The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-03
Red Archie S
Woe

the hollerday happens to bel always
feel Just like this when it's over Mad!
Plumb mad" Thus spoke Red Archie,
ehie' of the Twenty Devils" OF room
I, as he dug his hands into his pock-
cts and tried to look tough by hunch-
!ng his shoulders and stuffing hia
tongue into his cheek like a Quid OF
tobacco.
Il might have ate heaps moro
Thanksgivin' dinner just as well az
not lamented Red Archie Now,
that turkey-yol fellers all had tur.
key, + course? Well, by the time ia
ate drumstick and a wing and tho
liver and a hunk Of white meat and
just one or two other pieces and some
taters and with gravy and stuffn'-'
With chestnuts in?" interrupted an
eager voice.
Sure. said Red Archie. With
chestnuts and some gravy
"Swimmin' III grayy?" The sugges-
ton was urgent
And brown and thick?" chimed In
another of the group.
Sure" agreed Red Archie Well
after didn't eat hardly any more than
that | couldn't eat no more. Then
there was crunberries, all red and
squashy. Gee. m sick for some now!
But Thanks giviu' day ate only thres
| heipin's OF cranberries. Don't know
what was the matter with me, Gee,
| could eat a gallon this minute.
Then | ate ! lst .wo pieces of minse
and three pieces OF pumpkin pie. Ard
/ they wasn't quarters. neither-iUst
sixths. And ! had only one helpin OF
/ think back! tell you | must have
been doped"
Red Archie's tongue fingered on the
word "doped"-It sounded so exhilar.
atingly tough.
We had cider, too had only five
/ glasses-phatchu know about that?
I Gee. could drink whole-hogshead!
How many gallons does the 'rithmetc
says in hogshead?"
"Forty-three, The suggestion was
I faint and doubtful.
Most likely It's 143," sneered Red
Archie. Anyway, that's what I'm
good for If had the cider
Did you fellers have ice cream In
three colors? We did, Gee, it makes
me want to kick myself. We had 1t
,ast. with the cake, the nuts and raj
ins and candy. | ate only one dishful,
and never put a tooth into but twelve
/ pieces OF candy. 1t was chocolate can
dy. too, with big, fat nuts on top"
Red Archie dug his fists deeper into
his pockets
Pals, ] could eat a bushel OF ice
cream this minute, and bout trunk.
| full Of chocolate candy. But what else
/ can a feller expect?" There was
despair, born Of worldly wisdom. In the
voice of Red Archie.
"A feller's pa and ma go and set
things like turkey and cranberries be-
fore a poor kid They cram him with
stuff like that Then they bring on
/ the goodies-the cake and the candy
| and the ice cream In three colorg-and
pretend that they want a feller 10
have some It's game, that's all 1t
is-e bunko game to cheat US kids"
Red Archie scowled
They played another trick on me.
Would they let feiler keep on his
ioose sweater? No, They rammed me
into white collar that strangled my
windpipe-l mean 'sophagust-er spi-
nal column. All cause Uncle George
and Aunt Jenny and a lot Of girl
cousins was comm Gee," Red Archie
anilfled, I could have ate ton more
II I'd had on my old sweater
Il tell you what, fellers," he went
IN, thoughtiully, after he had overcome
his emotion, when were daddies and
sit in the armchair at the head of the
table like our daddies do. and 1t comes
time fer a eatin' hollerday, why, let's
us kids-only we'Il be daddies then,
you understand-always wear sweat
ers. have the ice cream and the choc.
olate candy first and then
Gee fellers," Red Archie grew Wis
ibly meek as the school bell sounded
lie began TO pull down his sweater He
glanced with a half scowl at the mud
on his shoes. He so far forget his as
suIned toughness as to let his eyes flll
with indignant tears. Gee, fellers, I'm
starving this minute | wish Id ate a
hundred times as much.'
Red Archie half-sniffed as he Jagged
lp the basement stairs. The worst of
1t is. he said there amt another eat
in hollerday till Christmas"