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THE SUNDAY BEE: OMAHA. SEPTEMBER 8. 1922. I
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The Painter oj Ghosts
almost intudibly and fervently,
lik prayer of thanksgiving.
Then the atked what Ihc boy
bad bttn told of hit mother.
"I am afraid 1 have handled
thai clumsily," admitted Dr., Con
don. ."You tee, one couldn't tell
the truth. I aaid the wat an
invalid with torn vague but ter
rible dieae, but there waa no
suffering, and that the wat being
cured and well taken care of on
an Uland in the Pacific and tome
day ehe'd be coming home. That'a
been the hard partthe mother.
And bow I don't know what"
Mrt. Maxon looked at him. read
liia thought!, and laid toftly, "I
have seen her .kin your photo
graph." "And 1 have loved her all there
yean," the man antwered.
Then he stood up. "Come with
me," he taid.
Thev nassed through the crowds
In the lobby and out along the
gravel walk. Not a word was
tpoken, hut the wqjnan'i intui
tion mail" her tense what wat to
happen. When the rowt of blue
hydrangea ended they reached tlx
entrance of the swimming pool.
Thev ttepped out on the tiled
niotaic promenade. Some 2C
iwiinmrrt were playing about in
the water where the tun splashed
through the thadowa of the trcii
and made Bold aplotchea on the
dancing turface. Dr. Condon'a eyei
took a ewift survey of the tcene.
Then he grasped Mrs. Maxnn'i
arm and said, "See at the other
end juit about to dive."
Mrt. Maxon looked where he d!'
reeled. There, poised ready ti
make a run on the springboard,
stood a well built blond youth la
a black bathing suit. He ran,
sprang h;gh into the air. and ma-'e
a clean drop into the water. "'Se
that is the boy I" exclaimed Mrs,
Maxon. "He's beautiful."
Then hit face emerged and he
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you have promised to help some
one every day and be kind to all
animals and birds. So I thought
if you liked the plan, I would make
a chart for each of you, and every
time you helped someone or were
kind to some bird or animal you
would put a mark down and at the
end of each month the one that
had the most marks would get a
prize. I told mother about it and
he said she would buy the prize."
All this while the girls were tit
ting on the ttept wondering how
"Belts" could think of such won
derful plans. At last one of the girls
said: "'Belts,' do yon know that
this is the best plan you have ever
thought of?" , -
"Yes," answered "Betts," "be
cause its helped to make the world
a " 'H?ppier Place.' " Virginia
Hunt, Aped 10, 2S9S Kansas Ave.,
Omaha, Neb.
Jack's Dream.
It was on Sunday and Jack
asked his daddy if he had
gotten the Omaha Bee. Itis daddy
asked . his daddy if he had
liked to read the children's page.
Hit daddy told he did not get it,
but he would after dinner. So
after dinner he went and got it
and brought it home.
Jack took the big chair and
pulled it over by the fireplace and
aat down and read about the Go
Hawks. He read them to his dad
dy after he had finished and asked
hira if be could join. His daddy
said, "Certainly, you can send in the
coupon today if you care to." That
pleased Jack and he ran and got
the scissors and cut out the cou
pon, put it in an envelope and ran
to tpe corner mail box and dropped
it in.
He was go glad he came running
home and sat down thinking of
when he would get his badge.
And while he was sitting there
Ke fell fast asleep and this is his
dream: He got his badge and
wore it to school the first day. All
the boys asked him questions about
it. He answered them nicely, but
if anyone laughed at him he told
them that that badge would help
tome one. On the way home from
tchool be saw tome robins making
a nest in a lilac bush; it was very
low and a cat was trying hard to
catch tbe birds and tear down the
nest.
He called it away, but it would
hot go, o he west over and picked
it up. It scratched him fiercely,
but he did not stop for that; he
' petted it nicely to it finally stopped
scratching.' It wat to pretty he
thought lie would take it home, so
lie did.
The nrt day one of the hovt
wk) I j I laughed at him asked him
U it h I done anyone any good.
lack .ii I. "Yes."
lit a led. "Who?"
Jack told him tome robins. It
laid: '1 "u!J have let a c.it get
caught liicht of Dr. Condon and hit
eyes lifted up and hit red lipt
broke into a tmile, and with a
few strong overhand strokes he
reathed them. Climbing over the
tiled curb, he stood there before
them dripping wet and in radiant
spirits, a niarvelously handsome
specimen of masculine youth,
lithe and strong, with an engag
ing radiant smile.
Hal wat presented to Mrt. Max
on. Hit manners were easy and
graceful and hi voice waa full of
music. Mrt. Maxon wat thinking
of the miniatures they were much
like him. The expression of the
blue eyes was remarkably the tame,
and at he talked the arch of the
right eyebrow would thoot up.
