PA AND THE TURKEY
—Continued from Page One
fails. He admits in his heart that
he is licked and seizes the leg
which he violently twists from the
carcass. A victory? Not much.
He tackles the wind and again
he discovers a rebel. The joint
is there, but how the deuce is he
to locate it? He doesn’t. His
forehead and cheeks are being
treated to a shower of salt solu
tion. His hands shake. He is at
the end of his row. Fortunately,
the family and guests cannot read
his mind or hear his unspoken
words. In dire desperation he
gives the hand treatment again
'and the wing yields to his grip.
The worst is over. The breast
is sliced. White and dark meat
and turkey dressing are placed on
the plates. The last person
around the table has been helped.
Pa serves his own plate, cleans
of accumulated debris on the
table cover, wipes his hand and
takes his seat. But there is no
appetite. If one could hear what
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he would like to shriek it would
be: “Damn the turkey and all his
flock! If ever I attempt to carve
another it will be in the kitchen
and not at the dining table where
the eyes of a dozen hungry per-
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The first stamp issue of Pitcairn
Islands, of Mutiny on the Bounty
fame, has just been released, says
Boys’ Life.
LAKE LANIER, the most beau
tiful site on the lake is for sale.
Good roads. Taxes practically nil.
F. H. A. loan available for build
ing. HARKNESS SMITH, Tele
phone 300.—Adv. tu & thr.
Tryon Country Day School
Tryon, North Carolina
A Private Day School for Pre*
School, Primary and In
termediate Grades
Oct. 2, 1940 - June 1, 1941
Miss Washburn, Mrs. Brundage
Mrs. Bowen