2 THE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: ATJllh 4, 1903. 11
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EN'A N. MEAD of Blair, Neb., was
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next three month and Fred Sorry
VIng of the lied aid.
Under tha able leadership "of Myrtle Jetien, who hat been queen of the
Slur aide, and Maurice Johnaon, king of the Red aide, for the winter, wi hav
had the closest possible contest between the Busy Beea, a each' aide haa won
twelve prises daring th last three Months. The Red aide would have won had
no', one little Busy Be eent In a copied atory about two weeks ago, to which
the editor's attention was called by two or three of the Busy Beea.'
Some of the Busy Beea are, tod little to know the meaning of the word
"original," so they should ask someone who is older to explain It to them. All
cf the atorlea should be thought out or made up by the children themselves,
and if tbey hate any help, or should write some atory that they have read eome
place else, they should write that the atory is not original.
Prizes were awarded this week to Helen Johnson, on the Blue side, and to
Pauline Coad, cn the Red aide. Honorable mention was given to Marjorle
Thornton, on the ft4 aide. 1 -
Several new names have been added to the Postcard Exmange thla week!
Any of the Busy Bees may send cards to any one whose name ia on the
Postcard Exchange, which sow includes: '
Jean Do Ltng, Alnsworth. Neb,
Jieri McCey. Uarnstun, .Neb.
Lllilan Merwln. Braver City, Neb.
Mabel Witt. Bennington, Neb.
Anna OotUoli, Bennington, Neb.
AJinnle Uuttsrh, llenniiigton. Nub.
Anno IniK. Hutison, Neb.
Mri ailhtr, Renkelman, Neb. (box 12).
Ida May, .entral City, Neb,
Vera Cheney, Crrlst.to.i, I-.'cb.
I.oisls I (aim, David City, Neb.
Hhea Freldell, Iwrchester. Neb.
I.uiilc lc3v. Fall City, Neb, .
Ktliel JReed, Fremont, Nb.
Mulda Lumlburg; Frmont, Neb.
Marion Cnjpn. Ulbx. Neb,
Marguerite Bartholomew, Gothenburg, Keb.
Lyil.it, Koti, ia WW Koenig street. Grand
Island, Neb.
Ella Voss, 407 Weat Charles street, Grand
Island, Neb. - -
Irene Coatello, lit West Eighth street.
Grand lslnnd. Neb.
Joule Crawford, 4n West Charles attest,
Ura:iil Island, Neb.
Pauline Schulte. 411 West Fourth street,
Urmnd Island, Neb.
Martha Murphy, t't East Ninth Street,
Uranii Island, Neb. . ,.
Hugh Butt, Lahars, Neb.
Heater K. Rutt, I.rshara, Neb.
Alice Temple, Lexington, Neb, ;
Kuth Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Anna Neilson, Lexington, Neb.
Edyih. Krellx, Lexington, Neb.
Alice Qrassmeyer, IMS O St., Lincoln, Neb.
Marian Hamilton, t L St., Lincoln, Neb.
r':lel Hamilton, 29 L tit., Lincoln, Neb.
Irene LlHher, 2139 L Street, Lincoln, Neb.
Hughl IMxher, 2030 L street, Lincoln, Neb.
Iouls Stiles, Lyons, Neb,
J slelle MrLoneld, Lyons, Neb.
Milton Reiser, Nebraska City, Neb.
Jlarry Crawford, Nebraska City, Neb.
1'arvey Crawford, Nebraska City, Neb.
Ixicll Hen, Norfolk, Neb.
Ttha Larttln, Po. FUth St., Norfolk, Neb.
fcmmi Msrquardt, Fifth street and Madl-
ann avenue, Norfolk, Neb.
Mildred F. Jones, North Loup, Neb.
ver.evlme M. Jones, North loup. Neb.
r!n Goodrich, l'10 Nicholas street, Omaha
Mildred Erlckson, tit -Howard street,
Omaha.
Oscar Erlckson, VOt Heward street,
Omaha. ' .
Lculs Baa be. 2909 North Nineteenth ave-
rue, Omaha.
Lena Petersen, 1211 Locust street, Cast
Omaha.'
HTE Finger family were In dis
honor. They had been guilty
of grisveue eonduct. And new
thev wera Buffering the penalty
; of their wrongdoing. .
The Finger family consisted
of ton members and .were equally guilty.
And now I shall tell you about the Finger
family, and about their, conduct 'which
brought them, Into" 111 repute.
