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By HARRY
fCopyrlght. Ull, by Amr!in Prsss Asso
ciation. MOOOS wan dcsKndeut. De
spnndency'i chief causes In
inau nro III health, busi
ness troubles, love affair.
INI Moggs wnii original. His state of
hypochondria was Induced by none of
these complaint, lie was worried
eolely because Thanksgiving was but a
dny off and he would have nothing to
do. Vroiu this yon draw that Moggs
THANKSGIVING 1
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THK MEN MKHE fUTISFAC lOKILY H1TBD
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was given to enjoying himself, and
your draw Is a correct one, for he was
young, sportive and gay.
Incidentally Moggs was n stockbro
ker. He was an assiduous member of
the exchange- assiduous In that he was
ever seeking out bis college friends,
talking with them, joking with thent.
playing pranks upon them. A broker
need not necessarily spend all of his
time around the posts.
Physically Moggs wass rather attrac
tive His work at college had earned
him several athletic suftixes. Ho bud
leen very popular, luit when he re
turued to Parker Heights. the exelti
e4ve settlement wherelu Moggs' par
nts dwelt, opinion was rather diver
Billed on the point. The girls liked
him. the men liked him. but the older
and more staid element rcsened sen
tence. This day before Thattkaeh
TLougb. was an esieclally dull one for
Moggs. The girls were giving a dance
that night, to whtcb none of the men
was Invited In fact, ordered to stay
away; warned that If they didn't tron
Lie would ensue.
A shadow of hope returned to hit
woebegone face when he looked up to
find bis old friend Dick North stand-
P. HOUGH
Is a girls' dame, men excluded; sort
Of revenge, yon know."
"Now 1 begin to see light," Diet said,
his eyes twinkling. "I'll join you. of
course."
"What do you mean. Dick?'' nskert
Moggs with a half puzzled grin. "Sure
Ijr not"
"Of course," said Dick, "Don't you
auppose 1 knew what was on your
mind when you said t lint, old fox?"
"Really, pon my honor. IH.-k" be
gan Moggs.
"Never mind; stow it," answc; . !
Dlek. "You'ro clever, but you can't
fool Dlek North. When do We start?'
"At once," Moggs ghosted orer his
shoulder iis North lumbered after him
naif an hour later the pair entered
a costumer's establishment on Korty
second street iteming the name of
Mme. Falcone on the panel.
Madame was not nt all surprised at
the request of Moggs nnd his compan
ion for female garments. She was ;
veteran when It came to Ktirpri -c-s.
The men were satisfactorily tilted out
with the M e sary act outennents aft
er much laughter, which madame
could not quite appreciate, knowing
nothing of the young men's plans.
Darker Heights Is h tight eonveu
tlnnnl suburb of New York. Nobodj
but highly conventional piMple live
there.
At the Mansion House nil was bus
tie and excitement. Carriages began
to tin I ve shortly after IS o'clock, for
this was to be a girls' dance, and very
lite hottM would not In? kept. Al
though the younger set of Parker
Height! was eveptionnlly congenial,
the young indies bad decided ou this
i aj er without the presence of the men
hlefly out of pique, for us a mailer or
fact the latter bad been entirely re
AJPI'KAKKO SUDDENLY AT Till DooK AMI
FLAUNTED A CkV.D or AUMlSSlvlV
lug before him Moggs put forth
limp band, which the uewcomei grasp
ed dulutlly.
"Cheer up. Moggs," ssld DU k. "To
utorrow's Thanksgiving."
"All tne more reason why I
abouldu't," grumbled Moggs tielllger
aaillj "Brilliant prospects sheud sli
koine and suck my thumbs."
"Why," said Dick, "that's queer. I
fame sUtut the sauie porapecUvg In
Bight.
"Come up aud visit then ut the
height." said Moggs, hi face bright
ening s little. "It'll be beastly slow.
though." he added fretfully "There
LlMl'ED HACK TO TMK1K SEATS.
sponsible for this new rivulry which
had suddenly sprung up between the
two sexes. They had impudently giv
en a stag party on Halloween, and
now llie girls were determined to even
up matter.
With the arrival of the musicians all
MTai In readiness to start the freeze
Dttt Sedate patronesses were scatter
ed about the spa. ioii ha 1 1 room a rep
rtseatatlTa gathering of the female
resident! Of the heights nnd when the
tirst strains of the orchestra floated
through the fernery I hat hid the mu
sh inns these joined in the dance with
their charges Thaw were plrl In
satin, girls in lingerie, girls In chiffon
and girls iii foulard. Such a brilliant
Interrulugtlag of rotors was never be
f re seen 'I here was not a single man
lu bis gloomy evening clothes to spoil
the spectrum.