"I have ditcovered that an old
friend of mine it at Carmel, Hal,"
explained Dr. Condon, "whom I
am very anxious to see. So I am
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Two hourt
a robin and a nest if I had not
looked at my badge and thought
of the pledge, 'I promise to help
some one every day. I will try
and protect the birds and all dumb
animals'."
He then awoke to find his own
pretty cat curled tip in his lap
asleep. Gertrude E. Burgncr, Age
12, 823 West Fourth Street, Grand
Island, Neb.
A Sixth Grader.
Dear Happy: Enclosed find a
2-cent stamp to join the Go
. Hawks. I read Happyland every
Sunday. I like to read the stories.
I am 11 years of age and in the
sixth grade in school. I will try
to help some one every day and
try to protect tall dumb animals.
Well I must-close as my letter is
getting long. Adorcl Hendriksen;
Ccrcsco, Neb.
Will Be Kind.
Dear Happy: I would like to
join the Happy Tribe and I am
inclosing a 2-cent stamp for. which
please send me a Go-Hawk pin. . I
promise to be' kind to all dumb -.animal
and try to help some one
cverv day. Anna Woclder, Aged
13, Wayne, Neb.
A Happy Reader.
This is my first letter to you.
Whenever I read of the Happy
Tribe it makes me think it has a
nice name to match it, for when I
read it makes me happy. For pets
I have a little gray kitten; her
name is Topsy. 1 have one sister.
Well, goodby Mary Johnson",
Stanton, Neb.
Wants Letters.
Dear Happy: I was very sorry
last time I wrote. I did not see
my letter in print. I thank you for
the button. We had a program at
School District No. 3. I hope this
year Santa Claus brings us a
Christmas tree, candy and nuts
and visits Happyland. My teach
er's name is Miss Katrine Carlsters.
Tell some of the Go-Hawks to
write " to me. Wilbert Jacobs,
Avoca, Ia.
A Pair of Swimmers.
Dear Happy: My brother and I
would like to join your Happy
' tribe, so will tend 2-cent stamps
for two badges. We have a pony.
His name ia Dicksie. We have a
reservoir and go swimming every
day. My brother is 8 and I am 10.
My letter it getting long, so wilt
cloe. Yours truly, I.e-ter and
l'rankie Mort, Venanga, Nch.
Wants to Join.
Dear Happy: I would like to
loin your Happy Tribe. I hive
been reading your storiet eerv
Sunday. 1 am srnding you a 2 rent
stamp fr whuh I would like to
have a pin. Well I will c'oe for
bis tune Oml Muiv; Crutrat
t ity, Nt t.
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going to take machine Over now.
1 won't be back fur luncheon, but
I'll meet you at dinner."
Mrt. Maxon and Hal said goodbye-
to each other.
They murt get to Carmel now
at quickly at possible. A tudden
fear seized Mrs, Msxon. She won-,
dered if Valerie Gray could Hand
the thock.
In a quarter of an hour the wat
knocking on Mrt. Gray'a door,
while Dr. Condon waited nearby
in the hall.
There wat no answer to her
Her heart turned tick and the
put her hand to the knob and
opened it. The bed wat empty.
And then out of the drersing
room came Valerie Gray in the
mauve peignoir, looking immense
ly refreshed. She taid the bad
tlept well and had a beaut if u
dream.
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later Armand twit brought home deau.
The Girl Who Knew Her Own
Robin.
It seems unreasonable that a
misunderstanding about a pair of
robins could divide a district school
into two camps and upset the hap
piness of an otherwise serene fam
ily, but that is exactly what Ja
nelda's robin met one spring time
by a late arrival at the old nest
ing place.
It came about like this: , When
Janelda's father, who was a farm
er, made a cement basement under
the old farm house the year he put
in the furnace, Janelda begged him
to make a bird bath while there
was an abundance of cement at
hand. Accordingly one of the
workmen drove a post into the
ground opposite the kitchen win
dow where Janelda Hoped to wash
dishes. On the post he nailed a
shallow box which be lined with
cement in a way to make the sort
of bird bath that birds like best.
It is true that Janelda hoped to be
the family dish washer, because
she was a girl who longed to be
as useful as her older brother, Au
stin, who boasted that he began
keeping the kitchen wood box fill
ed when he was only 4 years old.
The bird bath proved to be a
great comfort to all wild birds and
a joyful hindrance in the kitchen.
By the time Janelda was tall
enough to take her place at the
dish pan without standing on a
soap box a certain pair of robins
had for three years built a nest on
a broad ledge under the roof of
the back porch, so near the bird
bath that water for making mud
plaster for there nest was most
convenient, and bathing facilities
and drinking water were the fin
est in all the robin country. Every
day Janelda swept the bird bath
clean and filled it with fresh water
and every day birds of various
sizes splashed in it while Janelda
paddled in soap sudsv dish water.