The Finger family belonged on the twa'
hands of Little Jack Arrow. And Little
Jack Arrow waa a T-year-olJ boy who had
a very dear m&rnma and papa. But Little
Jack Arrow bad no sisters or brothers,
therefore he often got Into mischief. I say
"therefpre he often got into mischief. tor
had be possessed 'a sister or a brother it
Is very probatre the Finger family would
have been., kept so dually engaged
with ' play that they would have
behaved themselves very nicely. But
of course, thwre can be no good excuse
for a Finger ' family's bad behavior, even
though their owner haa no brothers or
Sisters to keep him out of mischief.
Well, thla Is the way It' all happened:.
One day Little Jack Arrow's mamma, said
to hlna; "Sonny,-1 am going shopping, and
shall be away from home all afternoon.
As cook If very busy In the kitchen, and
Jane haa an afternoon off. yoa will be
your own Vn aster during my absence. Will
you behave very nicely while mamma ia
away I shall question you closely on my
return, and I hope you wtll do nothing
you. will be ashamed or sorry to confess.
Ziviuvwucr, how &.r F'.r.scr family. la to
get into mischief, and do your best to In
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LiuUTNlNtJ
PASSINO UTTUC
Finger Family and Its Punishment
. y Kaad Walker. '' x i
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chosrn queen of the Blue sld for tha
of Monarch, W'yo., was chosen for
Mary Brown, 13 Boulevard, Omaha.
Kva Hendee, 4 2 Dodge street, Omaha.
Juunlta Innes, 17C Fort street, Omaha.
Lillian Wirt, ti.s Cass street, Omaha.
Rmlle Brown. ICiZi Boulevard, Omaha.
Meyer Cohn, SIS Georgia avenue, Omaha.
Ada Morris, MM franklin street, Omaha.
Myrtle Jensen, ? Izard street, Omaha.
C3hI1 Ho-ward, 4T1 Capitol avtnuo, Omaha, t
Jfelrn Hourk. 1C5 Lot'irep street, Omaha.
Kt ierson Goodrich, 4H0 Nlcholus, Omaha,
MSurlre Johnson, KC7 Locust Bt., Omaha,
1tnn Corson. 1124 North Fortieth, Omaha.
Wllma Howard, 4723 Capitol Ave., Mmshsu.
IIMsh Fisher, 1210 South Kleventh, Omaha.
Mildred Jensen, 27M7 Leavenworth, Omaha,
Kdna Heden. 2789 Chicago street, Omaha.
Mabel Ghelfelt, 4914 North Twenty-fifth
rtreAt, Omaha.
Walter Johnson, J-405 ' North TwenOoth
street, Omaha.
Emma Carruthers, 8211 North Twetity-flfO
Street, Omaha.
Leonora DenUon, The Albion, Tenth and
Pacific afreets, Omaha.
Mae Hammond, O'Neill, Neb.
Mre L. Daniels, Ord. Neb.
Kola Beddeo, Orleans. Neb.
Agnes Ktchmond, Orleans, Neb.
Mario Fleming, Osceola, Neb.
Lotta Woods, Pawnee City, Neb.
Karl Perkins, Peddlncton, Neb.
Emma Kostal. 1611 O streei. South Omaha.
Edra Enis. Stanton, Neb.
Ethel Enls, Btenton, Neb.
lna Carney. Button, Clay county, Neb.
Clara Miller, I'tlca, Neb.
Mae Grunke, Went Point, Neb.
I.ll Ptsstnr, Wllber. Neb.
Alta Wllken, Waco, Neb. i
i'aollno Parks, York, Nfeb.
Edna Fwhllng, York, Neb.
Mary Frederick, York, Neb.
Carrie B. Bartlett. Fontanelle, la.
Irene Reynolds, LltUe Bious. Ia.
Ft hoi Mulholland, Box 71, Malvern, Ia.
Eleanor Mel lor, Malvern, Is.
Ksthryne Mellor, Malvirn, la.
Kuth Robertson, Manilla, I a.
Mildred Robert sen, Manilla. Ia- . ,
Margaret B. Wltherow, Thurman, Ia,
Fred Sorry, Monarch, Wyo. "
John Barron, Monarch, Wye. , ,
Edith Amend, Bherldan, Wyo.
Pauline fqulre, Orand, Okl.
Fred Sheller, 230 Troup atreet, Kansas
City, Kan. . .
Benry L. Worklhgr, care Sterling Reined)
company. Attica, Tnd. '
duce them to be good. , Then mamma
kissed Little Jack good -bye and was off on
her shopping expedition.