But for ull their care to ev hide the
men the dan era little realized that
there were two within their very m dst'
True, uolM-dy could account for the
two strangers who bad appeared si d
denly ut I he door .md flituuled cards
of admission before the e. cs of the
do.iui;.n, bin in ihe eusning hurry
i.ud bttatto they had beta temporarily
foi'giilien (arihly. almost ludicrous
ly, dressed, the rare bad later np
pea red in the ballroom to sit tnprthef
and duime together One of the pa
iKWeases had even gone over to be
fr.c:id II 11 1 1 she IimiI I ie,.ii ..nt.
I regOOMMl.v rebuffed. And yet imhodv
siise ieU the wily Mugga or his friend
' North
i:cept rci this llitle incident, ev
erylbing run sloug aiuoothlj at iir-i
There were waltzes and twostepi
the ancient lancers and the newfua
tied barn dau e Tlie latter .nine
near proving the undoing ,,f ti,,. VVI,
uiiiqueruders. for. tirsl of all. Sortl
wasn't an adept at it. and then barn
dancing tends to -h ,. th,. feet l
good advantage Aud such feet! I
In saffron colored sntln slippers. It was
a miracle where Mme lilcone had
been able to purchase such monsters.
They looked Incongruous amid the
dainty dancers. After one round of
the room North grunted something to
Moggs, and the two returned to flielr
seats to remain wallflowers during the
rest of that number.
Bnt their Waterloo was yet to come.
"ITgures" were presently announced,
in which everybody was expected to
take part. This was to be the final
number for the evening, after which
refreshments were to be served to the
dancers, so Moggs pressed North's
hand, nnd North pressed Moggs' hand
In n grip that said. "We must get
through this or we are lost." Two or
three figures passed off successfully
and the young men were beginning to
hug themselves when n tinul figure was
described Half Of the girls present
were to remove their right slippers and
deposit them In a general pile In the
center of the room The other half
would then dance across the floor, play
football to secure a slipper nnd finally
waltz with the girl whose foot the slip
per fit. And. as luck would have It,
Moggs and his friend Were among
those chosen to remove the right foot
gear.
There was nothing left for them to
do but comply with the choice. How
ever, North wanted to protest that he
hnd a sore foot nnd dare not remove
the slipper, but then Moggs objected
because there would be no excuse left
for him to give. Moggs' theory was
that misery liked company. And mis
erable they surely were In the face of
probable discovery; but, accepting lb !r
fate, they stepped quickly to the mid
dle of the room, where the slippers
were rapidly accumulating, nnd wit U a
quick Jab thrust their betrayers deep
Into the pile. Then they limped back
to their teats and hid their feet be
aeatb the friendly skirts.
The ensuing crash of music sounded
more like a dirge to the high strung
Moggs than Ilk! the tuneful air it
really was. Willi a HUt cry part of
the girls executed u lively dive dan e
far the slippers and were soon intent
on 133tvhlng out a pretty one. Several
times the young men saw their brown
ish slippers tossed high lu the air as
though some damsel had refused to nc
cept the owner pf such clodhoppers for
a partner. finally only two JTOUnfi
ladles remained to pick slippers un
fortunate maidens! am) there were
only two sltppet"! left to be picked.
There was nothing else for the young
ladies to do but rescue these, which
they did with a bad grace, hesitating
and glancing suspiciously nt them.
Portunately the other girls were too
bUBy finding partners to notice their
dilemma.
MoggS saw thai .something must be
quickly done to prevent a catastrophe
He rushed over to the bewildered
young ladies, with North trailing along
behind
"Here." said Rioggl In a voice of
anguish which he entirely forgot to
tone to femininity, "that's my slipper
II put it on."
"And Ibe other's mine." chined In
North
The voting ladies stared In amaze
ment at Hit claimants.
"There, fiere." pleaded Moggs sooth
ingly ns he raised his foot In u most
uuludylil e fashion to adjust the slip
per; "di n i say a word."
They otwyed him. They didn't say a
word; they Just screamed. And that
scream reached the ears of everybody
THE THANKSGIVING PUNKIN
THLV WkHK BSATBN, THEY WEltfc MKrUI l
TUfcY W.BE St KAHBEII.
lu the room Dancing and muse
.cased as though a tbunderlsdi hac
Middonly descended upon the us-
binge.
Its all up." Moggs bal -aid I :
i ween his teeth, and ihe two pad mkd
a da.-h for the door, which ibey nil
little trouble lu reaching. Purprtse li
Isen so general that It was ess fi
(hem to uel oul of the room before
..l.irui was raised, but they ( i
By ROBERTUS LOVE.
(Copyright, 1911. by American Press Association.)
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1 iBL 'kekaKfc TWBWyffit-fi? "j ml&r, ' a .fe.
TOO long has the turkey been king of the feast
When the president says, North, West, South, Eastt
To wit: "Take a day from your strenuous living.
