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


and. and the first they had spent away
from the old home of one or the other
of them, and when they first reallZeu
that thew were To be unable to go down
TO Vermont or out to Ohio, they de-
cided that they must have some lonely
city friend out TO eat thanksgiving am
ner. Amelia proposed six or eight
names. and Arthur suggested eight or
ten more, and when they asked these
one after the other. they learned for
the first time how many New Workers
have old homes where they are accus-
toned to spend Thanksgiving. The peo-
Dle the Wilburs knew seemed inclined
TO spend Thanksgiving anywhere but on
Long Island. They received nothing
but kind and firm refusals of their we'll
meant invitations. and at last Amelia
said:
well. Arthur, why don't you invite
Mr.. Foster He is all alone. His fam
lily is all in Europe and he is too old,
/ am sure. to have any fathers or moth
ers in New England, and / think 1t
would be nice to ask him"
Heavens Amelia her husband ex-
claimed. ASK Mr.. Foster? Why, he
would be the last man 1 would think
of asking"
And isn't he the last MANI" asked
Amelia. Haven't we asked all the rest?
lives in a big hotel. is no reason why
YOU should not take pity on his lone
illness and try to make his ThanksgiV-
ing day a happy one. Now. you ask
him tomorrow" she continued brightly,
and if he will come he will be sure 10
enjoy it. And if he will not come he
will see that we think something of
him besides what we think of him as
your employer"
"All right" said Arthur. IF you are
not afraid to have him, l am not. But
YOU know he is-well. he is a real New
Yorker. l will warrant that he was
born and raised right here in New
York and that he knows no more about
what a real Thanksgiving day is than
Frenchman would. You Will have TO
bear your own disappointment, young
lady. if he doesn't fall into the spirit
Of the thing"
'Fudge!" exclaimed little Mrs. Will
bur lightly. Il guess no man can fail
10 enter into the spirit of a good din
ner. no matter on what day it is served
to him. and | will have dinner that
will make him wish he did not live IN
a hotel l will write TO father that
we are to have company for dinner and
have him send down his best turkey
and what Anna and I can do TO one OF
fathers turkeys viii surprise Mr.. Eos
ter"
So the next day Arthur Wilbur in
'Vited Mr.. Foster TO eat Thanksgiving
dinner with them, and Mr.. Foster
agreed
Mr.. Foster was q genuine New York
er He lived in hotel, and he dressed
like a fashion plate. He gave the wait
ers. always a good fat tip when he
ate. and he expected the best service IN
return. He was the kind of New York
er that runs in grooves. i'm pleasant
grooves. but in grooves and the general
impression is that that kind of New
Yorker Will never willingly get out OF
his grooves and that if he does get out
he is lost and miserable. He was the
kind of New Yorker that you cannot
imagine willingly Straying above One
Hundredth street. When he agreed u
cross the raging East river and spend
a whole afternoon in suburb Arthur
Wilbur was thoroughly surprised. Mrs
Wilbur was not. She was young wife
and she could not imagine man VINO
would not rather spend an afternoon II
her home than anywhere else. and she
accepted his coming as calmly as she
would have accepted the coming of any
of the other men Arthur had asked. Sh'
wrote the letter to her father in Yer
mont telling him that she expected tC
have company for dinner. and asking
him to send his best turkey, and she
went on with her other preparations
lust as if Mr.. Foster had been a com
mon man, and not Arthur's employer.
Thanksgiving day morning was tint
and cold. MI. Foster was to arrive OF
the 1910 train. and Amelia and Anna
had everything ready but the turke!
by the time the clock struck 9. The tur
key had not arrived, but it was on the
way. Anna, the servant, was a POlack
and il was unfortunate that she cOulC
speak little English. True, she made
amends by being able to understand
stin less, but sign language, however
useful in some cases, is poor subst1
tute for speech when one tries to tell {
third party what first party has said
when. the second party has not under
stood the first party and the thirC
party cannot understand the second
The expressman had brought the tur
key the day before Thanksgiving, bu
Anna had been alone in the house anC
had 10 money TO pay the express
charges, so the man had told her h
would come back Anna tried TO tel
all this to Mrs. Wilbur by signs, bu
the attempt was a failure and Mrs
Wilbur was upset. When it comes t.
10 O'Clock on Thanksgiving day am
dinner set for I o'clock and no turke!
IN the mouse anu lolt itll HI lic lON
il is a matter that would make an!
housewife nervous.
Mr.. Wilbur was on his way TO the ex
press Office. He had telephOned ant
the man had said he did not know
whether there was a package for MI
Wilbur or not. He said the wagon wa
out now and that when 1t returned n
would ask the driver. 1t was Thanks
giving day and the driver was only de
Iivering parcels as a favor. If he hap
pened TO get tired before he got then
all delivered he would not deliver tn
rest until the next day. As for the MAJ
that was talking, he was just waiting
for the driver TO come back. He oil
not belong in the express office. H
was the drivers cousin from New Jer
sey.
when Mr.. Wilbur heard this much h
stamped up the receiver and told Anne
ia that he was going to run down I
the express Office and see If the turke
had come, and if it had not he woul
teIephOne her. When he reached tn
EXPRESS office he found the driver ha
not vet returned and he telephoned Am
liz that he would stay there until h
did return. unless Amelia telephone
him that the driver had delivered IN
turkey at the house He said that
was all right, for the cousin from New
Torsaxr had LET him look over the way