After mamma bad departed Little Jack
sat Dy the window for several minute a.
watching the paasercby. But soon he
grew tired of this, and determined to "go
exploring" In the library. Now, Little
Jack's mamma never denied hint the
llbsrty of the whole house, and be felt
free to visit any room whenever hta fancy
prompted film to do so.
Once In the library he fell to examining
various great volumes which he found
piled upon a table. Some of them con
tained Very Interesting pictures, but Little
Jack tnoJght theae might be Improved by
aonto color. He ran to his own room and
got his box of water colors and a brush.
Then he went to the dining room and pro
. owed a glass of water.
But on returning to the library - tittle
Jack heard a wee small voice saying to
him: "Watch the Ftngwr family. They
might ruin the beautiful pictures In the
tine ' booka" For a moment Little Jack
listened to the wee small voice, and re
membered what his mother had said to
him about the Finger family. But the
Finger family conquered, for five pf the
members held the box of water colors,
while the other five members clutched the
paint brush. And on the' floor rested the
glass of water. So down eat Ltt.Ua Jack,
on the floor, dragging one of the hue
books beside hlra. Then the Finger family
set to work with a wtll. And bnfore Lit
tl Jack hardly knew what was in progress
the 'pictures in one of the books had been
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JACK'S HEAD LIKB A FLASH OF
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rd hate to bs an elephant.
Or a poor, nquealing pig,
For one la always eaten up
And the other la too big.
I'd hate to be a roaring- Hon,
With the hunters after me;
I'd hate to bo a monkey queer
A-hanglng from a tree.
1. irme plainly on ea slaa of tke
pape eaiy and saaliet the paerea.
B. Vse pea ut tak, uo psmoU
a. rKrt a-nd ptatc4 axtlolM win
be g-rres pxesaveaoe. 3e Mt in are
BS4 werda.
4. ena-taai rfeetlM n letters oaly
wUl b aaed.
a. Write sew warns, acre and aa
axmm at t&e top ox the nrst
Ftret aa aenoBd prlsee ef books
will be trtvesi sot tae beet tw eeav
trlbaUoaa to this pare fah week,
AAdJrese eU eomsnnnfoartona to
cncxxAiuinw savjuurxunr,
- 9asaha See. .
(First Prise.) .
Spring and Slimmer.
By Hftkm Johnson, Aed 18 Tears, SJHISoutn
a.u.,.inh fir unanin. Kin ftid.
Seventeenth Street, Lincoln. J$lue Side.
The cold, aharp winds and the soft little
anowflakea soon vanish when they
hear
the sweet voice of Miss Bpring.
butat forth tiny brown bud.
won be leaves. The half-open
The trees
which will soon
violet peeps through the delicate young
grass growing In the woods, which th.
children so love to pick as they amble
through. It- The cool breese blow. th.
tMLM f th. nam,- and fm which are
put on th. perch, to get th ray. of th.
warrTsun!
warm sun.
At last ' aummer approach, and the
nasuM. iwiimwBn. m ana Duivr iivwe4v
turn their emlUng faoea, covered with dew,
totheaun. The beeuUful roses climb over
10 ine eun. a ae oeeuuiui roses cunw over
th. fences and large bunches of them are
seen on all th. teacher.' desks.
Robin, bluejay. oriole and other birds
fly from the sunny 'south to Join th. little
sparrow., which have stayed during the
long cold winter
Th. bee. fly about, resting on the flowers
and sipping honey from their sweet faces.
The butUroups. which now and then are
seen peeking between th violets, are also
freouentlT visited hv th. Kn.v i.ttl. h.
Th tmtirfHM n nii m tv,. .i,
H i -' 1 t-r f aVaxVsa atA U I smb. I I msw tT"' Bl JW-v Sv
RULES FOR Y0UQ vi'RITERS
allht on the sweet pea, which fill the rr-smra wl" ""' m m" w" ', Mr
alr with fragrant odors. .- rlt' Ruth and om ot m olheT friends
It ia vw-y hard t tell which is the more
pleasant spring or summer but summer ia
my favorite, with Ita green vine, and beau
ITTJul flowers, and the merry-making of th.
picnics and lawn parties.
(Second Prise.)
Helen's Lesson.
By Pauline Coad, Aired t Years. S7U Far
nam Street., Omaha. Red Side.
"Come, Helen," said her father; "are you
gelnc down town with me?"
Tea. father."
"Well, go and get ready. Now come and
we will go, Holen rod wait outside this
tore while I go la."
