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Ml;s. BEKTLK15Y was a good housekeeper. She was extremely neat and clean and
one morning, when she found some spots on a clean tablecloth, she was much
puzzled. %
I don t remember ot seeing those spots, before," she said to herself. She
examined the spots carefully and found several stains of coffee on tlio tablecloth, as well
as some tiny specks ot red that looked much like red ink; hut the spots were net red ink_
they were blood, Teenle Weenie blood—and this is how they happened to he there;
As Christmas drew near the Teenle Weenies felt very mournful, for they were terribly
poor autl It looked as though they were going to have a dull time. Of course the Lady of
Fashion was doing everything she could to make Christmas as pleasant as possible. She
worked every spare minute knitting tiny mittens, sweaters, and stockings for the little
Iieople, and the Cook nearly worried himself sick trying to think up ways to make potato
and corn Into a wonderful Christmas dinner.
"1 do wish we could have some candy for Christmas," said the Lady of Fashion one
evening as she and several of the other little women sat knitting in one of the little
grass and stick huts that served the Teenie Weenies as a home.
“If we could just get one lump of sugar we could make all the candy we could eat,”
sighed Mrs. Lover. "Big people sometimes put three lumps of sugar in a cup of coffee,
and if we only could have one lump our whole family would have enough to give us a
happy Christmas."
"I’m going to ask the General if we can’t get a Amp of sugar from one of the big
houses," cried the Lady of Fashion. "I know he doesn't like to have us take things from
the big houses, hut I don’t think the big folks would eare if we took just one lump of
sugar."
The little lady did ask the General, hut It took a great deal of pleading before he
agreed.
“All right,” answered the General after the Lady of Fashion had talked to hint for a
long time. “Just one lump and no more.”
The Lady of Fashion asked the Turk to got the sugar, and that little man, with Gogo,
the Bunco, the Chinaman, and the Clowm, set off one morning to find th£_desired sweet.
The little fellows visited many houses without success. In some of the houses they
found too many big folks about. In others they could not find the sugar, and In several
places they found heavy covers on the sugar howls, quite too heavy to move without
ropes and pulleys.
.At last they came to'the tmHtc of Mrs. I!pet 1 - I" That good woman was visiting
with the neighbor next door and the little men not only found the coast ch ar but the
sugar bowl, nearly full of white lumps, was uncovered.
The Turk and the Clown climbed up the handle to the top of the bowl. The clown
jumped into the bowl and quickly lifted a lump of sugar to the Turk, who intended to
drop it onto the table botow. Somehow or other the Twk lost his balance ami I at fore
he could catch himself he tumbled off the bowl. The lump of sugar fell with him and
struck Gogo, who was standing below, a glancing blow on the nose, knocking the little
Colored fellow' over and causing bis' nose to bleed. The poor Turk fell flat on his back
and lay quite still.
"O. Turkey, Turkey!" cried the frightened Chinaman when he saw the Turk lying
white ami still. "Speak to me and soy you no muchle hurtle.'’
"Throw some water In his face!" shouted the Clown, peering at the fallen Turk over
the edge of the sugar bowl.
The Dunce, who was standing on the table, looked about for water, but there was
none in sight, so he leaped onto the edge of a coffee cup nearby, hoping to get a hatful
of coffee In place of water. In his excitement the Dunce leaped too high. He tottered a
moment on the edge of the cup, lost his balance, and fell with a splash into the cup, which
was half full of coffee. In a second he came to the surface, scooped up a hatful of coffee,
scrambled out. and dashed the hatful into the fast of the senseless Turk. The Turk’s
eyes opened and presently he sat tip, looking stupidly about, the coffee dripping off his
nose and ears.
“What’s the matter?’* he asked, “Did l ffeli into a cup *»f coffee? t
"N-n-no,” answered the Dunce; "you fell off the sugar bowl and fainted and l threw
a hatful of coffee on you to bring you to.”
Well, jiminie crickets!” cried the Turk, glaring at the Dunce. "Can’t a follow fall
off a sugar bowl without you tryln’ to drown him?"
At this minute the Teenie Weenies heard footsteps outside the door and they bad
Just time enough to gather up the lump of sugar and make tluir escape when Mrs.
Heetleby caine Into the room. Tt was was then the good woman found the spots on her
tablecloth which she thought were red ink; but ,t wasn't it was blood, blood from t.cgos
tiny nose.
(Cur> right 1052 Hr Will »m boi.ihw.)
■ Letters from Little Folks of Happylamd 1
(Prize.)
The Honest Indian.
