The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-24

| turkey * should be delivered 10 MI
! Wilbur's house, and Mr.. Wilbur ran all
the way TO the station, reaching 1t Just
as the train pulled in. He almost
prayed that Mr.. Foster had missed the
| train, but Mr.. Foster had not missed
it. He stepped from the smoker with
a cheerful smile and held out his hand
to Mr.. Wilbur.
ION time. eh?" he asked. Il dido.
want to keep that famous dinner wait
| ing Great little town you have here
/ Wilbur. I'll eat you out of house ana
home-didn't get up in time for break
/ fast this morning-l'H demOralize that
| turkey for you"
He was as happy as a child on
! Saturday holiday. He felt that he was
| doing something unusual and daring
| in coming so far from Broadway. He
/ was a gOOd-natured man at all times,
/ and he felt especially fatherly coming
out like this to eat with 'one of his
| young men, and he meant TO have d
good time of it.
This is a pretty town." he said as
he walked toward the Wilburs' little
cottage Hope that turkey is a big
one, Wilbur. You don't know what
! hungry New Yorker can do to tur-
key. The way 1 feel l believe l could
almost eat one raw.
II hope you won't have TO wait
long, Mr. Foster" said poor Wilbur.
| "Ah. dinner wasn't just ready when l
left home. but / hope"
Now that's all right" said MI.
Foster, reassuringly. Il was joking. l
| guess I can wait few minutes as
! well as the next man can. l know all
about these turkeys. They have to
cook just so long. Wife won't let them
out of the oven until they are just so
brown-oh. is this where you live? Pref
ty place, Wilbur
Little Mrs. Wilbur met them at the
door with welcoming smile that was
so pleasant that Wilbur was sure the
turkey must have arrived. and he
looked into the dining room to see if il
was already on the table What he
saw was a beautiful array of white
linen and flowers and cut glass and sill
yer, but no turkey. He led Mr.. Foster
into the small parlOr and put him in
the chair that was supposed to be the
most comfortable, and gave him ci-
gar and lighted one himself, saying a
few words about the time it took TO
get big dinner ready. and that it took
more time because it was necessary to
make signs TO the servant, and just
then Mrs. Wilbur came to the door
and said:
Arthur. will you come here one min
ute?'
He excused himself to Mr. Foster
and stepped into the kitchen. Mrs. Will
bur closed the door behind him.
Arthur" she said, and | cannot de-
scribe the tone in which she said il
the turkey has not comet
BY GeOTge!" he said, and then. after
looking at his wifes face for a mo-
ment, BY jolly" He sat down on
= one of the kitchen chairs and stared al
/ her. Say" he said, soberly, this
won't do, you know Why-theres Mr.
Foster in there, you know. Can't you
can't you begin the dinner. and then
T when the turkey comes"
DO you know how long it takes tC
roast turkey?" said Amelia, scorn-
: fully. There is only one thing to do
t and that is to pretend that Mr.. Foster
: made a mistake, or that you made q
} mistake, or that I made mistake, and
that dinner was to be at this evening
r instead of at l. Or else to go to hin
and tell him the truth, and one of those
, things you have to do, for l don't know
, him as we'll as you do
Amelia" said Arthur. sadly, this i:
; the saddest occasion of my life. To gel
D a born New Yorker out into what h(
calls the woods on the pretense of Civ
> ing him a good dinner and then to tel
him that the dinner is postponed, is
awful That man has had no break
: fast. Amelia! I-I-oh. well. / suppose
, have to do it, but I'd rather be licked
How would you go at it? Would yoU
try to make a joke of it, or would yoI
appear as sad about it as we really
are?"
I You know best dear" she said
sweetly. I What was that?"
1t was Enthusiastically a wagon draw
ing up at the front of the house. i
was also Enthusiastically the expressmaI
dragging a heavy case up on the tiny
front porch, and ringing the bell, anC
! as they opened the kitchen door to lOOI
E out, Amelia and Arthur saw Mr.. FOstel
l go 20 the front door and open it. HI
r was trying to enter into the spirit O
= suburban life and be useful.
4 We'll. here's your turkey" said tn,
+, expressman; "S9 cents charges. Sorry
: couldn't get around any earlier, sir.
/ Mr. Foster looked around doubtfully
i and caught the eyes of Amelia and Ar
= thur upon him. They immedfately
t stepped out of the kitchen and came L
/ the rescue. but what they saw on thu
5 front porch made them gasp. 1t wa
e the turkey, but it was living turke!
! i'm a cage made of a good-sized dr.!
[ goods case, and at the first startled
. view the turkey looked as large anC
0 brave as an ostrich. 1t was, in fact
4 nearly as large as an ostrich and mucl
y drawer than any ordinary ostrich. 1
D was Amelia's fathers best turkey, anC
Y dressed it would weigh twenty-five
pounds undressed it must hav,
= weighed thirty. Mr.. Foster would hav'
A guessed its weight ION the hoof' to b.
9 about 100. He had never seen such
| turkey. He walked around the Gag
: and locked at it with real admiration
o while Arthur settled with the express
= | man. II
We'll, Well" HE exclaimed. Il neve
would have believed that a turke,
!, / could get as big as that! Do you know
. / Mrs. Wilbur, / always had an ide;
: | that a turkey was killed and dresser
= weeks before Thanksgiving day. l sup
: pose that is the way with those we ge
u in town, isn't it? But to think that yol
have one arrive like this, and then hav
/ him ready to serve in a few minutes
makes me begin to think that ] hav
( never really eaten turkey as it shout,
: be eaten. Well. goodby old bird" h
= said jovially, TN see you soon
stuffed"
II gave Mrs. Wilbur a pang to hea
{ Mr.. Foster running OH in this happ,
u way, as If he expected to hear tn
e dinner bell ring in about ten minutes
G but it made good opening for her
d and she burst into an explanation o
G the reason why the turkey had beef
I delayed and that il would be neces
y sary to have dinner I'm the evening in