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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 2, 1907.
C HESTER HART of Grand Island and Edith Martin of Fairmont hare
been clotted king and quern of the Busy Bees for the month of
June. Almost all the boys and girls voted this month, especially
the last week. The Blue side, Ruth Ashby, queen, came out ahead
In the contest this month, It having; two more priza stories than the
Red side. However, the Red sldo has every reason to be proud, for it had
only sixteen contestants, while the Blue side had twenty-seven. While the
Busy Bees are privileged to register their stories with either side, th
editor thinks it would be a good plan to watch and try and keep the aides
more even. Let us try It this month.
Early Summer Days Are Pleasant Days for Utile Fciks on the Farm
During Juno the Bucy Bees will write Fairy stories. No particular sub
ject will be ai?ned, but it must be a fairy story to compete for a priee. We
have already had several very good fairy stories and the editor feels sure thla
will prove a delightful subject on which to write. Remember, the new month
begins today.
She would like to speak, too, of the care that has been exercised this
nonth. So generally have the rules been followed that there has been no
trouble to speak of and It has been a real pleasure to,go over the letters.
Thank you for this, Busy Bees. i
The first prize for last week's stories goes to Dorothy McAllister of
Omaha, the second to Clara Lundberg of Fremont, and honorary mention to
Louise Stiles of Lyons, Neb.
Only two of the Busy Bees succeeded In solving the Illustrated rebus this
week. They were Miss Ruth Weller, aged 10 years, 1005 8econd avenue,
Nebraska City, and John Sherman Ashby, aged 8 years, Fairmont, Neb. It
was solved as follows: "When the clock struck 9 It was time for the school
bell to ring calling the boys and girls to books."
Only two more of our Busy Bees found the correct answers to the be
headed word puzile. They were Emma Kostal of Gothenburg, Neb., and
Rosebud G. Anderson of South Omaha. "Spear, pear and ear" was the cor
rect solution.
T6V3Y LITTLE GARDENER.
OUT FOR AJT AFTEENOQN DEITEL.
Master Nickel's Experiences
By Moud Walker
M
i ASTER Nickel was not a boy, nor It, grandmat" And the little diIh waa on
a man; nor was Matter Nickel a the point of weeping- as she looked lov-
"he." Maater Nickel had no sex. lngy at Master Nickel lying In her pink
nor less, nor handa, nor feet, nor palm.
head! But Maater Nickel was "That's it," declared grandma. "You
moat Important In the eyee more eape- can't keep a cent In your possession a
daily In the pockets! of little boys. Mas- minute without Its burning your Angers,
ter Nickel, then, was nothing more than Now, go right straight and spend that
a S-cent piece. But Master Nickel's many nickel, and when you grow up you'll have
experiences are worth telling to the little nothing to go to housekeeping on. Spend
boys and girls, for he lived with the small it right now, else you'll have a blister in
folk of the land mostly. Of course, he your hand. Hurry! Run Into the store
sometimes got Into the possession of a and get rid of It."
grown-up, but he did not stay so very Tho little girl, understanding that her
long. Grown-ups have such small regard grandmother was a bit childish and at
for nickels In general, and this one In par- times cross, decided to keep the coin till
ticular, for he was worn quite smooth and another time when ahe should be out alone
had no great value In the eyes of adults, or with some little girl friend; so Master
(Now, I must beg the little readers' pardon Nickel had 'the pleasure of her company
for speaking of Master Nickel as the mas- for several days. Then one bright morning,
oullne gender, since I Just said he was while grandma was napping by the window
not a "he." But I find the story easier in the sun, the little miss ran out to the
to tell If I use a personal pronoun, and tho gate to play with some neighbor children
maecullne gender seems to fit Master who had happened along. There was Fred
Nickel better than does the feminine, for die Bplnner In the stoud. and ha had a nna
wf
LITTLE.
BY
Little Follows
Bluffs and rode" to Wilcox's flower house.
Then we got off and rode In a wng-on
about two miles.
