The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-07-29
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BY Beau Esprita
The Purple Turkey
TALE OF LOVE, AND WAR, AND MYSTERY
MOSTLY MYSTERY. HIGHLY ARTISTIC.
BY Beau Esprita


In TRUTH tell because might find out by read
ing the tale
George Jewett Fingerdub is the who undyng
fame by saying stone walls do prison Make George
said this MIRROR, time back in 1910 To be
another fellow professional writer who put the
sentiment into immortal verse; but George said it, Lots of
people whom know do not with Mr. Fngerdub on this
sentiment but that neither here there George believes
it, Sarah Ann Jewe his wife, that indeed, she
most of Georges beliefs we'll great other things
She seeing things when this story began las shall
presently ee and she will be seeing things when ends las
you can find out by reading that far)
The night dark and drear (That artistic touch
See how suggests mysteryO fine drilling rain fall
ing threatening become downpour before long 1t didn't
have the threatening business eher Sarah Ann
Jewett saw to THAT!
Aunt Jane Fngerdub slept the peaceful sleep of the maid
who there bold bad underneath the
bed Not that Aunt Jane of the absence of bold bad
from this their coveted resting place. but she sleeping
in rockngchair beside the kitchen ove and in Difference to
her unbemshed maiden life let be supposed that bold bad
far from her spnster dreams ct easy suppose
the impossible, especially in mystery stores)
The Fngerdub slept peacefully the coveted washub
which at that moment serving cradle for the Film
gerdub baby Between them lay halfempty nursing BOTTLE
the nuous IMPLIED rubber attachment of which stretched
acy parallel with and in close proximity the tail of the Film
gerdub cat
There. THAT is what artistic setting the open
ing of mystery story So shall proceed open this
once.
The door of the Fngedubs kitchen opened tentatively
little way and through the crack entered George Jewet
into his realm trying hard conceal the fact that from the
trouser legs of his blue suit cked of muddy
purple But his efforts futile There certainly
could be mystery about that not while Sarah Finger
dub the job!
George Jewett Fingerdub, what you doing tracking
up kitchen that way? Came the seanswerng query
of his spouse.
Aunt Jane started from her chair with
dent sound and glanced hopefully the floor beneath per
haps bold bad far from her spnster Dreams
after ALL This must remain part of the mystery of the story
however, as do not know
why -er-t's raining outside my dear, and may have
gotten little damp?"
There distinct rising infection the remark tho
he asking this might possibly be the From her
next remark it became evident that Sarah Ann thought
"A little damp! she said cornfuly 81 do believe the man
has waded every ditch between here and station on pur
pose to track the house. little damp ndeed stand
there like ninny weeping purple all my floor Go
right upstairs and take off that and don't throw in
the corner OF the clothes closet, either or Pll-"
Just what dire thing Sarah Ann would have done in this
sad must remain of the mystery of this story She
finished her threat for the Flngerdub baby chose this
moment to awake and its unfinished repas and by
natural mistake took the tail of the Fngerdub cat in
stead of the rubber nursing attachment Subsequent OPERA
ons alike surprising and unsatisfactory both
OF the converted wahub and their protests unison
George Jewett dscretey took advantage of this opporune
diversion to retire from the action first deposng on
the deal table soggy brownpaper wrapped parcel from
end OF which protruded two dagged feathers which he
had been holding beneath his When returned clad in
fresh and carrying the still dripping blue serge to be
dried the wood box behind the peace again regned in
the Fngerdub kitchen Sarah Ann bending over the wash
tub picking stray bits of fur babv's month nr
paatory to inserting the rubber nursing attachment there in
while AuntJane busy tearing strips from an
article of the babys wardrobe and winding them about the
acerated tail of the ong-sufering Flngerdub cat
Nv
Spreading the dripping suit the wood box Mr. Film
gerdub meeky sought mop with which to repair the damaa
had inflicted the floor of his CASTLE With mon in hand
he succeeded in adding insult injury for if the dive in
the blue had not been fast in it's place it
g chung with tenacious affection the place re-
and each of the mop to enlarge the
of its attachment George buckled his task with unwoned
energy but with the only visible that of DRAWING hs
wfes attention ~