Eat, drink and be merry and render thanksgiving.'
Oh, turkey is fine, and the cranberry sauce.
Adored by the boy and beloved by the boss.
But they're not the only things fit for the feed.
As he who is running may pause here to read.
For soldier, for sailor, for saint and for sinner
One thing must be added to Thanksgiving dinner.
"Eat, drink and be merry" doesn't mean to be drunken
Except on the spirits of turkey and PUNKIN.
Horatio still hldlng his bridge, t tie
front do r.
ladies.- asked lloraiio calmly as iney
panted up to him.
Itnrely two minutes bad elapsed since
Moggs bad been trying to adjust his
Judas slipper, and uow there came I
great pattering of feet from the ball
room Moggs was desperate, l.scape
he must or his reputation and popular
ity at the heights would lie ruined.
II was different wlib Dick, who was
unknown In town. So Moggs saw that
he must crush the doorman by slap
ping his face or doing sometblug equal
ly desperate, but th' doorman evident
ly thought otherwise. He had a sus
picion, and so be shooed the two mns
queraders back Into Ibe angry mob
of womeu.
Out of the frying pnu Into the Are:
Better for Moggs and North had they
withstood the brawn of the single
doorman than fallen Into the hands
of n hostile group of women. They
were torn, they were beatou, they
were pinched, they were scratched,
until out of pure sympathy llifl
doormau iuterfered aud rescued them
from the enraged females. A carriage
was handy, inio which they were bun
died by their savior aud then rui..ei
off to the nearest hospital.
HIS THANKSGIVING PRIZE
By A. B. LEWIS.
IT had been u most Impressive
Thanksgiving sermon, and moth
er and daughter were making
many plans Tor tissistlug ihe
poor and needy on their way home
from church. As they ueared their
' residence n boy slsmt teu years old
stopped l hem aud asked for money
He was without an overcoat, the SH
of clothes he was wearing was many
sizes too large for him and ragged and
toru. and bis shoes looked as If they
might fall to pie. es at uny moment.
Their hearts were touched Instantly.
"Here, my poor child," she said
"Take this money, and may heaven
send you better times. How cold you
most be!"
"Maybe the jsior little chap Is starv
ing," arbisercd the daughter.
"Have you had your dinner yetV"
Baked the mother.
"No, ma'am." he replied, "but 1"
"What a silly question to ask!" In
terrupted ihe woman "Of course you
haven't had your dinner. Come with
me. my little man," and. although he
blushed and protested aud held buck,
they insisted that be accompany them
to their hofOe.
Here everything was placed before
him lu the way of food that a boy
likes best, and be made a meal that
warmed their hearts us they waited
ou him. When they saw that hecouid
eat no more Ihe mother said:
"My child. It has given us great
pleasure to do this for you. Tell me.
dear, does your father come home lu
toxb ated and bent you and send yon
out to get money on the streets V
"No. Indeed, ma'am," he replied.
"1 am so glad to hear that, my poor
child. I hope your mother doesn't
drink aud neglect her fniui'iy?'
"Well. I guess not," be said as au
angry tliisli appeared on his face. "I
will have to go now, and"
"Une moment, dear," she Interrupt
ed. "Would you like to couie here
aud live with us In this pretty house
and have a pouy aud a bicycle?"
"But I have a ;ouy and a bicycle,
and our bouse Is just as pretty as
this and a great deal larger."
"But but that ragged suit!" gnsjieu.
ihe mother.
"This Is one of pa's old suits that 1
cut full of holes,' explaiuiKl the tsiy
"Von sec. us kids around here always
dress up this way ou Thanksgiving,
and people ou the street give us
prizes Thanks, ma'am, for your prize
and all the good ihm. to 'at I must
hurr.x Uome and dress now, for f
have a box at the t hooter, and pape
is gidng to take us the e in bis auto."
A PURITAN
THANKSGIVING
By CHARLES WYLIC
CapjrriSl". I'll, by Aastrissa frass A-ciitien.
PATIENCE Deliv
erance Hopeful
Ann.
A Jruy little, prim
little Puritan
Who lived in the
years that are far
away.
'Sat down to her din
ner Thanksgiv
ing day
TURKEY and
goose and a
pumpkin pie,
A little roast pig with
a chettnut eye.
Pudding and apple
and good brown
bread.
"1 feel very hun
gry." Deliver
ance said. BBK ' j:d tb
Patience dUv.
cranes Hopeful
Ann,
She ate and ate,
when he once
began.
Turkey and goose.
and the c net taut
Pig.
And slice of pie that
were much too
big.
m
TH i
ft I II KU TO
ULU.
Tpll.l. grandmam-
ma, tayi the
wst iutt Hke
me.
They put her to bed
with thorough
wort tea.
Patience Deliverance
Hopeful Ann.
That gray little, prim
little Puritan.