We went to the woods after dinner, and
I went alone. 1 picked wlldflowers, and I
traveled on and on .until I happened to
they set out to hang the basket. The not stay there. He would either get up
eldest of the party was Helen McLauren, on the box and jump over or tunnel under,
a lithe, little maid of 12. Bo Helen, her so we turned him loose. He did not go far
chum. May Davis, who was It years old, away, but would come every time we
and "the kids" started on. Now It hap- called him to be fed. Ia the fall I had
pened Uncle Bill was very fond of red another rabbit e-lven me. Bhe was all
jjeppor unu o Home naa ocen pui in me yellow, so I called her Qoldle. They mado look back, and could not soo anyone. I
May basket. They had not far to go, when their home in the furnace room of the looked and listened. I heard my mamma
coming to a sudden turn In the road a church, which Is close to where I live, calling my cousins. I ran toward the sound
slight noise startled them and, turning, Here they have raised two famlllles of and soon came In slttht. What do you
they beheld a huge panther Just ready to baby. bunnies. They came all winter to thlyk I saw then? Something white with
spring. Helen's wit was as quick as she get thelr appieg ,nd baked potatoes. Bob- gray spots on was flopping in the air. The
was herself, so. bidding the other children ta ,s a very playfui feiiowand loves to dog was snapping at It. It waa a bat. Its
run to ask Uncle Bill for his help, she pIay th a little dog. The dog chases body Is something like a monkey's. It has
reached Into the May basket and grabbed hlm ,round th(J yardi then tne rabbu cha8es mt,e B,larp teet Rn(1 can bUe It can not
a handful of the red pepper. She threw th. Anlr Thlll . VBrv fllnnv lB.ht t . , rtov,,m Aimt n
people who think all rabbits are afraid, day It sleeps In a tree, hanging by Its leg.
A man that was with us held up a stick
Fansion's Rescue
he had often such hard knocks and "tough"
experiences that were t to call him "she"
It would make the reader shudder some
times. Therefore you will pardon my use
of the masculine pronoun employed In
speaking of Master Nickel.)
new top. "Oh, what a love of a top!" cried
the little girl who had Master Nlckle in her
pocket "Where did you get it, and how
'much did you pay for it?"
"I got It down at the postofflce store and
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bear was alive, and so he had stayed up
in i the tree all that time.
Faithful Rollo and the Fire
(Second Prize.)
By Clara Lundberg, Aged IB Tears, 48 South
1 Btreel, rremoni, sseo. ttiiue.;
the red pepper Into the panther's eyes Just
aa he sprung. The animal crouched back
for a moment overcome by the sudden
pain. Then he renewed the fight. Helen
was preparing to give him another dose,
but there was no need, for Just as he again
sprang Uncle Bill appeared and shot him
to the ground and thus saved "a little
heroine."
By Margaret Leake, Aged 14 Tears, Fre
mont, Neb. Blue.
and it hung to It.
This Is true, and I hope you, too, may
some day see a bat.
Billy's Fright
One Sunday as I was eating my dinner . ,
I heard a noise out In the neighbor's yard. A StOITll Oil 1116 St. LaWTenCQ
There Is no fence between our yards and By Roy Faverty, Aged 11 Tears, 21)'8outh
they are very close together. I ran out Forty-Sixth Street, Omaha. Rd.
and saw a most awful sight Our neighbor We were hurrying around to close the
had tied his horse Fnlnn to let it rrnu windows of our little cottage, which was
Mabel was having a dreadful dream that Nineteenth Avenue Omaha Blue ana 11 "a(1 woun "elf around the tree " " Jt' ""'r'
nigh. She seemed t, -be .mothering, when-, when we 1 mountains and wa8 pullln the rope ..tighter . and boat in which were some people that
: . . , , . . . wnen we uvea in me nuiKy moiramins i,. a-u i . . ...... limkoil verv much like Canadian Indians.