An old Indian once bought some
things from a white man who kept a
store. When he got back to ids
wigwam and opened his bundle lie
iound sonic money inside of it. Good
luck, thought the old Indian to him
self. I will keep this money. It will
buy many things. JTe went to bed
but he could not sleep. All night
long he kept thinking about the
money. Over and over again he
'thought. ‘‘I "ill keep it. But some
thing within him seemed to say,
"No. you must not keep it, that
would not be right."
Kariy the next morning he went
back to the white man’s store.
"Here is some money," said lie, "1
found it in my bundle.”
"Why did you not keep it,” asked
the storekeeper. •
"There are two men Inside of me."
r< plied the Indian. "One said "Keep
it, you found it, the white man will
never know." The other said: "Take
it baek! Take it back! It is not
yours. You have no right to keep
it." Then the first one said: "Keep
it!” But the other kept saying "No;
No! Take it back! Take it back!"
The two men inside of me talked all
night. Tin j would not let me sleep.
1 have brought the money baek.
Now the two men will stop talking
Tonight 1 shall sleep.—Ola repee
-Maca, Age S. Hoop City, Neb.
Wants letters.
Hear Happy: I would like to join
your Happy Tribe. I enjoy reading
your letters ami stories very much.
I urn onclo ing u - cent stump f<u
t >y badge. 1 am 11 years old and
til the fifth grade at school. 1 have
four teachers. I have one sister
and no brothers. For pets X have
three tabhits and two canary birds
and five bantams. I will promise to
bo kind to all pets. I wish some of
tlie Go-Hawk Tribe would write to
me. As my letter is getting long
I will close—Arlene Hoeves. Fuller
ton. Nob.
Has I lie Itrst Teacher.
Dear Happy: I want to join your
club. I am sending a coupon and
a 2-ccnt stamp for the button. 1
have two dogs and two white kit
tens. I will be good t(^ my pets. I
will try to make somebody happy
every day. I am in the fourth
gl ade. 1 am !* years old and I have
the best teacher.—Margaret Rati
n' v, Weeping Water, Neb.
Real’ Justice.
Hoy and Ralph had gardens side
by side. Ralph was always boasting
about how much better Ids garden
was than Roy's. One night the
weather rejiovt said that it was go
ing to freeze. Roy took some can
vas's and covered his garden, but
Ralph didn't. In a few moments
Ralph saw tiio eovi r on Roy's gar
d*-n, and o lie took it off and put
it on his gulden Roy did not know
It and bolh boys went to bed hupp,
because each thought that his gat
den was better than the other s In
the night the wind began to blow
and it took the cover off o' Ralph -
garden and put it on Roy’s. Jte-t
then it caught on a stake and f’ >1
on Roy’s garden. Then it fro
Roy’s garden did not freeze, hut it
killed all of Ralph’s garden. Ralph
didn’t lirag so much after that
Robert Hufnagle, age in l tie.
Nob.
Tojisj .
Dear Jlappy: l want to be a no 1
her of the Go Hawk family. Hem
is a S cent stamp. Please s< nd me
my button. I have a pet goose
Her name is Topsy. I fee.l her out
my hand every day and 1 love all
birds and dumb animals an.l tu
and he kind to all of them. X have
no sisters nor brothers. X am all
alone and would like to hear fr«n :
some readers.— hi' e-1 b» 11 lliioa
A nsley. Net).
Our School.
1 aar Happy: There are IS pup 1
in our school. Them am three
pupils in the first grade. X am 1
years old. My name is Mildred
Hast ring. There is one pupil In my
grade. Them are some trees bv th
ebool house. Th' re are tight girls.
1 like to go to school. We play
pum. pum, pull away, ami we play
hide and go seek. We play other
L mil s. Tliere are four pupils in
• mr schoolhou.se There are two girls
. nd two boys. I have two sisters
Mel two brothers. There are six In
the sixth grade. Sly brother wears
■ - My sisttr is 13 years "ld.-w
Mildred O's'ring.* HaurenCe. Neb.
Wears Button.
Dear Happy: 1 received my hut
,,n tonight and 1 am v< ry proud of
• t. I am thinking about starting a
tribe. I am going to try very, very
hard to keep my promise.
t fell yesterday on the sidewalk
ind almost broke my leg. It is stiff
:,nd hurts now. 1 asked our little
girl's n other .i si..
..in and she said yes. Next time I
will send a story. .So. (Soo.lbye,
Happy. Yours truly. AID Pa )ila»
• •lishlp, l’liiinview. Noli.
Sliverbefl.
j). oj- Happy: 1 wish to join your
• iuh to i'c good to all dumb *-nt
"ials. I am sending a 2 cent stamp
for tuj Oo-Hawk pin 1 have a lit*
• le bulldog. It is a baby and Its
ramo is Fanny. It barks when It
•»-cs strangers. I am 10 ’■ ears old
it’onfimied on PiHte Kight.