Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-05-20
srlnned openly and went back to his

grlnned openly and went back to his
neglected garden.
AT night remarkable thing hap
pened. The victorious wcarer of red
sought a roost in the walnut tree. while
the mourning turkey ANONYMOUSLY
found refuge in the shed. and, strange
to relate. he chose the very spot va
Gated Ivy his rival.
MI that summer and early fall Aman.
Ga and Jeremiah avoided the subject
OF Turkeys. Attcr awhile others 10.
ticcl TINT the topic was disugrccabic
every one.
The first of November two bronze
gobblc!; ncryouslE paced two narrow
pens. The red lannel turkey was gem
crouSy fed by Amanda. while the black
tape bird was IS cuMscientiously stuff
ed by her husband.
Amanda grew nervous and irritable
as Tie weeks wore on toward Thanks
| giving. She did not really care which
turkey she ate. for it had been a pros
porous year With them. and she was
thankful in every sense for the fullmess
of their cellar and GrlnaIy. What she
really did n'iN,! WAS the giving in To
Jeremiah She had always been the
one TO &iyc in. and this ire-it did
seem for oNce us il lie might let her
have hey way. It was trtle She had her
way about everything concerning the
household. but
She baked aud boiled and sceWcd for
a fra grant wncll before thc great feast
day. There woulN b. cousins from
ncighbarin@ towns to dine with them,
an>, tn" turkey must Ne slain and pro
pared the day before. Such a haze
bird would be plenty for The ten who
would be present. Amanda wished
she might invite more. 50 that lho.g
would lie some excuse for killing both
birds. and thus cut tho &orJian htl9t
OF contention without loss OF dignity
TO either jeremiah Oh herself
On tho cvcnil:s Of !he second tlAy he
fore Thanksgiving. Jeremiah Button
and Amanda SIT in tha warm circle ii
li@ht ca$t ~ lie reading lamp. .IaTe-
ln:'l was reading tie county paper.
and his wife vas sewing.
Suddenly Jeremiah looked Ny. "rutt
Jones is coming around 10 Kill The ,;ll
key tomorrow morr.ll,s' Tx said, with
assumed carces&iles.s. He'll GET il aii
dressed and ready for yoi."
Eve been thiuiin&" said Amanda
slowly, that you might as wei! Mill
that There black tape turkey OF yours
lie looi;, pretty we'll conditioned. and
he'; he bi&@oS, hiri after all. Cont
feel like as II could have any cen
tenti0A ta:s Thanksgiving. We've ileeu
so prosrcred This year"
Jeremiah cou2le,l obviously. "ilnan
Ga" he began rather ShecnishIy, Il
did kind of a fool thing last Summer
When YOU ted 4 rag ON yoUr TURKEY
went cut the nest morning and
change, them RAGS. That's WHY voui
turkey went to roost with a blacl. ra-
and mine went barI; TO his tree with i
red enc meant ii for q jol:" 3" first
] thought I'd have my way HioUt kill
in The hack one. aMd when we VA:
eating II / was gnint 10 tell y"1 il Wa:
your BRA a..Ff aIi' III ]. tees Aai
now
was St4'|, *'itd .Ai4l''''''.' 'A'E
se''ejl'A 'ti"'ut =! we il'%S1'i >. i
g. over ''l@!N Two ''ii@@%5, con .i'I4%
II &''ll.'f gay iI'.'. Y enc. II i;.s1
E'''"ll %o0 ~ '}}i.I i" i''..e~ why
don't Nu~ rs r. 'speM. yau la
maize 'ilh 3"ff&-aa
II h"Hef Oh before said jeremiah
with Il ~ .i!t T'hje. - >aa X 1.i
as4jh ! II ten ie'e 10 iiiii the I1.i@A
You @Ifc'ct.
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