suuaeniy sue awoae, ana mere ai ner dbu- . ,tl. tnwn paUt.A rintrHl f'ltv ' ifrnuio apiuny .-, ---
side was her raiuum aog.Kono, puning ai
her night dress and barking as loud as
he could. The room ,waa full of smoke Ml yuich, about four miles over the hills
in a mue m.n.ng town caneo tentra. wcy - - The day wa8 a dreary oay anyway but
we were invite -one day to a'rthday ,0oked verf dangerous. A nelgn! now a storm had come upon u. a. a tiger
Uncle came for us with the buggy and
x give 6 cents for it" answered Freddie,
He could not remember the time when spinning the new top on the sidewalk,
he first came into the world, but there was "I'll give you a nickel for It" said th
a dat printed on one of his sides that little girl. And she produced Master
oia you ne was prey o,u lor e. irara me ioms of ner apron. Fred- By Dorothy McAllister, Aged U Tears, 3S58
a thing. He did not remember, though, die Spinner was not anxious to sell hit Franklin Street. (Red.)
me nrsi real aumirer ne ever im. lop, dui arter a little bargaining he de- one day two miners In Gunnison county,
The Miner and the Bear
(First Prlte.)
reliuve her of the terrlhln rhnklno- jh . tage shook.
tnnV m,t v.i. nk.n,.i,. , . i. w..i " The boat, or canoe, as It came nearer.
Billy the horse. BUIy was a good horse. ' " "' " "f'"" " " " " u' " nrtved to us that the occupants were In-
, bUt 09 had 0ne fault-h9 never could Ket rope. After he cut It Fanslon fell on her The men kneeling in the boat were
:,froom"wa- tT 2 ZT?' "ci'lK 1c5
but in a few minutes she was up and eat- lne,r """" wcro ut" "u "
lng grass, to our great relief. This is
true story. 'v
that came up the. stairway ' close to her
door, and she knew In a minute that the
house was on fire.
Her two little sisters were
in the next bed ana mammas room was come to Central Otv each dav and one
below. Perhaps mamma and papa were coujd gUy aVoid them by watching the
burned, she thought, and Jumping from her tjme
bed she rushed for the stairway, but the uncle told us to hurry up, as the 11
smoke and flames drove her back. o'clock train was due In half an hour and
Her good dog Rollo all this time had he wanted to cross the track before that
been barking at the window, and Mabel tme Bmy nad uto a load-mamma. By I.anore Allen. Aged 11 Tears. 120 South
admirer became In a short time his chum, cided to let the little girl have It If she v,.,ht ikp nuid hunt for the now ran t0 hlm and threw up tno a"u' uncle, my little brother and I. The road Twenty-Fifth Street, Omaha. Red.
confiding all his plans and great Intentions, would promise to allow lilm to snln It a th.t had rome down from the nioun- Thero were men helow and she heard her iC(1 first down hlu through the town and Once I knew two little girls, who went to here and there, and as we watched, our
But some of these plans meant the ex- few minutes every day. The little girl tain After they had gotten about four father volce ,ay- Don be frightened, tnen up to the top of the hill on the op- the park. They had a fine time. While they hearts and souls were dashed around with
pendlture of Master Nickel. This was a (whose name was Daisy Peck) gladly miles from home they decided that one we w111 "ave you chlldren- Be ready to poslte side. The depot was about half- were gone two little boys came with a lit- them, for It was then we saw their imme
very unpleasant thing for him to contem- promised Freddie the pleasure he asked for .hmild to one wav through tho timber Jump when we teU you " way" UP on a amaI1 Ievet Platform. We tie bit of a kitten In heir arms. . But the diate danger.
pmie, 100, since no unu siunu '"" ana int exchange was made, Daisy getting and the other another way through the - " - c ju cruwun mi iMnju wo.i C'" hui i uuma. m uiej; uau io ine mmiy muumnun nuwnc-u m mo
Little Friends
forms showed that they were having a hard
time of It. In the bottom of the boat a
woman sat and a child was clinging to her.
