"What is it? To give them all they demand, and have them come back with a fresh and more insolent demand to-morrow?"
"No, to give them—every one who has a family, a Thanksgiving basket—a turkey."
Her father burst out laughing. "A turkey? Better give them a goose. What put that idea into your little head? Why, they would laugh at you if they did not fling it back in your face."
"Oh! no, they would not. I never saw any one who did not respond to kindness."
"Better wait till after to-morrow and you will save a lot of turkeys."
"No, I am serious. I have been thinking of it for quite a while and I have some money of my own."
"You'd better keep it. You may come to need it."
"No, I want to try my plan. You do not forbid it?"
"Oh, no! If you can avert the strike that they are preparing for, your money will be a good investment."
"I don't do it as an investment," protested the girl. "I do it as an act of kindness."