The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-22


out, the south wind smelled of early
spring. But the April night brought
no thrill to him. He was restless and
blue
But up the street from the window of
large frame house the lights twinl>lcd
cheerfully And when his mind strayed
20 the MINIS place his feet soon fo
lowed
"She won't he expecting me" He
paused at the gate and whitfield the
lnacs But she always seems glad TO,
see me anyway"
\ few days later Rose MINIS took
dinner at Billy Houck's.
Uncle Billy" she asked casually.
"how do small. towns ever become
noted"
why. Rose" Billy asked innocently.
Rose tried to keep from blushing and
grew red in the effort.
Uncle Billy. don't tease" she begged.
I'm in earnest"
/ II believe you are Rose" And he
smiled as she blushed more furiously
! than before
II reckon" he said thoushtfuly. as
he pushed back his chair, "abou; the
|
is to have something that nobody else
has. or something bigger"
That evening after supper Billy went
down the lane and crossed the bridge 20
the little town.
He paused in front OF the hardware
| store where the usual group of rosters
sat alon- the edge Of the wooden plat
form ridiculing each other. and dahhlinG
their opinions in the slow current of
human events which trickled to them
through their weekly papers.
"Fclows." said Billy, resting his foot
on the edge of the platform, what Is
the biggest turkey you ever saw
"Wcll. sir. boys" began Windy Jim
Davis. "in the fall of 81 was huntin'
on the north side Of Pea Ridge
"Ah, Windy" broke in Judd, hes
askin' about real turkeys. The biggest
one | ever saw"-hc turned 20 Houck-
was hat cobbler of yours last fall.
Weighed ff,y-one pounds, didn't it,
And he hen thirty-six"'
Something like that. Now I've got
scttin' Of eggs from them du> to hatch
in about week. And | reckon'--he
satin,cd his left cye-"there ought To
be some turkeys in that bunch. II
Buckeye Bridge wants to try l.. I'll give
them the pick Of the flock. and they can
set ont to raise the biggest turkey in the
word"
The idea was received with enthusi-
asm.
BY goose" exclaimed Collins, III We
can do It. boys, it will make the town
famous. And won't It fade that little
III 10 la cd
The proposition appealed 10 the town :
drIll sense Of humOr as wei as ambition,
and was accepted with alaCri,y. When
the brood came off and the young tur-
keys were old enough To b. taken from
the hen Billy Houcl. with a committee
Of five from the bridge. solemnly studied
the good points of the ten young turks
and picked out one az The likeli' 81
grower.
At Billy's suggestion, Andrew Turner
was appointed keeper of the turkey.
And Andrew asked and obtained space
in the MINIS poultry yard for the HON"
Of the future giant.
Young Turner found advice very pleu-
tiful in Buckeye Bridge that spring
Every day peope called him over tho
telephone or came to his office 10 tell
him things they knew--or thought they
know about turkey raising. They sent
him clippings from poultry journals
pictures Of easy to make poultry devices
, from home magazines and samples OF
poultry food by the dozens. Everybody
was interested. Even Mrs. Weston, who
= had just come out from the city e
visit her daughter, insisted on SENDING
c him a hand made cravenette blanket t.
keep the young turkey from gcttinl
, wet.
OF course the Buckeye Bridge BUOI'
proclaimed under double headlines The
: news that the Queen city Of the Hi :
= had adopted a young turkey, and pro
posed to raise the largest turkey in th'
. world.
! The Young turkey was weighed ever,
., week and its growth reported in thu
weekly Bu0lC. And the towns hope q
fame grew with the bird.
But late one afternoon early II
+ August Windy Jim Davis, just from IN
q post office bore down on the string q
% rosters. waving a paper in his ham
e wrathfully,
- knowed they'd do it," he said wit
-, tragic disgust "Of all the low downo,
sncakn', good for nothin', pizcn IA
v holes in the hills, that Sarvis Poin
~ ,alos The rotten punkin."
Il whats the matter now" inquire
4 sevcra
why what do YOU suppose reple
10 Windy testify. "Would YOU guess the
,, had built an orphan asylum or rcpaire
IA church, or thought up something q
ID their own? Wen, | guess nol The
tn no I'll A.
10 in tn" wor,d' He read from the SlrvI
!, Point HCrnh;
-, THE Buckcye Bridge Bu0iC report
~ that their wonderful prize turkey weigh
ten ana one-haf pounds ar thr
- months Have to beat that, hoNs. {
" get clear off the perch. sam Wing
"f Sarvis Point has a thrcc-months-o '
turkey that weighs thirteen and three