Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-12-02

What kind Of an aehe2s persisted
Maisie
a heart-ache.s answered Uncle
John My Thanksgiving wasn't there =
I Thenhe grew ashamed of hts confidence.
ut takes more than q dinner to make
| THANKSGIVING for grown people" he
said. lightly.
'Maisie" called SOFT voice from
the hall.
cts Aunt Ruth (" cried Maisie.
starting up in delight But with Just
one glance at the tall figure beside
Maisies sofa Aunt Ruth fled up
stairs.
Isn't ii funny unused Maisie.
Aunt Ruth used % just like 70 be
where you were. and now she won't
come at all Every time che secs yot,
seems as ii she ran away. I don't
like IL"
Il oont Ike It. either said the
YOUNG man, in such a strange tone
that Maisie looked &C him curiously.
We'll | suppose I'd better so now
What would you lilSc 70 have me bring
you the next time ! conner"
Another THANKSGIVING day That's
what want, most said Maisie. with
a wistful smile Uncle John" sud-
denly, who makes Thanksgiving
day?"
"Tbe governor suppose. answered
Uncle John. He issues proclama-
ton every year"
"Oh, them cried Maisie. Il know
what | want you to do. Write to the
governor and ask him to make an
other Thanksgiving day for you and
me; won't you, Uncle Tom?"
Il think ii would be better for you
to write 1t yourself" answered Uncle
John, and he brought her pencil and
paper and sat by her to help spell the
words until the following bona ode
letter was produced in very crooked
printing:
Dear Governor. Please can we have an
| other Thanksgiving day and have It next
week | was sick and could not eat any
| turkey or any good things. / ain't very
big. but like turkey. Please let us have it.
Your friend,
sMA1sIE o."
Then he put the letter into an en-
velope, and showed Maisie how to III
rect 1t. But, Uncle John, forgot to
cay anything about you.' said Maisic
"Oh, well,' answered Uncle John.
hastily, Il wouldn't have you say any
Thing about me on any account That q
our secret, Maisie. You will keep II
won't you, and not tell anybody"
Yes" answered Maisis. ~ wuns
tell anybody"
But alasl Uncle John should have
been more careful in specifying VIVA.
particular point should be kept a
secret. Maisie thought only Of the
letter, and when Aunt Ruth came
down as soon as the tall figure was
well out of sight, she proceeded y
keep the secret after the fashion Of
little girls.
uncle John and | have a secret
Aunt Ruth" she said. Aunt Ruth
flushed prettily. She always got RED
cheeks, somehow, when Ucnle John !
name was mentioned. But she held
her head up proudly.
Il cont want to know it," she said
lou muStH Jeli secrets, MalHle.
ooh, no." answered Maisie a
wouldn't tell a secret It's abom
Thanksgiving. | didn't have any, yot
know. and Uncle John says he didn'
have any, either"
why not?" asked Aunt Ruth, will
her eyes on the floor.
Il don't know" said Maisie. 6
1 L. l. Il -
and ne said no. it was heart ache.
"Oh." said Aunt Ruth, softly. "Yo,
might have asked him IL he didn
think other people had heart-ach j.
too. You might have asked him VIII.
What else did he say, Maisie?"
Not much" answered Ma.se, Gun
ningly keeping her secret. He sal
he didn't feel as If he ever would hav,
a Thanksgiving again. He said b
almost cried. Wasn't that funny 20
a big, grown-up man.?
VERY funny" assented Aunt Ruth
and she must have meant it, for he
tone sounded a great deal happier
Then she was perfectly lovely Il
Maisie for the rest OF the afternoon.
When papa came home from towr
day or two later, he had quee
look On his face, and a very large ant
peculiarly shaped express bundle il
his arms.
What in the world?" he said Il
Maisic's mamma, as he exhibited it I;
her. along with large Official lette,
stamped with the governors seal ant
addressed to Maisie. And mamma en-
swered: Il can't imagine. I'm afrait
TO give it to her"
| Then Maisie, who had almost re.
covered, came running up
"D-e-s M-o-i-n-e-s' she spelled
why, mamma, that's where sem
my letter to the governor. This mus
be the answer
Sure enough, when the letter an