While she was waiting an old man eame
by. He dropped two nickels ar.d Hen
picked them up., and gave one to him and
put the ether in ber pocket book. Thei
she said to herself, I believe papa will not
be out tor a long while, so I will' go over
to the drug store and get me a soda water
with thenickel th. man dropped. While
ahe was drinking tt ber father came In and
said to her:
"Where did you get the money to buy
your soda With.' Helen?
gaily colored. And wore than that had
happened. The cover of the book had aut,
fered an accident. One while dipping the
brush Into the glass of water Little Jack
tipped th glass end some of Ita contents
went on th. floor, running under the book
ajid staiulng the cover very badly.
From one book Little Jack went to an
other, and the Finger family kept th
paint brush, busy till the Illustrations had
been colored In a very crude way In three
great volume. Then tb Fluger family
became tired or maybe Little Jack' stom
ach mad. a protest against further work
by th Finger family. Insisting that It per
form soma work on his own account, no,
putting ths books on the tab! again, and
removing ills paint box, brash and glass of
water, Littl Jack strolled out of th room
a1 went In que of food, j -
At th kitchen doer he - waa met by a
very ern face, for Cook knew by Instinct
what a little boy visited the kitchen for,
and she had a tint to be preparing
lunches for any on. just then. There was
a eake ln proT of nutXlng, and a
. chkkea to be Creamed for dinner, go, her
face waa not tnvtttng when Liiti Jack
iouked Into her realm.
"WW do ou wut, MasU Jack!" The
question was ahaxp.
Tommy's Soliloquy
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"jSt.a.L,,,,,,.
I'd hate to be a tall giraffe,
I'd hate a wolf to be,
I'd hate to be a camel slow
In a men-ag-er-le.
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"I had it father." aald Helen.
Juat then the old man came in and said:
"That little girl gave me one of my nickels,
but not the other. She has taken the other
ti hiiv TiAr a finrin. vst,r with." . -w.
Then her father eent hw home i. . made
her ge4 a dollar she had saved and bring it
to the poor old man.
What do you think waa the father's In-
tenUon In asking Helen to give up her
doIlarT
(Honorable - Mention.)
A Midnight Mystery.
ZST1t2
North Main 1! treat. Fremont. Neb.
Bio. .1
One nlgrht I happened to be in the echool
room just ft the church clock struck the t ehoee, atocktnga and mittens, a coat,
mysterious hour of midnight. I waa afraid bat, and, best of ail. when aha found a
and cropt into a aorner. I heard the booka package containing $100 tor them both, to
In the bookcase dancing about and aoream- gether.
, .t t of thrip vol. Tha nana
m ' tc "'P 01 tnesr voices, xne pans,
lead pencils and slate pencils In the drawer
were screeching and .squeaking, oh, so
loudly.
hwH, ""It.T Z'
et u out " J th,nkln they "oul
VT'. Z '
"V" they bum m snd
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Jn"k wJ Efrtl
??B I,,ck4 m untl1 X. be"d tot
2 w "T . T,
1 tr"ate1 th,m- Thy m unt11 1
promised to treat them kinder. I prom
ised and then the church clock struck 1.
. i i w. j. t &
"T me and I saw them all
,on'ftody1 c11,a f . ,f,w , , U,
Camper to their places just before I awoke.1
t ,Tltui . onlv . artza.
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. Ajl April FOOl F&Ttj
By Velma King. Aed It Tears, a324 Fort
t Street, Omaha, Red Bide.
I a little girl. 10 years old,
nd livtd to Naw Tork .
omln Tuesajr waa "April Fool's"
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"How will I have some fun Tueedayr
she thought to herself. "O. I know. If
ow' na pn n"' 1 uai v' " mucn
fun."
So that night Dorohy said to her mother,
"Mamma, you know Tuesday la 'April
Fool' day,, may I hav a few girls over?"
"What would you have for refresh-
mentsr said her mother. "Let me think.
Oh, I know now. I hav. something 'hat
would be the best 'April Fool' anyone could
ever think of. Do you want to know
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than English walnut, mak aozn chooo-
late, roll each piece of cotton In It and
let It get about as hard aa chocolate
creams. Pass those around and when they
eat the cotton say 'April Fool.'
"We would nave other tnings sucn aa
sandwiches and fruit."
"We could play games, such as taking
a cracker, give each one a piece except
the one who comes in and we try them
and If they try to take it snatch It away
and say 'April Fool.' '
"We could watch people go by and tell
them their shoes were "untied and oh,
so many . things Ilk that."
So Dorothy's mother consented and Dero-
! "Sumthin' to eat." Little Jack mad. bold
to inform her.
