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THE IIESPEKIaN A SENTIMENTAL THANKSGIVING DINNER. 11 IN FIVE COURSES. Ml "Ah, give me love and a least like this, And in mine own countree, And the gods may sit on their little thrones And nod. for all o' me. cuouus. The world's still turn, And the stars still burn, And the gods are out on a spree. They may have the rest If they give me the best, My love and mine own countree." The Jiang lie ter. A Fashionable Mining Room in Jfome, the guests seated at table; at one end a crowd' of two, much interested in conversation. tntion and the digestion of the guests would bo ruined if he did. See, how pityingly Ja ropo looks at us now. An hour ago ho tasted the pumpkin pie, then shuddered and was still. And the worry those pies cost us! Mamma said she thought n dish of Nightin gale's tongues could have been more easily procured."' Tho servants bring on tho -next, course. COURSE ONE. Consomme de Volaille a la liosalie. JTe "I cannot express my admiration for your tact in planning this dinner. .Miss Ross." She "O! indeed I had nothing at all to do with it, Mr. Thornton, it was all mamma's doing; I should never have thought of it.1" He "Let us grant, for argument's sake, that it is your mother who is the author and founder of the feast. It is none the less the most generous idea that has entered the brain of an American exile for decades. A New England Thanksgiving dinner in Home! Why, it is equal to hearing 'Marching Through Georgia on the Bosphorus. But I cannot comprehend how you ever accom plished such a delicate task here in this wil derness, for I know that the regulations which control the preparation of Thanksgiv ing dinner are as stringent as the laws of Draco, and a6 changeless as those of the Modes and Persians.' She "It was not an easy task. Poor mam ma's courage almost failed her once. Every thing was so discouraging. Luccio, our cook, wept and tore his hair when wo gave him the order for dinner. He declared that he would not prepare such dishes, that his repu- SECOND COURSE. Quartier d'Agncuu Sauce Mousselinc Jfinmes Duchesses, Jambon Westphalia a PAnglaise. Jfc "What! will there be pumpkin pies? Even those ? I wonder how many years have passed since I have eaten any 'i Ilow fortu nate you were to secure a Boston minister and have the traditional New England bless mg.' She "Yes. 1 don't think there are any real ministers on the Continent, no, nor in England. Of course there are rectors and clergymen, and D. D.'s, but no real minis ters. We wanted the dinner to be as Amer ican as possible, for Thanksgiving day is so distinctly American. Next to the Fourth of July it seems more our own gala day than other." j lie "You are an American, aren't you?" She, with surjrrise "Why, yes, we come from Maine, you know." Jfc, smiling "I had reference not so much to your American birth, as to your de cided American sent'ments. You arc not a ii Cosmopolitan?" She, lowering her eyes "No". I think no American can be." He "Most of your country women think differently." She "I know it, and I urn sorry for it. But tell me, why does Miss Kelley wear