful
for. Then she looked back at Herman;
she ought to be thankful for him, too.
She gave a little sigh of contentment.
He looked up quickly. 1t sounded like
old times.
do you know" she said wonder
ingly, II never supposed this place
could be so much like home"
Home is what people make it
what two people make it" he cor
rected.
He had stopped picking over the
nuts now, and his hands were clasped
under the table. He did not want her
to see that they were shaking. He had
made the plunge so suddenly.
Il don't think this room is just what
we ought to have, but we can get a
nice little fiat of three or four rooms,
and you would not have to stop your
WOrk SO long as you ike IL SO
but we could make sure the front room
was cheerful and light for you to write
in. 1 think it's a sure cure for home
sickness for both of us"
She sat staring at him, at first stolid-
ly, then gradually the color came into
her cheeks, and the expression on her
face changed.
Il don't understand SHE said, but
Herman knew that she un -erstood him
perfectly.
Il am just offering you a prescrip-
tion signed H. Blake, NJ. D.. to De
taken three times day. breakfast,
dinner and supper-a husband and a
cozy little fiat"
Janet was regaining her composure.
with delicatessen cooking?"
We'll" he maintained stoutly, 'it is
considerably better than poor restaur-
ant food, and when Scollard & Co.
wake up to an appreciation of my real
| worth you can queen 1t over real fiat
and a real maid"
II think i will try the prescription. -
And that is why Herman Blake has
always maintained that while most
men win their brides by the aid of the
! florist or candy maker, he wooed Janet
! through a delicatessen shop.
Copyright, 1904, by Geo. w. Sargent. }