"Well, you must watt till I'v. don. my
cake and drewsed that chicken," replied
the queen of the kitchen and pantry.
"No time to be fixln' atuffln' for small
tomlcks between meela Besides, It' a
bad habit"
Llttl Jack understood th cook, and
knew there was no appeal after sh tied
passed her verdict. So he marched sway
from the kitchen portal, going to the big
dining room where ha hoped to find a
cracker on the table. But the table was
already set for- dinner, and not so much
as a crumb remained en -It. Little Jack's
stomach gnawed, and h went tp the pan
try, walking on tip-toe so that thq cook
might not hear him. On a top shelf LUU.
Jack could see many amail jars and gluasa
of Jam and Jelly. Also there were bijr
mouthed bottles full of pickle, and many
other fancy edibles Little Jack's pilfto
knew and loved.
Then the Finger family became rent
iers, and ached te grt hold of one of th
glasses of Jolly and a bottle cf pickles.
Co, Little Jack, In obedlen. t. th. Finger
Family (which was no doubt Influenced
by the greedy stomach), climbed upon a
chair, then upon a anulf. aud tiu.-a got
I'd hate to be a common toad
That sits 'neath a toad-stool,
I'd hate to be a dray horse.
Or a poor, unhappy mule.
I'd hste to be moat anything;
That would myself destroy.
And find I am quite satisfied
To be a little boy.
thy wrote the invitations aud ga-ve them
to the girls. Bo on Tuesday all the girls
came and had a very nloe tune at Doro
thy's "April Fool" party.
The Party
By 1ku C. Woods, Aged I Tears, Btroma
burg, Neb. Blue filde.
Lucy waa a Jlttls girl. One day her
mamma said she might have a party, for
her birthday waa In a few days. Bo she
sat and wrote the Invitations to her little
friends. Her birthday waa to be on
Wednesday. When Wednesday came at last
her little friends arrived. Then they played
games till Lucy's mamma took them Into
the bouse and they had a lunch. They
said they had had the cost time. Lucy got
many nice presente, among them was a
locket and a doll, a set of dlabea and
gome doll beda.
Grace and Hazel
E' W. JJ'". Gretna,
Tlier, WM onc m gMt wb'0 Mm, WM
CJraoe. She had no father. She and bar
moih bsd t0 do th, lh,y could to
mak, a lMnf but they wer, happy
Oraoa had a friend across the street.
whose name was Basel. She was kind and
rich.
It was. Grace's birthday and they bad
aavM ii n" lonui monT to let Haael have
-inner with them. When she cam. .be had
a large wooden box on which it aald. "Oraoa
All." vWhen she opened It she found a pair
Grace is now a rich lady ana is taking
care of Hasel, who la an invalid.
now tha Rainbow Came to Bo
Br Mary Brown. Agod U Yeara. tm
BoulsvaTd. South On. N.b. Red Side.
"We celebrate Christmas because It waa
the day Christ was bora and Barter a. the
day Christ arose after Hla crucifixion. I
wM tM1 you om or boat ChrUt
how th. first rainbow cam. to be.
BC aod oaed th UBd wt,r M
that everybody was drowned. When the
'new world waa born He promised th.
peopt. he would never flood the land again
10 wouia
tse He aald that every time It stopped
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raining and If the sun earn, out right
wy th,r "ITOuUI ppt,r ln th rtn"Mt
across the sky. in th shape of a bow all
th. color, which would show that He is
keeping His promise. These colors were
aftesivard called the rainbow, beoaus. It
came out f soon as it stopped raining
"d vc14 ne w4r ta tB " of '
bow. ' -
Be Kind and Gentle
By Pearl Pal metier, Asred It Tear., 701 Vi
North Sixteenth Stroet, uniana, Xoeb,
Red Bide. -There
waa cnoe . a little girl named
Gertie. She was. Very poor. When ber
mother died Gertie, and bar father went
t0 n" wtn hr- grandmother. But her
grandmother, who waa old, soon died and
rti was left with h.r cruel father,
H" flrnk n4 'P11 u th ,oy h.
n1- 0,1 Chrlstmaa eve Gertie waa sent
ut to " w" " wfu11 cold night
"d " ! "ot hav
Ilk. other children. Gertie met many
money, but they p-hed her eey with
rough words. Gertie fait very sorry, for
hr fath.,. woul(J whtp ner Bh,
looUag ,n th, ,hop wtndow.. when .tome-
K .,wj,h h.r rwtie w. .rv
.., lt crue, fathe, He asked
b,r ir ,h, lia(1 ftny money. Bhs only had
( casts. H took It away from her and
pushed her away. Gertie watched where
h, went; he went Into a saloon. Gertie
was very sorry to see him go In a saloon,
gba stayed out till the clock struck
twelve. She was very tired and cold.
