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A THANKSGIVING
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When Clifford Kidley tiillllniintrcn son
ntul in IiIh own right richer oven thnn his
fntlier went to nsk Dencoti llrnstow for
the hiinri of his daughter in utnrrlfiKC
lie felt a consciousness of rectitude that
wiih distinctly nciwaule ltidleyH at
tentloim to Angela Hrastow hud excited
the gossips of tlie little down cunt town
lint lie was koIiik to make that all right
on this ThankhKlvinK nfteriioou
lie felt like the fairy piiucc whose
duty iu the btury is to make every one
happy Poor old Deaeon Hrastow would
feel tlint he had sailed out of all his
lifelong worries and for Angela it
would mean a chnnge from the little
frame house for which her father hadnt
been able to afford a coat of paint in 0
years to n veritable palace and a time of
Thanksgiving indeed
The young New Yorker had nn idea
thnt the first part of the interview
might not be altogether agreeable so he
had prepareu a somewhat hasty declara
tion of his intentions but the deacons
unexpectedly prompt and cordial How
-de do knocked it all out of his head
Glad to see you looking so well and
so thankful exclaimed the deacon
Santiago malaria cant stand this down
aast air You ought to give a good ac
count of our cliuiutc wheu you get back
to New York
I shall said Kidley and of the
down eaHt people as well
I guess we can return the compli
ment rejoined Brastow Youve
made yourself pretty popular hereabouts
-except with some of the old ladies They
regard you as a base deceiver
Im afraid my conduct has been open
to criticism he said
Yes it has replied the deacon You
got well when all the old women in town
had said you were going to die Theyll
ucver fot give you
Indeed said Kidley much relieved
Im afraid I must plead guilty to that
But it doesnt worry me You see Im
not interested in the old ladies but in one
of the very young ladies
You dont say exclaimed the deacon
Nothing serious I hope
It is extremely serious said Ridley
and then he paused He did not know
just how to take the deacon who was of
n different type In conversation from
what he seemed on a casual view
Ridley had rather avoided him up to
this time Lounging upon the front steps
of the deacons house with Angela and
other young people he had frequently
Been Brastow come home to his dinner or
supper but on such occasions the deacon
had always hurried by with an apologet
ic manuer for the New England parent
never intrudes upon his children
0 Mr Ridley of New York Bad made
the mistake of supposing that Deacon
Brastow wus of a timid nature and would
be embarrassed in his presence He had
expected also that his prospective father-in-law
would have a magazine dialect
whereas he pronounced the language with
great accuracy ns became one who had
been a memler of the school committee
for many years
Serious is it said the deacon You
dont mean to say that youre in love
with Angela
I mean just that replied the young
man earnestly I have thought that
you might doubt the sincerity of my in
tentions nnd so
Oh bless you no said the deacon
I didnt know you had any thats all
Let me assure you then snid Rid
ley that my mind is thoroughly made
up I want her for my wife
The deacon drummed a weird and slow
little tune on the desk beside him
Too bad too bad said he I gave
Angela just a bit of a hint that fehe might
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be encouraging you too much but she
eaid you never got silly Im sorry very
sorry If youre going to feel bad on her
account
Ridley shifted from the wooden arm
chair in which he had been sitting to an
other which he found to be equally un
comfortable so he btood up The fact is
that he was beginning to be nervous Ap
parently the character of prince in the
fairy story was harder to play than he
had supposed The deacon did not seem
particularly thankful to him for the
Thanksgiving dny blessing he offered
And as for Angela well
Do I understand said he that you
object to me as a son-in-law
Objct is hardly tho word for it re
plied the deacon If I knew you better
I might object to you and I might not I
cant say
1 am pretty well known In New
York rejoined the young man
Deacon Brastow shook his head
Nobody is well known in New York
said he Ive beeu there a good many
years ago but 1 dont suppose the place
has changed for the better Its got bljr
ger and t lints a disadvantage Now for
Instance who are your next door neigh
bom
1 live in a bachelor apartment house
replied the young man Its more con
