The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-11-27
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Thanksgiving
By
1ura1d A11rn

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the farm house.
"And why not?' she asked, as she
almost came to a pause.
well, according to my idea, it's 60
ing to rain and snow and blow and
hail, and when the storm does break,
she's going to be a buster
Il wanted to go to the postoffice to
mail a letter.
tits three miles there and back,
somebodyll be passing that you can
send by. Tomorror's Thanksgiving,
you know, and We are going to have
the awfulest, biggest, incest dinner
anybody ever sat down to. It's in
your honor, you know. There'u be a
turkey, a duck and a chicken; therell
be cranberry sass, pumpkin pies, cur
rant jell, sweet cider and apple dump
Inns; there1l be-
Il think I'll just walk a little ways,
anyhow" said the girl, as she opened
the gate and passed down the high
way toward the village and the rail-
road depot.
And if you come home as wet as a
hen don't say 1 didn't warn We. It's
going to come, and it's going to be
a buster"
Half an hour later a middle-aged
woman with a motherly face and
voice came out on the steps and
asked:
"Pa, do you reckon it's goin' to
Storm
Sure as ducks"
where's Minnie?"
90, she's gone for a santer l give
her warning. What's she wantin' to
mail a letter for? / hain't mailed a
letter nor got one in twenty years
and l guess I'm about as we'll off as
must folks. I was going to ask he1
but forgot it."
Don't you ask her a word about
it," cautioned the wife as she came
down to him. Il guess Minnie's got
something on her mind, but it hain't
none O. your business"
"Something on her mind, Ell? That's
funny. Didn't know that girls ever
had anything on their minds except
new clothes. Is that why she come
visiting US all Of sudden?"
"None O. your business! I guess
my own sisters daughter can come
and see me any time she takes a no
ton, and that without writing ahead
What's on her mind, as nigh as l can
make out, Is about young man
They are engaged, and they've had a
falling out, and she's sorter run away
from him to find out If he really cares
for her"
"And she's got scared about it and
| has written him a letter to tell where
she isl" queried the husband
go on! It's probably a letter to
her ma, though 1 didn't see it nor ask
l hope she didn't start for town. It's
| going to storm for sure, and there
| hain't but one house on the road
| where she could find shelter. Look
| down the road and see if you can See
her.
Cant see hide nor hair of any girl
| reported Uncle Robert after going out
| to the highway and taking a long look
An hour later, with both uncle and
| aunt fdgeting about their girl visitor
| the gray afternoon had become twi
| light. In Is minutes there was cold
rain and lively hail, and Uncle Rob
| ert was blown into the kitchen.
| Miss Minnie had reached town and
mailed her letter and started back
| again when the storm broke. Before
| it came she thought she could make
; out human figure on the road ahead
| of her, but wasn't sure.
! The very first gust picked her up
| and turned her around and deposit ID
| her under a roadside tree. She re-
| manned there until the gale began to
whip the branches of, and then let go
| her hold and ran for it.
| She hadn't gone quarter of a mile
| when, as she crouched and covered
| her face. she was struck by falling
| limb and knew no more
1t was the dim sight Of the girl and
| The scream she uttered when hit, that
sent the man who was clinging TO the
roadside fence back into the highway.
He bent over the unconscious form and
picked it up and staggered back to the
fence and followed it until he saw a
| light and found the gate of a farm
| house
| His lusty calls for help soon brought
| out a man, and the senseless burden
was carried into the house and re-
| ceived by woman.
Il don't know who she is, but
! found her in the road" explained hel
/ rescuer. There is blood on her hair
| and | think she was struck down