She then Went and sat down between two
building and fell asleep. Gertie dreamt
that she saw h.r dear Old grandma and
ahe took Gertie to heaven with her and
upon the breadbox, which lifted him still
higher, and found that he could Juat touch
th row of Jar and glasses with one mem
ber of the Finger Family. It waa Mistress
Fere Finger, who could reach and cares
a glass of Jelly, and after many moments
of straining to lengthen his arm Mistress
Fore Finger succeeded In passing her slen
der little heel sround ons side of th. glass,
thus drawing It forward. And when the
glass was Just at the edge of the shelf
Mistress Fpre FlRger gave it a pull, and
down It come, passing Little Jack's head
like a flash cf lightning, hitting bin on
the shoulder and bobbing off to fall smash
on the flcor. (
"Oh, It broke!" mosned poor Llttl. Jaek.
"But I can find enough of It In a lump
to spread on some bread. And her' th
bread boa under ma. I'll help myself to a
slice."
to saying, Llttl Jack got off th brad
box so that he might get Into It, and there
he found tw. big slices alrvady out Petty
ston these slices of bread were spread
with Jelly all that Little Jaek could gather
up without getting with It broken pieces
of glass, for h wa vary particular t
avoid any particles of glas. knowing that
hould he swallow one hs might dls of lt
Ills mamma bad told bint of th dangers
her mother. Th. next morning th dead
body ef Gertie waa found between the
two buildings. Bh. Is now up In heaven
with her dear Md grandma and mother,
while her father haa been sent to the
penitentiary. '
When Dick Played St. Patrick
By Philip Fhllbln, 1 North Thirty-first
Avenue, Aged 10 Trftrs. Omaha, Neb.
Red Sid.
Once upon a time t'.ier waa a little boy
named Dirk. On. Saturday h. ' beard of
St. Patrick. Bo b. thought b. would play
that h. was Bt. Patrick.
He put on a red robe and went to ahow
bis mother.
",Oh, no." said bla mother. "Tou must
dress In green."
'Whyr asked Dick.
"Because Bt. Patrick drove away snakes,'
wss his mother's reply.
"All right," said Dick. Dick got soms
cloth, but it waa not th. color. Bo he got
some green paper. This he fitted out to
fit him. He got soms string and dyed
It green. Hla little brother pulled it
around for him while he chased It, pre-'
tending it waa a snake, and be waa St.
Patrick. After awhile he fell down and
got a bump on his head and could not
play any more.
Gertrude's Booka
By Rose Kennedy, Aged II Years. Nebraska
City. Neb.. Red Bide.
Oertruda'a mother had bought her some
bocks for Christmas and bad hidden them
on the shelf of a closet. '
One day about a week before Christmas,
Gertrude's little brother waa looking in
a dark corner of a closet, when he came
upon th. books, and wanting to do some
mischief, took them down from the shelf,
carried them to another room and bid
them behind th cabinet.
Gertrude's mother when looking for them
found they wera not on the shelf and after
searching for some time gave them 1 up
for lost, and so had to buy some other
present for Gertrude.
Boms time afterwards, when the heavy
cabinet being moved, to the surprise of
everybody, a ahower of new books cam.
tumbling to the floor.
All yes at ono turned to Tommy, who
having forgotten th. mlchlef he had done,
was looking as much astonished as any one.
Tommy expected to be punished by being
put to bed or shut up in the closet. But his
relatives only laughed, and Gertrude eaught
htm up and kissed him. Bhe was so happy
at having the books that she could not bear
to scold Tommy.
Riches.
By Jeannett. McBrlde, Aged 11 Tears. El
gin, Neb. Blue Side.
CHAPTEJB L
s One day a poor little girl and boy went
out into the woods to gather berrlea. Their
mother and father were dead and they
lived with their aunt and unole. As they
wera by a large tree In the wood, they
sat down to rest.' A little door opened In
th. tree and a fairy appeared. She .aid,
"oome In and bav. Junch with me." But
May ar.d Raymond sasd, ''we have our
lunek ln our basket." The fairy naked them
wha they had. They amid. "Some blaeult
and when w flnti soma berries w can'
have soma of them." But th fairy took;
them in,
, After tbey bad eaten a good dinner they
went on to find some berries. When they
started be ok It was dark,, and as they
resed th. tree where th. fairy waa, aha
appeared again and said, "coma In and
stay all night with me." They consented
after a while, with soma urging, for they
war. tired.
