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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1910)
TTTE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 27, 1910. URKAH for the boys! Until H written by the ftirls, but during the last few weeks a large number of boys have joined and most of them are on the Red aide, so that will help considerably, for the Blue side was a little ahead. Some of the boys are from Wyoming and several are from our own state, and a number of Omaha lads are writing for the page. The editor has sixteen stories on hand w ritten by the boys. Some will be printed this week and some next week. Two or three of the children have written that they have typewriters and they with to know If they may send In their stories typewritten. They may send them in either printed or written by hand, whichever they prefer. Some of the Busy Bees forgot and week. Prizes were awarded this week to Rector Searles of the Red side and to Vrda Lambert of the. Blue side. Honorable mention was given to Blanche Ball of the Red side. Special mention should also be made of the story by ).eo Beckord, on the Red side. Any of the Busy Bees may send cards to anyone whose name Is on the Postcard Exchange, which now Includes: ' .Inan 1 Long. Alnsuorth, Neb. Irene McCoy, Bnrnston, Neb. J. Milan Mi;rvln, Heaver Cltv, S b Mabel W itt, Bennington, Neb. Anna Gnttsch. Bennington. .Neb. Minnie Umtftrh, Hennlnyion, Sub. Agnes liampke, Benson. Neb. Mane Gallagher, llenkelrnan, Neb. (Box 12). Ida May. Central City. Neb. Vera Cheney, t'relghton. Neb. louls Halm, David Citv, Neb. Rhea Fr.1del, Povrhesier, Ntb, Aleda Bennett, Klfln. Neb. Kunlce bode. Falls Citv, Neb. Ethel Reed. Fremont. Neb. Hukla LundburK. Fremont. Nib. Mai ion (,'app.H, (ilbson. Neb. Marguerite Bartholomew, Gothenburg, N'eb. Anna Voss, 17 West Churles .Street, Urui.d Island, Neb. Lydla Roth, HOTi West Koenig street. Grand Island, Neb. Ella Voss, 407 West Charles Htreet, GranVl jsnuia, Neu. Irene Costelio, 115 We:-t Kighth street. Urand Island. N'eb Jessie Crawford. 4Vj Grand Island. Neb. Paulina Schultc. iVi Grand Island, Neb. West Charles street, West Fourth street, Martha Murphy. r3 JOast Ninth street, Urand Island. Neb Hugh Hutt. Leshara, Neb. Hester K. Butt, Leshura, Neb. Alice Temple, Lexington, Neb. Kuth Temple, Lexington, Neb. Anna Nellson, Lexinttton. N'eb. Kdytha Kreltz, Lexington, Neb. Marjoiin Temple. Lexington,' Neb. Alice Grassnieyer, 1M5 t; St.. Lincoln, Mailati Hamilton. L'Uia L St., Lincoln, Klsle Hamilton. S2i L St., Lincoln, Irene Lisher. 20TO I. street. Lincoln. Neb. Neb. N'eb. Neb. Hughie Disher. 2C L street. Lincoln. Neb Charlotte Bokr, 227 South Fifteenth street, Lincoln, Neb. Mildred Jensen, 7B Kat Second street, Fremont, Neb. j Helen Johnson, 3:14 South Seventeenth street, Lincoln, Neb. Althea Myers, 224 North Sixteenth street; Lincoln. Neb. Louise .stiles, Lyons, N'eb. F.stolle McDonald. Lyons. Neb. Milton Selzer. Nebraska City, Neb. Harry .Crawford, Nebraska Cily, Neb. Harvey Crawford, Nebraska, City, Neb. Luclle flaxen, Norfolk, Neb. Helen Reynolds. Norfolk. Neb. Letha Larkln, So. Sixth St., Norfolk, Neb. Km ma Marquardt, Fifth street and' Madi son avonne, Norfolk. Neb. Genevieve M. Jones. North Loup, Neb. William Davis. 221 West Third street, North Platte, Neb. Louise Raabe,. 2WW North Nineteenth ave nue, Omaha. Frances Johnson. 023 North Twenty-fifth avenue, Omaha. Marguerite Johnson. 833 North Twenty fifth avenue, Omaha. Kmile brown. 2332 Boulevard, Omaha. Helen Goodrich, 4010 Nicholas St.. Omaha. Mary Brown, 2:522 Boulevard, Omaha.. Kva Hendee, 4402 Dodge street, Omaha. Lillian Wirt, 4158 Cass street, Omaha, EEK-A-BOO was a verv happy little owl, living In a lovely wood where many others of his kind also dwelt. And during the long days Peok-a-Boo slept, and during the lonpr. moonlight nights, he waked and hooted and enjoyed life as does his wise kind. Now, an owl is the bird of wisdom, so we are told. But one day all Peek-a-Boo'g wisdom was of no avail to him. There came strangers Into the wood, big, long-legged strangers, who ;ould ee better by day than by night, and they came