Montana oil and mining journal., 1935-11-23

q, q Soi,i1 no. No Henry. I wouldn't think
Wen. what are you thinkin' off m
give you three
No, old man. Hes mine"
All right. he's yours. What are you
OsHyaehin' about7 First you belIyache
ADout the town Of New York. the fin
- own IN the big leagues. and next
~ oelIyache because you win 8 tlr-
~ Tree Tor nothing Some dame must
OF give you the frozen custard"
NO, Henry, what really wanted
vas 70 see IL one Of your men could
slg me up something so I can carry
MN home Ny turkey. You see, Henry,
se Bnt used 70 the subway crowds.
And don't want him hurt.
Feter was as conscious Is he
entered his homeward bound train as
ne had Just murdered an actress
And stolen her pearls. he expected
every guard he encountered 10 demand
wnat he had in that suspicious look
Ing portmanteau, which was nothing
more than plain black box with holes
Ior ventilation, and equipped with
nlakeShift handle. He purpOsely stood
on the rear platform Of the last car
al the way TO his station At the door /
OF the first floor apartment that he /
occupied with his mother he put his /
burden down and pushed the buzzer. 4
his mother opened the door.
Why, Peter, why didn't you come
son?"
No, nom, nothing like that. You
see-Wel, I've little surprise for you. >
In that box7 Wen. hurry inside out
of the cold; Your slippers are toasting
on the radiator"
Why. nom, aren't you interested in
I'm more interested In seeing you
don't catch pneumonia"
You'll never guess what It is'
Never was any good at guessing.
son. Well. my-my land o. me- A live
5urkey, Of all thingsl Why, Peter Dud-
Isy tYs whatever are we going to do with
'TomoFrow's THANKSGIVING.
"Of course 1t is. Think I'd forgotten.
I've a fine capon in the icebox right
now. You can take It back tonight"
NO nom, don't think I'd DO that.
mean, as long as we've got the ca
'on, Capon's really better than tur-
,ey."
"After you've gone TO the expense Of s
'uying a turkey? We certainly don't
iced BOTH" :
But he wasn't any expense. I won .
i'm at a rattle, seer"
Mrs. Dudley disappeared into the
itchen to busy herself with prepara- >
Ions for dinner.
We'll" she cried, Il can't for the
fe o. me see what we're going to do 4
18th a live turkey around here unless /,
e eat him"
"Aw, MON, he won't be any trouble. 1
les the only thing I ever got for !.
othing IN this town and maybe he'll = :
ring us good luck" u
AN right, son, If it's a plaything !.
Oh want, why didn't you say so?
Te'l take care Of him some way"
When Peter emerged from his show
. and shave, his mother had removed
le turkey from the box and now Il
cod, slightly detected and discOnso-
te, yet gallantly defiant, In the cor
y next to the gas range In the k1tch-
l. At dinner Peter contemplated his
w possession through the open door
til mounting enthusiasm.
You know, mOm," he said, that's
ally q handsome bird. Notice what q
Of poise In its bearing"
When I was girl we always raised
r own turkeys. remember how
ey used to roost in the orchard"
Gee, goodness, nom, that was the
e. I'm certainly going TO live on
rm some day"
Guess you never were cut out for
" life, son. Your father wasn't,
her. Couldn't abide cities"
That's a beautiful turkey. He can
ep in the garage. Look at his plum
e, nom. Not what you'd call bril-
Mt, but-well, abundant. Margaret
I be crazy about him."
She'll be In for dinner tomorrow.
I'll drop over to the library tonight ~