And I will tsll you mors about then)
another time.
iher
MUo.
By Helen Cro Aged 11 Tears, m Front
Street. North Platte. Neb. Blue Bide.
MUo waa a Ut.tl Italian boy of ten win
ters. Long, iK)ld winters they were too,
since bis tkthsr died. Mflo's father bad
com. to New Tork from Italy when Mllo
waa but year old, and bad died when
MUo was at tha age of t
Mllo'a father had left nothing, but bla
Ttolln, which MUo could play, as he had
played lt on the street many times. M!)a
lived ln a large box In the yard of a family
who were vary kind and let him stay there.
He got along quite comfortably, although
sometime, he had nothing to eat.
On day whllu walking through an alley
be came upon a child of two or three
yeara age, very dirty and crying plte
ously. MUo took her to his boa home,
cleaned her clothes the beet he could and
then started down town to get her sot tie
thing to eat. It had noticed that her ceat
and hood were ef rich material, and be
wondered If her parent (if sh bad any),
wer rich. IT etopped to read a notice,
which bad just been put on th lamp post.
Thla wa It; "A handsome reward Is of
fered to anyone who can gtvs us Informa
tion concerning the whereabouts of our
child I years old, who disappeared two
day ago. Mr. and Mr a. Stranton, 1774 West
Tenth street.
MUo read it with shining eyes. Then h.
hurried to his box home, get the child and
set out for the plao.
He found it ta be a large mansion sur
rounded by beautiful gardens. He rang
the bell and was ushered Into a handsome
parlor, H asked to a, th mUtrasa and
th. maid went In search of hen ' In a min
ute th lady stepped Into the room and
when she saw the child rsn forward with
a glad cry (or th child wa her. Then
Pf brkn bits of glass.
After th bread and JUy were eaten,
Little Jack found that h had gotten hi
nice new suit all ameered with Jely, and
that one of th. members of th Finger
family was bleeding where It had beea cut
by the broken glass.
Just a b. was wondering what to do about
the muss en the floor and on bis clothes
th. front door opened and aome one en
tered. Thra little Jack's mother called
outs "Whers are you, onny?"
Little Jack did not answer st once, for
h felt that be had been Into mischief, and
shame caused him te wish to put off meet
did not call out. but walled for his mother
to nter the dining room, which h. did
pretty oon, calling to oook; "Where 1
my litti wan. ccokt"
Then Uul Jack waa obliged to com
from the pantry, and with hla head bang
ing, aald: "I'm here, mamma. But but
the Finger fsmily "
He could say nothing more, and waited
till mamma took In th situation. Sh
did so at a glance. Then sh took a peep
at the pantry floor, "and what else did
th. Finger family dot' aha asked In a
very stern vole.
"Painted scm picture In aom books V
admitted Lltlla Jack,
she asked MUo about- It, and she made
him tell her his whole story, ven about
hla box home. And Mr. and Mrs. Stranton
adopted MUo, and ever after .the small child
Dorothy, had a j laymMe,
A Rainy Day.
Cy William Hamilton. Aged T Tears.
Omaha, Neb. ltlue Bide.
Lillian was invited to a party, but her
mother said thst the wind Wis blowing
so hard that aha could hot hold an um
brella up. 1
"W. will have a rarty her.." said bar
mother. "But, mother, who shall wa in
vito?" "W. ean invite tha dolls dear. Tou
can go and dress th. dolls, nd I will
put on my party gown." One of th dolla
had a pink dress, and th. other a blu. one.
Lillian had a long skirt and her hair done
up In a knot on the top of her head.
Mother made some sandwiches all In little
bits of pieces for th. dolls, and Lillian
got out her. little table. After lunch they
played games. When Lillian went to bed,
she said, "Mother I think I had more fun
her. than I would hav. had If I went
away."
A Coon Iltmt.
By Erwln Nielsen. Ar-d 10 Tears. ' Ban
croft, Neb. Blue Bide.
Dear Editor and Busy Bees: I will writ,
my first story today. It was one bright
day in Beptember, when I and two other
boys went bunting for ooon we had no
gun. One boy had an axe and I had a
pitchfork handle, and the other boy had
a club. We hunted a long time and then
lay down to rest, when we heard tha dog
barking. We ran to se. what It was for
and when w. got to him there was nothing
In eight but a bunch of grass. I took my
pitchfork handle and turned the grass
over, and a coon ran out and swam across
a stream to the other side. We went
across and found it. It bit on. dog's leg
and we sent him home. Then we ran th.
coon over the valley and into a pasture,
then, It waa out of the brush and we killed
it, skinned it, and aold the hide. Thla is
a true story.