while Peek-a-Boo .slept on a limb of a shady tree. And they got hold of Peek-a-Boo and carried him far away from his wood and his tree, and hts own kind. Into a cago they put him, a little house mado of strong wires, so that Peelt-a-Boo was a prisoner. The next thing that Peek-a-Boo knew ho was In a dingy shop, his heart breaking. And there, In the show window of that dingy shop, he was displayed tor sale. All daywhen he most loved to seek a shady pot In his tree, and to sleep, he was under the glaring light that poured In through the window, and countless eyes human eyes peered In at him. And strange sounds mingled with the strange sights made him afraid. An4 little would lie eat for ever and ever so long a time. But gradually starvation overcame him and he began to devour the blta of raw meat thrown to him, but with out relish. The truth Is, Peek-a-Boo was a wise little owl, and he hoped to be able om day to break from his prison and to wing his way to his beloved home In the weet, wild wood, where, among lila own kind once more he would live the life In tended by the Creator of all things that lie should live. So, In order to keep strength, he ate of the food given to him. And then, one day cam a man to th window. And he paused and looked at Peek-a-Boo. "Ah. that would be a gooft advertisement for my store," said the younr man to himself. 'I'll B0 In and price the fellow." So Into the bird and dog and small animal shop went the young man, and after a time he cam out again carrying in his hand fie cage which held poor Peek-a-Boo. Down the street he hur. rled. and pretty soon Pee,k-a-Boo beheld a freat big place with pictures of owls ovr the door. And a huge stuffed owl stood on a sholf In th window, and the place wai called "The Owt Shop." It was a siiihII hop of Home kind where goods were sold. As for the kind of goods, that didn't mat ter to Pek-a-Boo. It only mattered that his heart was still very, very sad. and his homesickness was getting the better of htm. In Th Owl Shop wer many clerks, amonr them a boy who had a certain sympathy for prisoners. His father had been ent to prison on a false charge, and the boy's llf had been made very unhappy over It. and his mother's heart broken and their home destroyed, all by the faUe charge against the Innocent husband and father. But the boy still worked to support his mother and him self, though nil heart was heavy. And when Peek-a-Boo was brought In that day and his cage hung In the window to attract customers' attention, he felt sorry for him. "Another Innocent prisoner," said the oy. "Poor little bird, what has he ever don A Little "Show Owl" By Helena Davis. P v V c. ; recently most of the stories have boen wrote on both sides of the paper this Lewis Poff, 31tfi Franklin street, Omaha, ack Coad, 3, IS Farnam street, Omaha. .,tj-MeU Kuf, 1814 blnney sueet, Omaha. .Mianlta Innes. 2769 Fort street, Omaha. .Meyer Conn, k4! Georgia avenue, Omolia. ..da Morris. S424 Franklin street, Omaha. Myrtle Jensen, 2909 Izard street, Omaha. Orrln Fisher, 1210 P. Kleventh St., Omaha. Mildred IOrickson, 2709 'Howard St., Omaha. Oscar Krlckson. 2709 Howard St., Omaha. Gail Howard. 4722 Capitol avenue, Omaha. Helen ilouck, t25 Lothrop street, Omaha. Kmetsin Goodrich, 01 Nicholas, Omaha. Maurice Johnson, 1027 Locust St., Omaha, Leon Carson, 1124 North Fortieth, Omaha. l'auline Coud. 3718 Fnrnani street. Omaha. VVIlma Howard, 4722 Clpltol avenue, Omaha. Itllih FiMier, 1210 South Kleventh, Omaha. Mildred Jensen, 2707 Lenvenwortli, Omaha. Edna Heden, 2789 Chicago street, Omaha. Mabel Shelfelt. 4!U4 North Twenty-fifth street, Omaha. Waiter Johnson, 2105 North Twentieth street. Omaha. Emma Carruthers, 3211 North Twenty-fifth I street, Omaha. Uretchen Eastman, 136 South Thirty eighth street, Omaha. Leonora Denison, The Albion, Tenth and Pacific streets, Omaha. Mae Hammond. O'Neill, Neb. Madge L. Daniels. Ord. Neb. Zola Beddeo, Orleans, Neb. Agies Richmond, Orleans. Neb. Marie Fleming. Osceola, Neb. Lotta Woods, Pawnee City, Neb. Karl Perkins, Reddlngton, Neb. Kdna Enis, Stanton. Neb. !ena Peterson. 