Their faces were frightened as they sat
In their crouched position.
The blrchbark canoe wa large, but light,
and the wind-driven waves dashed it about
-- - - 1.1 it id ui- linn 01 ins II1IJICII 9 iimuudcTU v. twniu . ... . . , .
Small Tim had no other .e.g,0 Freddie soon departed from Daisy, .cross the bear and he shot and wounded a blan.kTet held beneath. by ,'our ,palr" ' breathing
ster Nickel .held full do- Bat9 and wellt ofr , M of tometJng " r atarted after hlm and BO he .J.jZ'' fan " Jf,
greasy pocket that had a t h T lu. .. vlt,. ,., " ,.. v.,. he afraid, we won t let you fall, urged Up the hil
of hla owner. The owner, admirer and
chum waa small Tim O'Toolo, an Irish
laddie of 10.
money, so Master
minion In the greasy pocket
little hole In It But this hole had been
duly tied shut with a bit of string, so that
Master Nickel might not be in danger of
falling out.
"Ah, you fine feller!" said Small Tim
to Master Nickel one day, "I'm glad me
dad give you to me. You're the furst
nickel I ever had, an I mean ter snen'
you fer somethln' nice. Maby I'll git candy
an' maby I'll git a ball." Then Small Tim
fondled Master Nickel, polished htm on hti
knee and replaced htm In his groasv pocket
But sad to say, the string that held tho
hold shut had become undone.' thus leaving
doorway for Master Nickel to drop out
the top ana Freddie pocketing Master timber.
chlldren to tho window, for they were now around the bend came puffing and snorting take it back.
waves and the gray sky and sullen clouds
Nickel. But with the nickel in his pos- One 'of the miners happened to come a11 awake- and Waning out they all saw the train. The engine looked like a hard- When the girls came back their mother seemed ready to overwhelm all.
monster, and I suppose Billy told them about it They asked their The window were forgotten, the rain
to be, for ho atarted to run mother why she did not take It. But the came down and poured In as my father
up the hill as fast as he could, uncle moiner got mem one, ana it naa a lot or and tiro t tiers rusnea out in m. targe dobi 10
the men. The chlldren did Jump. Little stood up in the buggy and pulled the reins little babies now. They take good care rescue them. The larger boat could en
Bue first, Ollle next and Mabel last. The back with both hands. We held our breath, of them. They can tell why the old cat dure the waves better and with several
good One Rollo had Jumped to the ground The road was narrow, on one side was or the babies come. If It sit In a certain men at the oars soon reached the Indians.
to buy. Like Daisy, Freddie could not climbed up a tree, leaving his gun on the
keep money without Its burning his hand, ground, a he could not take It up tho
He was running toward the "Rackett" tree with him. The bear came up to the
1 V" : " V, ". v 7 .1 7 V I J ' ? i J rT k7Z J the 'nlnut th window wa opened. Mabel the rock, on the other the creek, and we place they know that it want, .orne milk." It was Just In time, for as the woman and
Bin- nL , . . fi . ." I - w treBted her dS MnAy tttr thl and nfivor thought every moment we would go down. And In another place, they know that it child were lifted out the canoe broke down
'Hello! where you goin'?" asked Sim.
himself starting to the river with a fishing
rod iver his shoulder.
"Ooln' to the Rackett," said Freddie,
"I've got a nickel to spend!"
"Where'd you git It?" asked Sim, all Interest.
the tree to wait for him.
The miner stayed up In the tree the rest
of that day, all night and till noon th
next day.
Hla partner got worried about him and
started to hunt for him, calling his nam
many times. At last the minor In the
tree heard and answered him and told him
forgot him after his death.
A Little Heroine
(Honorary Mention.)
By Louise Stiles, Aged 11 Tears, Lyon.,
Neb. Blue.
