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THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
BOBBY. "We should always be thankful for blessings, shouldn't we,
mamma?"
MAMMA. "Yes, Bobby."
BOBBY. "But blessings are not like arithmetic, are they?"
MAMMA. "Of course not. Why should you be thankful for arithmetic?"
BOBBY. "Because I knew my arithmetic to-day, and wasn't kept in."
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TOMMY'S THANKS.
I'm thankful for the nice red drum
Aunt Mary gave to me;
I'm thankful for the glossy pug
That frisks about my knee.
I'm thankful that our orchard old
Is full of rosy fruit;
I'm very thankful that I have
A canvas football suit.
I'm thankful for the fading tree
That shakes the chestnuts down;
But most of all I'm thankful for
The turkey crisp and brown.
R. K. M.
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dose of medicine, "I wish I hadn't been so thankful yesterday."
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HALF-PRICE.
It is very difficult even for a dealer in cheap clothing to get the
better of Pat, as the following story, told by a London journal, well
illustrates.
Pat was a witty Irishman, who had just arrived in London from the
Emerald Isle. He was aimlessly wandering about the town, when he
perceived a suit of clothes at a shop door inscribed: "This superior
suit for half-price." So in Pat walked and inquired the price.
"Just sixteen shillings, sir," replied the shopman.
"Begorra, that's chape enough!" said Pat. "I'll take it."
When the parcel was tied up, he put it under his arm, and laying eight
shillings on the counter, was going out at the door, when the shopkeeper
intercepted him, and demanded another eight shillings.
"Didn't you say, you spalpeen, that the price of the suit was sixteen
shillings, and sure haven't I given you the half of it? And by this and
by that, I won't give up my bargain!"
A scuffle then ensued, and Pat was taken to the police court, where he
pleaded his cause so ably that the magistrate dismissed the complaint,
and advised the tailor never again to ticket his goods with
"Half-price!"
* * * * *
THE TURKEY'S PRIDE.
This joyous pride the turkey feels
Strutting erect as he is able,
Will be transformed to us when he
Is roasted brown upon the table.
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ABOUT THE RAINBOW.
We all know the Scriptural interpretation of the rainbow; but mythology
has also had its say upon the same theme. The Scandinavians thought it
was a celestial bridge, by which the gods passed to and fro; it was
doomed to break down at the last day. Children are still sometimes told
that if they will walk to the spot from which the rainbow springs they
will find a pot of gold. There was an idea that the rainbow draws up
water by means of two golden dishes, which it sometimes lets fall, and
which have been secured by lucky finders. A Black Forest legend asserted
that the rainbow draws its water by a golden goblet, and that a shoe
thrown into a rainbow would return filled with gold. In Servia the folk
used to say that to pass beneath a rainbow changed the sex--made a man a
woman, or the reverse. The Suabians, when there is a double rainbow, say
that it is the devil trying to imitate the work of God.
End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Round Table, November 19, 1895, by Various