venient for me as my fathers house is
closed most of tho time My people are
In Europe or Newport or somewhere else
eight or ten mouths in the year
Well who tire some of the other lined
clors In this place where you live In
quired the deacon
1 dont know many of them answer
ed Ridley
Quiet Milieu respectable people ask
ed the deacon
Ridley could not suppress a smite for
Brastows adjectives were not precisely
those that he would have chosen in de
scribing the tenants of the Cecil apart
incuts
I really know very little about their
private life he confessed Wo let each
other alone as a rule
You dont know them nnd they dont
know you said the deacon Now
merely for the sake of the argument
well suppose that you wanted to be a
burglar or a highwayman Would any
one of them know anything about it
Not till they read about it in the newa
papers said Ridley frankly
How does the man who lives right in
the next room to you spend his even
ings queried the deacon blandly
Heaven knows exclaimed the young
man I havent seen him in six
months
Such n thing couldnt happen here
said Brastow Here every one lives in
the sight of his neighbors and his repu
tation is founded upon every act of his
from boyhood up
But 1 also have a reputation re
sponded Ridley warmly Inquire of my
business acquaintances on the street nnd
see if you can hear of any act of mine
that has not been strictly honorable
There is a young man who keeps n
store across the street said the deacon
His name is Sargent Samuel Sargents
son I have nn idea that he is rather
sweet on Angela and may come some day
to see me as you have done Suppose I
knew no more about him than what tho
clerk in his store sees between 8 oclock
in the morning and 0 in the evening
Would I feel sure that lie was a proper
husband for Angela
Ridley felt the perspiration starting
out on his forehead He realized that he
was engaged hi a struggle where defeat
was not to be thought of He had n
passiug vision of Angela and it helped
him
I did not make New York said he
nor nsk to bo born there Would you
deny marriage to all its inhabitants
They might marry among them
selves said the deacon gently I dont
mean that to be offensive but you and I
on such a subject ns this must say what
we think
As for myself said Ridley I can
not do the impossible but if you will
come to New York I will give you every
opportunity to look me up Here and
now I can only say that I have no skele
tons in my closet nnd that I love your
daughter I might speak of certain ma
terial advantages but
Why not asked Brastow They
are important You are n very rich man
nnd you could do a good deal for Angela
If this were a matter of business there
would be only one answer I could make
But it isnt My daughter has never
lacked food or shelter and while I nm
spared she never shall Neither has she
lacked good healthy moral surround
ings Rnd while I have any voice in
choosing them she never shall
Amen said Ridley heartily and then
there was a pause while the two men
faced each other in the gathering shad
ows
Deacon Brastow said Ridley nt last
what shall I do to convince you that 1
am the right sort of man
I dont know said the deacon slow
ly You might come down here and
live n year or two among us
Id like nothing better said Ridley
but my business interests
There it is again the deacon inter
rupted In New York it is all business
You will live in one world and your wife
in another How many men In New
York go home to break bread with their
families In the middle of the day How
many pass two evenings n week at their
own firesides You have no homes there
unless among tho poor
My parents are happily married
and
And spend from two to four months
a year under their own roof Where are
they enjoying this day of thanks if its
a fair question
My mother and my younger sister are
in Italy or on their way across said
Ridley ijiy other sister has gone to
Smith college and my father is in San
Antonio Tex on a little matter of busi
ness
I dont think Angela would like that
kind of Thanksgiving day that way of
living said the deacon
Let us be clear upon one point do
claied the young man whatever An
gela likes is a law of nature so far as I
am concerned She blmll make such a
home as pleases her And as for my
business let me tell you that affairs in
Wall street will be in a condition to
make Black Friday a pleasant recollec
tion when they toke my thoughts away
from her
Well said the deacon doubtfully as
he stroked his scanty gray beard that
sounds encouraging After this little
