The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-11-21

IT'S THIS YOURS, MADAME HE ASKED.
remarked: "You certainly seem to have
the Thanksgiving spirit. You must
have something TO be thankful for
"You bet havew was his reply
Thanksgiving day is my happiest day
The best things OF my life have come
to me on Thanksgiving day. The first
Thanksgiving ever had was the time
lost my eye"
'You don't call that one Of the best
things of your life" exclaimed.
"Yes, do" he replied, ''for 1t brought
the other good things. VIII tell you all
about II when come back" And of
be dashed TO his train duties.
When he came In again he seated
himself opposite me, and this Is the
tale he told me, with that one eloquent
eye OF his beamlng with pleasure:
81 was Just poor little kid without
any home or folks or anything. II
ever had any parents, | don't remem'
Der them. The earliest can recall
was sleeping in large packing box
along with two bigger boys. A barrel
or box or under somebody's steps
anywhere where | could crawl for the
nIght-was all the home ! knew.
was lust kicked and cuffed around,
though some OF the fellows were pretty
good TO me and shared their dinners
with me when | was hungry and put
me on to jobs once In awhile where J
could earn a nickel.
"One Thanksgiving day, when the
streets were crowded with people, ]
heard a great outcry and saw run,
away horse tearing down State street
with terrified old lady In the buggy.
She was not screaming or doing o
thing but holding on for dear life, with
the most scared face ] ever saw. AS
her frightened glance met mine ! was
stirred as | had never been before,
aud, dropping my bundle OF papers, J
sprang for the horses head and hung
on desperately. was too little TO stop
him, but my weight checked his speed,
and kept jerking his head as be
dragged me TIL he got me down and
stumbled over me, and we all went
down 10 a tangie together. In some
way my eye got a gouge, and then the
crowd gathered around and nntangled
MS
The old lady came out whole, and
when she saw what had happened &c
my eye she just gathered me up 10
her arms and cried over me and kissed
ne. dirty little rat that ! was! Well,
had never had anything like that be
fo~. You may Just bet liked II. All
the nice ladies | had ever seen before
would draw their fDery hastily away
n CHANGED TO rub against them, but
she kept kissing me and crying that
bad saved ber life and was so terribly
hurt Just for her
u was considerably smashed, and
they took me 10 the hospital aud the
old lady went along She held me aud
peiird Iue bile they dressed my eye.
and ! nere' was ~ happy ia my ne.
Poor little fellow. Is the pain dread.
fuiY she asked. aud the doctors and
the nurses ell laughed -whcn replied
Yes. IL hurts. but dont care. I've
20, you.'
"well, when they'd 80, me comfort
able and the old lady hsd found out
sil she could about me aud had praised
me over and over for Whist she called
nay self sacrificing bravery she start.
ed 10 60. saying she wOald come back
10 E~e ine neat day Bot. no. | held
on TO ber hand with ali my might ]
had fegnd good thing aud wouldn't
give II %. They e0aldut eoax OF hire
me to let her 90. IL ioached her len
DER heart, sEd after she found ! didnt
belong 10 anybody she began 10 look