Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1908 — THE WIDOWER [ARTICLE]

THE WIDOWER

By Caspar Dullon

CepyrigHl. IMS. by Amiriun b«u Allocution

the deacon as he got on bis overcoat. Tbe widow ate ber Thanksgiving dinner alone, but that turkey was never carved to form a part of it. After tbe deacon’s departure she returned to the carving knife and eventually managed to saw off a piece of the meat, but she bad no sooner tasted it than she started for tbe kitchen to Interview tbe hired girl. It was three or four days before the Mystery was solved, for there was a mystery. The turkey, which bad been killed three or four days abead of time and hung op to freeze, bad been cut down and devoured by cats, and to save himself from reproof tbe hired man bad killed a peacock and bung R in Its place. “And so you see I bad to saw and jab," explained tbe widow as tbe widower was sent for. "Y-e-s, 1 see."

“And you would also have had to saw and jab.” “Y-e-s ” “And though you went away yob didn’t miss your turkev,” “N-o” “And ail things considered”— “Yes. all things considered”— The deacon’s fur had to be rubbed the right way for a time, but he purred at last, and on this Thanksgiving day he will do the carving and his wife will pass the cranberry sauce.