talk I dont feel quite the same as I did
In fact for your sake I rather hope that
Angela will change her mind
Will change her mind echoed
Ridley iu n tone of horror You dont
mean to say she has already decided
The deacon seemed about to answer
with some real disclosure Then he
checked the impulse and said
Youd better talk with her
Ridley seized his hat which had fnllen
on the floor iu the courbo of this inter
view and jamming it down hard upon
his head he rushed away in search of
Angela She was not at home She was
uot iu half a dozen other places where he
expected to find her He sought her so
earnestly that a rumor arose that Angela
Brastow had mysteriously disappeared
Finally ho got around to the deacons
house again and found the object of his
quest quietly busy with hot biscuits and
tea and cold turkey Tho young mill
was Invited to paitake of these mid other
refreshments and when the supper was
over he was presently alone with Angela
In the fitting room
Angela he said I am here tonight
with a purpose It has taken such com
plete possession of me that I can think
and tpeak of nothing else If you dont
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know what It is you are nlono In that
The air knows It Every object in tlila
room is aware of it The very chairs
arc listening and the eyes of your great
grandparents up there on the wall are
looking straight through my heart I
love you and I want you to promise to
be my wife
Angela dropped the tongs upon the
iron hearth and they made a noise thnt
was echoed in the old square piano iu tho
corner For some occult leason these
homely sounds nssiimcd au alarming
choracter iu the young minis ears but
Angela picked up the tongs very cnlinly
and put them in their proper place with
great deliberation
You nnd 1 said she would never lie
happy We shouldnt get along well
Marriage is a very intimate relation she
continued with an air of maturity thnt
would have been comicnl in less serious
circumstances Married people are too
much together They must get dreadful
ly tired
Ridley laughed nervously
Your father said he seemed to
think that we shouldnt be together
enough
My father is an old man she replied
The world has changed since lie was
young
It has indeed answered Ridley
and in no respect more than this of
mnrringe Married people lend a freer
life nowadays They know the value of
an individual existence You need not
bo nfraid of being tied too closely to me
You shall have every opportunity to lead
your owu life You shall have your own
apartment h of course your own servants
your own separate income and I will
come to you or leave you at your lightest
word
She looked nt him steadily for n mo
ment nnd the glance went through his
heart like an icicle It waked him He
remembered in a Hash that this girl was
the daughter of the shrewdest nice on
earth He saw that by the simplest
strategy she had made him disclose what
the word marriage had always meant to
him and in the same moment he saw her
draw away from him Then for the first
time he was perfectly calm He was one
of those men who are at their best in the
worst emergencies
I cant imagine n life snid he that
would be harder for me but if I can win
you on no other promise I will stand by
what I have said Yet let mo tell you
what I really want It is a home with
you I dont care where it is or what it
is like but I want it to be ours You
must wnnt me always to be there and I
must fly to it like a bird to the nest
That is the life I want nnd the life I ask
you to share
If all this had not been true Angela
would not have believed it but it wus
true and she did believe it Then there
was u real love scene which began iu the
impulse of two btrong young hearts and
ended very conventionally in the display
ing of an engagement ring It bore a
diamond which to Angelas astonished
eyes looked ns big as the fire whose light
it reflected But it did not dazzle her
I do not want that Clifford she said
I want something you have worn and
cared for something that you will miss
when it is mine bo that both of us will
remember If it is a ring you might give
me that gold one on your little finger
Youve had it so long that its worn thin
So the time thnt was to have been such
a time of thanksgiving to the deacon and
his daughter was equally ns great a time
of thanks to the millionaire fairy prince
who gave his love a little gold ring wortli
nbout 3 and a promise us old ns the
world And the deacon when he was in
formed of the facts said his daughter had
acted for the best At leiibt he hoped so