The McLaurens lived In Montana on a
but Billy kept the road, and when we were wants some water.
on top of the hill he stood still, shaking
all over, with foam In his mouth and
sweat running down his body. Uncle got
out and soothed htm and he was soon all
right, but I never will forget the fright
we had that day.
not to come too close, as the bear wa. large ranch. Near them lived the Davis
at the foot of the tree. The miner saw family and near them lived a lonely old
"Sold my new top what I bought ye.
te'day to Daisy Peck fer It." explained
hrnmrh And true to the law of aravita- Freddle- not verV careful about his gram- the bear and came closer very carefully, bachelor,
through. Ana true to tne law or graMia-
tlon, Master Nickel, much against his will
t
Bunny Bobtail
fell rolling onto the ground one evening
a. Small Tim ran down the street with
some other boys.
There he lay In tho dust, the setting
sun shining full on his brightest side.
Along came an old lady leading a little
glrL The child eplod th piece of money
and. stopping, picked it up. "Oh. grand
ma." She exclaimed, "see, I've found some
pretty money! May I get some gum?"
"Oum! Laws, child, how wicked! No,
Indeed, you don't spend money for any
such abominable stuff. You'll keep that
mar. But Sim cared as little for gram- and a he saw It did not stir, he went up ( It had been the children' custom every
mar as did Freddie and understood him t0 and found that It was dead. - The year to hang "Uncle Bill," the bachelor, a
perfectly. bear had lain down there and died from May basket, and this year wa no excep-
"An" where'd you git the fut nickel?" tha effect of his wound. The miner was tlon to tho rule,
afraid to come . down, as he thought the
By Melvin Frame, Aged 8 Tears, Hebron,
Neb. Red.
The cat is still alive and is
a ever.
Lost in the Woods
By Marguerite Salisbury, Aged 10 Tear,
S12 South Twenty-Second Street,
Omaha. Red.
Saturday, the 18th, about half-past 10,
my mamma and I went over to Council Omaha.
and the Indian grabbed our boat In time.
friendly With all hands at the oars they were soon
on shore and then In the house to be
warmed.
Letter have been received and will be
published later from: Margaret Langdon,
Gretna. Neb.j Helen Sanford, Omaha; Si
buse Chval, South Omaha; Richard Pngo,
nickel and put It In your bank. When his pocket, displaying to the admiring eye
you're of age you'll have a neat sum to of Freddie a wriggling mas of angle
et up housekeeping with."
"But grandma, I don't want to set up
housekeeping. I want to spend the nickel.
It didn't cost you nor anyone anything.
I found It by own self. Why can't I spend
Sim questioned
"Earned It packing water to ole Miss
Anderson's garden," said Freddie. "But, , .
see!" and he lovingly held Master Nickel found everaI of the town by"' rods ,n BOod mony-
up to view. "I'm goin' to buy somethln'
now. Want to come 'long with me?"
"Say, why don't you go flshln' with me
fust; then when we come back we'll spend
tho nickel together," suggested Elm. "See,
I've got lots of bait." And he held oDen
About a year ago I bought a little rab
bit. He waa brown and white, and we
named him Bunny Bobtail. I put him In a
So accordingly at an early hour on May 1 pen made of chicken wire, but he would
die's heart. ,- .
"Gee, It's an old one!" said one small
fisherman, polishing Master Nickel on his
sleeve. "Can't hardly see his year."
"But he's worth 5 cents," declared Freddie.
worms. "Not when he as slick as this, ' pro-
"All right," agreed Freddie. "We'll go tested the small fisherman,
flshln' furst. I'll git somethln' great when "What's .sllckncss got to do with It
we git hack thla evenin'." value?" . asked an older boy. "Here, toss
Away they went to the river. There they him to me an' leave me look at It. I know
young picnickers declaring they had a fine
hand, fishing. But all stopped to examine Freddie tossed Master Nickel towara joae on tneir comraae, wno was oongea
Master Nickel, who wa3 the prldo of Fred- the big boy, but, sad to tell, the slippery to go off In the wood to change his clothes,
little fellow went wide of th mark and aonning wnai garments coum De sparea Dy
fell, splash I Into the water. A cry from varlou of hi boy friend till hi own
Freddie rent th air. All the boy cried should be dried hanging from a tree limb.