Finding a Daughter
By May Bertch, Aged 12 Tears, l:37 Pouth
Twenty-fifth Avenue, Omaha. Red filde.
When the western part of the United
States was still settled with Indians a
party of white men went to California to
search for gold. After many weeks of
weary traveling they reached their destina
tion. Having good luck. In three months
they started for home.
One day Just after dark, aa they ram.
in sight of an Indian camp, they beard
cries as If someone waa ln pain. Drawing
nearer, they saw an Indian girl tied to a
post and an Indian man with a club In hla
hand beating her. Mr. Brown rode up
and told him to stop or he would shoot..
Then getting of his horse lie cut the ccrda
that bound the girl. Th men then rods
on and camped about half a mil. away,
The Indians held a council that night and
decided to kill the white men for stopping
their chief from beating the girl. In th.
meantime the Indian girl, thinking the
Indians were planning revenge, crept up
to the tent where they were. When she
found out th. plans her heart stopped beat
ing, then running aa fast as sh. could to
th. whit, men's oamp she told them of
thtlr danger and they got ready to leav
as fast as they could, as they could never
fight th whole tribe of Indiana When
they were ready to go the girl begged them
so take her with them and aald ah. wa
not an Indian, but had been stolen by th
Indians when she waa I years old, and her
name was May Jane Brown. Mr. Brown
clasped his daughter ln bis arm a They all
got safely away.
Ena's Birthday Present
By Helen Macauley, Aged it Tears, Kear
ney, Met). Blue Blue.
"Oh, dear, I'm tired of this i rainy
weather," said En a Handel to Mrs. Handel.
"Well, dear, It does the trees and flow
ers good, but please run and play for I
hav. a headache. Go to the nursery and Ha
down."
Th. Hondela were a very wealthy family,
Mr. Handej being a banker, and they lived
ln. a very nico bouse ln New Tork. .
It was a rainy day and Ena waa so
lonely. - ' " 1
"I'm going to se. what day it Is. Maybe
why It's my tolrthday," she Said out loud,
"and mamma forgot me. Oh," she walled,
running In the nursery and throwing her
self pn the bed. "mamma forgot me and
I'm I years old."
During thla time Mrs. Handel stole In the
nursery-and beard her cries.
"Sh. think I'v. forgotten her birthday."
sh. said to herself. "I'll give her a little
surprise." Ah. stole out of tha house to
the barn. Bh brought out a dear llttl
pony, took It up to the house, upstairs
and Into th nursery. There sh. tied It to
the bedpost,' then sat down t. aee what
would happen. ,
Ena had gon. to aleep. Very soon En
wok. up.
"Oh, mamma." shs screamed, ' "Is tt
mine? My own?"
Te, dear, It's your birthday present
"I thought you had forgotten me, but
you couldn't, could you?" she said patting
ths pony. "Cause I'm your big girl cow.
I'm t years old." shs said.
"I know it. dear," said Mrs. Handel.
"You'll soon b a. big aa I."
The negt birthday ahe got a little cart
Just right for th. pony.
Then mamma and Llttl Jaok went to
th library to see th plctur which bad
been painted In tha books, and lt Is need
less to say that mamma saw several of
the finest volumes of the llbrsry ruined.
Leading Llttl Jack to her own private
room mamma sat down and talked to him.
Half an hour after the confidential talk,
la which mamma pointed cut th fact that
Little Jack h.d been th. real influence
behind th. bad conduct of th Finger
family. It " was agreed that not only
should the Finger family b punished,
but that Master Stomach and Master Lit
tle Jack htroelf-e,U ef him, feet bead,
body should pay penalty fer the mischief
done during mamma's absence, r.-h mem,
ber of the Finger family wag tied up ia
black ragsail sav. th. woundod one,
which waa carefully wrapped In whit
llnen-and tittle Jack ,wea then put to
bed with this sentence: "No dinner to
night, and tomorrow a task of writing th
woida 'Bad Boy' 100 Unit. Not alone must
Finger family suffer, (but their compan
ion ln mischief must suffer wfth hm,
dtcla'ed mamma. And lying here In bla
bed, iunely, hungry Llttl. Jacjc decided be
would never, never allow th Finger fam
ily nor Master Greedy H broach t lead
bin Into mischief agalas