Alberta Blankenship.
A Swimmer.
Dear Happy: This is my second
letter to you. I went swimming
Sunday. I was trying to learn to
swim, but I could not. 1 had a
good time, some places was up to
my father's neck. I think I will
try to answer the riddle. Whv
should -we always spell the word
bank with a big "B?M Because it
is a sign of money, Lawrence
I'halin; O'Neill. Neb.
WUI Keep Pledge.
Dear Happy: I would like to
join your tribe. I am sending a
stamp, for which please send me a
button. We take The Omaha Bee.
I read the HanpyUnd page and
like it very well, I am in the
fourth grade. I am 9 and have on
sister, l.uey. ami lie i 10. I prom
e to help some one every da. I
will try t,i protect the bird and a'!
dumb animal. Ruby I"!' -it, tt
'. Are,rv Vn,
Mrt. Maxon did not ask what
the dream wat, but the tofd her
the had beautiful newt for her.
"The miracle haa happened,"
the taid. "And I've met Dr. Con
don." Valeric Cray clutched the back
of a chair and her frightened cyet
grew wide.
"He begt you to forgive him."
went on Mrs, Maxon quickly. "He
it afraid you- are angry with him
becauie he hat neglected yon. He
-he lovea you," the added. Then.
"And I have more newt I"
"What elte?" whispered the oth
er woman.
"Your ton"
"Yea, yet?"
'Your ton it alive. I have teea
him. lie ia splendid."
A faint cray tiin to child's
moan came from the Jbtea ...lady.
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The Monkey and the Cats.
Two hungry cats, having stolen
some cheese, could not agree be
tween themselves how to divide it,
therefore they went to law and a
cunning -monkey was asked to be
judge and settle their dispute.
The monkey put two pieces of
cheese into some scales to tee if
they were of equal weight. "Let
me see," said the judge with a
sly look, "this slice weighs more
than the other," and with that he
bit off a large piece.
"Why do you bite our cheese,"
asked the cats.
"Because," said the judge, "I
must see that neither one of you
gets more than her share."
, The other scale now had become
too heavy so the honest judge
helped himself to a second mouth
ful. Thus he nibbled first one
piece and then the other 'till the
poor cats seeing their cheese in a
fair way to be all eaten up, most
humbly begged him not to put
himself to any further trouble, but
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Her eyei closed the iwayed n
iteidily ud fell forward. Dr.
Condon caught her before she
rrarhed the floor.
The following morning the baby
and the mother met for the first
time.
Then there wat a silence In the
studio. I realized that Mrt. Mai
on had finished. I jutt tat there.
"That'a all there It to the Ibsen
lady's atory," the said. She reach
ed into the hearth basket for tome
pine conet to add to the fire.
Your story waa grett. Mrt.
Maxon," I said, flipping the dag
ger in and out of the sheath.. "A
most amazing family. 'Id give
much to see them. I I wonder
if thev are all three really happy
or if there isn't a rort of haunting
doubt that can't be shaken off. I
wonder if their happiness will be
larting. I'd like to see them my
self, to feel sure."
There were footsteps outside on
the stone patio, and the hammered
brasa gong resounded. We both
roe. Mrt. Klaxon took the dag
jter from me and hid it under the
piece rf gold brocade on the ta
ble. "By the way." I said, "you
haven't told me who were your
oilier dinner guests tonight."
Mrs. Maxon smiled and there
was a tort rf triumphant twinkle
in her eye. "I hope you find them
interesting," she taid. Then the
opened the door.
A woman and a man and a
you ii or man came in, I stared. My
breath seemed to have left me.
In a moment my hand waa
touching that of the Ibsen lady.
I looked into her face. There waa
no haunting doubt only a 'beau
tiful happiness. I was presented
to the men.
A China boy appeared and an
nounced dinner.
The Ibsen lady and I went in
together.
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to give them what still remained.
"Not by any means," said the
monkey. "I owe justice to myself
as well as to you and what re
mains is due to me as the lawyer.
Then he crammed the whole into
his mouth at once and very grave
ly broke up the court. A. C. P.;
South Omaha, Neb.
Wants Lettert.
Dear Happy: I wish to join the
Go-IIawkt. I have enclosed a 2
cent stamp for my button. I will
try to be good to all dumb ani
mals. I have one sister. Her
name is Mildred. I am 11 years
of age and I am going to be in the
eighth grade. My teacher's name
is Miss Lapcheska. I like her
fine. Some of the Go-Hawks
please write to me. I will gladly
answer. As my letter is getting
long I will close. Ethel Wernke,
Ohiowa, Neb.
Eating earth is common among
uncivilized people.
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