Interrupted the ProKrnmme
Did that thnr sharp what give a
show in the opry houso Inst night
ketch bullets in his teeth ns he snid lie
would on his placards asked Porcu
pine Pete
He ketched n few said Lariat
Loin but not exactly as ho allowed
ho was a goln to
Nother one of them tenderfoot
swindlers I spose
Mebby I dunno He didnt git fur
enough so wo could tell whether It was
a swindle or not You see ho begin
his puffonnanco by askin fer some
gentlemanly member of the audience
to lend him a hat
Wot Jiappeued then
Well Dog Faced Dick handed his
hat up and tho professor started oft
by brcakln a passel of eggs Into it
Tho bullet ketchln part of tho pro
gramino happened right thar Tho
coroners wnltlu to hear from Ills
friends in tho east If ho has any
Chicago Times IIerakl
The new variety In taffeta silk lint
the pliable qunlltles of n soft foulard
while It Is much heavier and more
suitable for gowns than the thinner
kind
LATEST LINGERIE
Clrrer Inrlnlntt Viirlntlonn of Tito
liiilHirttinl liirttirittn
To meet tho deiiiiiiitl of the luxury
loving ntul prompt pitying American
tlie 1iirlnlniw set the pneo in under
gnrtiHMits nnd do all their labor of con
struction by luiud but our owu miimi
facttirers follow their lead ho idosely
and udtniinbly In mnihlno wrought
pieces that It Is really u matter more
of Houtltiutit than worth that dictates
tho putrhnso of tho French article
On both sides of tho water tho effort
Is nlways tending toward n reconcilia
tion between excessive graceful dalnM
ness that every woman demands nnd
precautious ngiilnnt hulkliicHH that no
woman onti allow Turn over a heap
of gartnontH all fresh from Paris and
you will Mud that though silk Is so
slightly used In their make tip none
save the pottlcoiitrt perhaps but will
run through the circle of a t It mult ring
Everywhere that nn Inch of gondii
might lie pruned uway tho nillsts sols
hois have siloed to good effect and
with no loss In the charm of tho gar
ment For example all chemises are
sloped to lit the figure like a glove
The newest French pattern hIiown a
novel arrangement by which a tiny
side body Is Introduced under tho arm
and tho hciui ho Hklllfully tiiaulpulatod
that It can never act as un Irritating
cuuse ngaliiHt tender flesh To obviate
any awkwanluoHs In getting In and out
of such a chemise the long slip olther
buttons or tics on the hIiouIiIuin or Is
opened down the front well below the
waist lino and this delicate garment
Ih shullled off as easily as n pinafore
In taking away from the chemise
nbout the waist lino the skirl length
hns been Increased The long dieinlse
has logically done nwuy with that
absurd little exotic in the feminine
wardrobe tho short petticoat She
who wears a silk undervest Is In com
fort liouuil to udopt a brief tunic tinder
THK IIOIKUO CACI1K COKSKT
Aer Bilk or cambric underskirt nnd
though by this device she pares away
some bull nt the bust nnd shoulder
line she doubles the thickness at her
waist and hips With the tight fitting
long skirted chemise the fattest of
women gets nil tlie relief she deserves
and carries two undergarments instead
of three
Right nt tho top nnd bottom nil the
chemise decoration is done Some of
them are long enough to reach half
way to the ankle and have their edges
cut In deep vnndykes or scallops or
wedged shaped tabs nnd then to these
are applied little wavelets of lace
Camisole cache corset or underbody
call that garment what you will but do
not give it any length below the wnlst
line The prettiest nnd most useful
styles nre made in bolero nnd hundker
chief shape and nn exceedingly recent
Invention In this line Is cut to fold
flcliuwise but perfectly fiat over the
shoulders across the bust and pass
ing under the nnns the ends of It
fasten by two flat pearl buttons In the
center of the bnck Tliose thnt button
orthodox fashion down the front nre
cut off sharply at tho waist a broad
embroidered beading serves ns a belt
and through this a ribbon Is run for
beautys sake says the New York Sun
from whose summary of this years
attractions In underwear the Illustra
tions and present fashions arc repro
duced
A bride must feel rather cheap when
a relative gives her away Chicago
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the vital organs or the kidneys themselves
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Then the richness of the blood the albumen
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Dr Kilmers Swamp Root the new dis
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