"Oh!" for they, realised the great loss But after the boys had departed from
Freddie had suffered. the ptcnlc ground, going Into hiding with
"Gee!" said the big boy, "you can't toe their dripping friend, one of the little girl
tralght can you? It wa your fault It pted omethlng bright gleaming through
went In the water." the handful of black mud brought up In
"It wasn't," walled Freddie, proving him- the clenced hand of the Ill-fated chap who
self a girl by crying. "I tossed straight, ha1 Tal,en ,nto tne rlver- 6he took a Btlck
Vmt vn,. nnn'i vn hnw t r.trh. You've and loosened the mud from the object, and.
lost m my nickel, an' you ort to hav be.h"d! ,th"f f" '"i0.!16"0"1" V?
.h. 1 .-...J. . Oh, lookie!" cried the little girl, who
"Yep, that' right," asserted Sim. hi
heart beating with sympathy for his sor
rowing friend. Besides, had not Freddie
promised that he Sim should help to
spend th coin that evening after their re
turn to town?
And so Master Nickel lay In the cold
water, seven feet from It surface. He
hone brilliantly, though, and attracted the
little fishes that came swimming that way.
They would stop In their frolic to examine
the quaint, round .glistening thing and to
nibble at its hard edge. But upon finding
ho
waa none other than Daisy Peck, "see what
Sim brought up In his hand. It's mine, for
I've discovered It."
"No, It ain't," said a voice behind her,
and Daisy looked up to see Freddie stand
ing there, his eyes on the coin he had lost
"That's my nickel, and as soon as the other
boys come back from fixing Tom up I'll
prove It to you. It wa Tom that lost It
for me. I tossed It to him a he sat there
on the bank, an' he missed catching It. So
It went Into the river. But as he's been
kind enough to fall In an" bring It up
i.nh in hla flat T hain't rot no mora
that It was not eatable they would swim fwjU flnd wUh h,m But th. nlcke,..
mine, all right."
away, laughing and chatting togeiner
about the funny new stone that had come
Into sight In their realm.
. Bo the month, went by and Master Nickel
still lay In the bottom of the river. One
day a picnic crowd boys and girls came
to the mossy bank that shaded the very
spot where he was. They spread a cloth
And owing to the evidence brought to bear
In the case, Daisy relinquished all claim to
Master Nickel, who once more became th
property of Freddie.
"Bay. we'll all have a treat off'n It," ald
KVuririle. In a burst of generosity. "We'll
and had their basket dinner there, laughing all go to the drug .tore and git a big dish
and chatting beneath the tree, that fur- of hoky-poky an' go outside on the slde
nlshed them with .uck fine shade. One, walk an' divide it amongst u.. What you
of the plcknlcker-a lively boy of -got all say to that?
too near the water's edge, and In a careless "Grand!" cried tho little girls In on
moment stepped backward and wcnt tumb- voice.
ling Into the river. He strangled, splut- And Master Ntcket knew hi fate. Again
tcred, grasped a handful of mud from the he wa to commVnce his wandorlngs from
liver bed and came to the top. yelling hand to .hand, from pocket to pocket, from
lustily for help. Several atrong arm mere drawer to drawer, till at last he should be
out to asslat him on shore; and the accl- so worn that none would accept him In
dent which might hav been fatal, waa ' payment Thun what would becom of
HB STRANGLED, SPUTTERED, GRASPED A HANDFUL OF MUD FROM THE RIVER BED AND CAME TO THE TOP. u but " lainhaWs Incident alter all, tha hlmX ,
AV
Picture No. 1 represent what the had boy did to the countryman; No. S Is what
the little bfiy Is trying to aft. and No. t t'-lls you what the old man Is doing. Th Uat
thr letters of each word ar th same. Can you ue thvin?
