La Junta tribune., 1907-01-19


agreed to he his wife would And .
way VI managing every thing that
would bs satisfactory to all concerned
eO@e weeks later Alma demurely
suggestei Q scheme 10 her father that
appealed 10 his senss Of humor and
partly convinced him thnt she was
falling In line with his views. For
some time past Jack Hsr,ling's calls
had not been obtrusively frequent. and
suggestions for spending the winter
months somewhere In the south Of Eu-
rope had been received without undue
opposition. SO he WAS prepared TO en-
ter with. enthusiasm Into the scheme
she proposed.
''It " getting toward the end II o.
tOber." she said. "nnd I think II 10
high time that we were making some
plans for Thanksgiving day"
THAT does not need much planning"
he replied. 1T only means turkey
and cranberry sauce and poor relations,
and that can always be arranged In
few days"
''Oh. know an ordinary Thanksciv-
Ing can. but I want this one to be
something original and 10 he the great.
est Thanksgiving day Of my life
Her father looked at her qulzzically
for = moment before saying: II sup
pose that ls because you mean II TO
be your last Thank ksgiving day as q
single woman. To think that my 1T
tie girl should lie NO thank ful To give
M her Rirlhood! Have guessed the
reason;'
Not exactly" she replied. with III
expression that puzzled him. Hut pres
emily he was entering fully Into her
scheme.
"You see. I want to invite a whole
lot Of people besides our relations and
my brothers and sisters and their chill
dren. I wnnt TO invite Jack and one
or two Of my girl friends. besides some
young men TO meet them. and ! want
TO invite Dr. Oiltext aud his wife and
Oh. . whole lot Of people
"Ail right" said her father. II guess
I can stand IT,"
"Yes. and you'iI enjoy Il. too" said
the little sa.hemer. "and I have got .
plan to make an awful lot Of FUN
That's good. he replied. II always
hate TO have IN AFFAIR Of that kind de-
generate Into Q solemn function. and II
you can show ne some way Of livenlng
Il up you will prove yourself q public
bensfactor."
Don't wosry. I will make II lively
enough. Ny plan is 10 state on each
invitstiou that 10 sent cut that the per
son who accepts will b. expected 10
stste publicly before sitting down 10
the ThankaGivinG dinner just what h-
- sa,e feess most thank frI for
~eoY' lau6Asd Ne father. u can
sueo . whsse iot Of those cauaes for
bsins thankful risAt now. A. = E,o,:-
y member Of the suests will expect o.
isherit mooey from me. you will enal
hat their thankfulness will take the
form q eompliments for their host
hey will claim to he thankful that
~ health h - good, even though hat
keeps them away from their begaciss.
and all kinds Of Doasense like that"
$40 doubt. - doebt.~ said Alma.
''but.I en- awfully elad that you are
opine 70 enter Into the spirit of the
occssion."
II supyoee I Will have to tell what
] am thankful fesr'
'-Oh. you may. II you like said
Alma, ''but ~ you are to be the host
that will not be absolutely necessary.
But now. papa. dear. I'm going TO Be
awfuIly busy getting things ready. and
I am going to need q new dress and .
whole lot OF other thIuGs.-
True to her word. Alma did want .
lot Of thineH- She made many trips to
the city, both alone and with her sis