Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-11-30

. she went to a trunk which she had
never opened since the day it left the
| farm, and one by one she lifted out
! the treasured pieces of family crock
/ cry. There were tears in her eyes now,
and they were not bitter tears. She
began to feel strangely content. The
| idea that Herman might fail to pro-
/ auce the viands for the feast never
entered her head Somehow or other
ae had always accomplished what he
Ktarted to do ever since the day he had
brayed Farmer Green's bull to steal
| for her certain red checked apple
which she coveted.
| When she heard Herman's step at
the door she was just putting the
| chrysanthemum he had brought her to
wear into a slender vase to grace the
center of the table.
As she flung open the door she fairly
| gasped The bundle he carried in Ell
Their arm rose above his shoulder She
sat down weakly on fat topped
trunk by the kitchen table, to watch
him unpack the bundles He checked
off each package.
zone can chicken soup, one bottle
picked onions, two turkey drumsticks,
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 minee pie Gust see how
thick it is with real raisinsD, one sack
Of nuts (have you got a hammerD and
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 contraption of yours"
She sprang to her feet. In few mo-
ments the teakettle 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 on the
china from the farm
| While the soup cooked in the chat
ing dish the potatoes and the gravy
were all heated in a big saucepan over
the Oil stove, and when the soup was
| served the beans took its place in the
| chatting dish. And the two young peo-
| pie who had forgotten to be homesick
and heartsick seated themselves at Ell
Their end of ridiculously small Thanks
| giving dinner table.
At last they sat over their nuts and
raisins Last year they had eaten
them in front of a blazing fire, In
stinctiyely Janet glanced toward RAJ
diator in 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 little sigh of contentment.
He looked up quickly. It sounded like
old times
do you know" she said wondering
", Il 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 We're clasped under
the table. He did not want her to see
that they were shaking. He had made
the plunge so suddenly!
II don't think this room is just what
we ought to have but we can get a
nice little fat of three or four rooms
and you would not have to stop your
work, so long as you like it so much,
but we would make sure the front
room was cheerful and light for you
to write in. I think it's a sure cure
for homesickness for both of u.s.
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 understood him
perfectly.
q am just offering you prescrip-
ton. signed H. Blake, NJ D.. to be
taken three times day, breakfast,
dinner and supper-a husband and a
coy little fat"
Janet was regaining her composure.
with delicatessen eooking?''
We'll" he maintained stoutly. lit is
considerably better than poor restau-
rant food and when Scollard & Co.
wake up to an appreciation of my real
worth you can queen it over a real fat
and a real maid,-
Il think 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 the candy maker he wooed
Janet through delicatessen shop
THANKSGIVING In Hawaii.
The American citizeness in Hawaii
can serve a Thanksgiving feast truly
A -I,n \ seI, ~,