Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-12-02
By ADDISON HOWARD GIBSON


don! Here. Donlp
The call rang out clear and loud on
the crisp November air. followed al
most Immediately by an imperative
whistle, but no Don appeared, and
Tom Wentworth was undeniably an.
cry.
Impatiently kicking from his path
frost backened dahlia stalk. the an
noyed mnn stamped into the litebe-'
where his pretty young wife 80 busy
preparinef reasfast,
Have You se-a Don this norinnsf
he inaared-
ayes, size replied, he was there at
the door ouly a few minutes ago"
Then he's run of just TO get out
Of churning" declared Tom. With
fierce frown.
Helen Wentworth laughed mesrily
81 don't blame him. | don't like to
churn; neither do you"
Tom wentworth had a special apt
ness for machinery. His friends often
wondered why ne remained farmer
instead OF 2urnins ms entire atten
tion to mechanics About SIX months
previous ana soon atter ms marriase
TO the schoolma'am, Helen Latrobe be
had devised On ingenious attachmcni
TO the churn by which Don. the 10
telligent ST. Bernard, could do IL.
4pnrls However the puoruOfig 81
Bernard heartily disaprroved Of tht
whole thing. and. though he did thf
work obediently. it was with an unuais
taxable AIR OF having compromised hi1
dignity 70 a marked degree When
ever bis master placed the machine iis
readiness bon's brown eyes invdriao..
took on an ex''-sssion that said 8
plain as "
Aren't pashamed to subject
n w-cf my caliber to such a menia
~ 81, who come q long line
Fistocratie ancestorsT
2 Breakfast over, the Inventor. stii
nursing his wrath was obliged to neF
form the necessary drudgery nimseii
and even the tempting aroma Of aei-
ems fresh baked ninfe pies falled 4
lessen the deep revenge be mediate
against the rebel when he should re
turn. But the day slipped BY ane
Don failed to appear
Before retiring Helen went out en-
the yeranda to ENJOY the mellow moon-
Light she was tired with an eSccs-
siNe Weafiness sueh as only the hoase.
VIE WAo las oaSea ana cleaned az.
DAY can 6hlW. SUI the caimneSs q
me night ana us quiet stariisht restee
her, suddenly she felt moist nose
thrust under her arm, ana par o.
brown eyes looked INTO hers pleading
Tor paraen ana incidentally Tor sup.
per. of course be received generous
allowance of ootn and showed ms ap.
precallpn ny vigorous wasslng q
us tah.
On discovering the eeserter Tom
promptly efasseu MN 70 the WASH
house ana locked MN IN
Don't be rough with him' begged
Heien-
Il teaeA nm 70 run away from his
Work' des lased me man
iouh iet h!m OUT IN the morning
u COURSE bon must ENJOY us
1nlnhssisll,s Mltn me rest OF US
Aeu speiI that dog Helen he an
s"efea hsi OD.N, ne doesnt deserve
any Thanksgiving. No; he'll stay
r,snt 'hets n 'Ae Wishhoase tlll nex'
cnurninS
heleh lafl owned Don ever since her
uncle naa l4oasht hin' an awkward
sprawlins puppy. TO her girlhood
home and his comradeship seemed al
most hu@aa. when she had come q
hanpy hside 70 Tom Wentworth
home she had brought Hcn with her.
AT first when her husband proposed
his working the churning machine she
protested. But his iusistence. coupled
with repeated assurances that the le
Dor would not hurt her favorile had
finally won reluctant consent.
Like a rose set in frostwork tli
morning dawned. with lust enoue
qispness and snap In the air to max
tia typical Thanksgiving day. uele.
rose early and descended 10 thc kltch
enslust as Tom had started a Are Il
'thesange. Dons unused rugs bchia
the stove apnealed keenly TO her an
he again piea,,sd Ear l,ia ralease rnt
ON stnbbornlv refused ana bur,ie
ITO the s,able TO feed t,,e horses ana
III Il the aersnxg