2211 Locust St., K. Omaha. Ina Carney, Sutton, Clay county, Clara Miller, irtlca. Neb. Nebraska, Mildred F. Jones, North Loup, Neb. Aiia vviiKn. waco, PseD. Le: Beckord, Waco. Neb. Mae Grunke, West Point, Neb. Klsle Btajny, Wilber, Neb. Frederick Ware, Wlnslde. Neb. Paulina Parka, York, Neb. Kdna Behllng, York, Neb. Mary Frederick. York, Neb. Carrie B. Bartlett. Fontanelle, la. Irene Reynolds, Little Sioux, la. Kthel Mulholland. Box 71, Malvern, la, Kleanor Mellor, Malvern, la. Katherlne Mellor, Malvern, la, Ruth Robertson, Manilla. Ia. Mildred Robertson, Manilla, la. Margaret B. Witherow, Thurman, lau Bertha McEvoy. R. F. D. 3. Box 26, Mis souri Valley, la. Henry i. Worklnger, care Sterling- Remedy company, Attica. Ind. Adlena Sorry. Monarch. Wyo. Box 82. r rea torry, Monarch. Wyo. Pearl Barron, Monarch, Wyo. John Barron, Monarch, Wvo. Kdlth Amend, Sheridan, Wyo. Pauline Squire, Oraitfd, Okl. Fred Shelley, 210 Troup street. Kansas v-ity, mo. Mary Mcintosh, Kidney, Neb. Nellie Dledrick, Sidney, Neb. Eunice Wright, M2i North Logan street, Fremont, Neb. that he should be derived of his liberty? 1 feel so sorry for him, and If I can, I shall liberate him." But the days passpd and passed and still little Peek-a-Boo remained in prison, an ob ject of pity, truly. One day a lot of other little owls were brought Into the shop and four of them put Into the cage beside Peek-a-Boo. One of them was placed In either corner. Bilt they were not live owls; they were Just toy owls. Oh, the misery of this to Peek-a-Boo! When he first saw the little owls put Into his prison he thought them allle, and a great leap of Joy came into his little body. But the Instant he touched one of them the truth came to him like a blow. They were not like his feathered friends of the wood. And so he sat knd looked down upon the toy things day lafter day, and they, poor inanimate things, sat and stared without seeing Into tho out-of-doors. And people came along and laughed to see four toy owls that re sembled so closely the one real owl that moved and batted his poor eyes. One of the worst trials which Peek-a-Boo had to suffer was the constant electric light that shone in his face all night and the strong sunlight which poured In all day. HAPPIER THAT HK THOUGHT IT Po OUT OB" THE SHOP. lYME OfL J' 1 A Strong TIE little black watch dog Is fierce and strong; He carefully watches the house all day long; And calmly he sits, and never stirs he, for he Is a castlron puppy, you see. ills face is so natural that tramps won't come near, For he is the kind of dog that they al fear; And If they but glimpse him they coma back no more, For they don't want to meet the watch dog at the door. RULES FOR YOUNG WRITERS 1. Write plainly on one side of ths paper only and, number the pares. a. Use pen and Ink, not pencil a. Snort and pointed articles will be given preference. JJo not use oyer 850 word. 4. Original stories or letters only will be used. 6. Write your name, age and ad dress at the top of the first par. First and second prise of books will be flTen for the best two con tributions to this par each week. Address all communications to CKELBXEZTS DI7ABTHEHT, Omaha, Be. (First Prlie) The King of Fire. By Rector Sparle, Aped IS Years, Ogalalla, Neb. Red Bide. One time Ralph came home from a ride lh the automobile, very cold. He was cross, besides. After supper he went as close to the stove as he could. He soon fell asleep. He dreamt that he got so cold that he could not move. At last he could move around a little and he got up and put in more wood and coal, but did not get warm. He kept putting in more and more wood and coal until the stove became red hot. All of a sudden the stove gave a great puff and the door flew open. A little man stepped out. He Introduced him self as "Fire Fairy" or "The King of Fire." He asked Ralph If he would like to visit the sun. Ralph said he would if it was warm there. The little man said it was and for htm to come 'along. So into the stove they got and up, up they went right through a mile of electric lights, and on to a palace. When they went into the palace they met some of Ralph's chums. They danced, sung and had the best time, Ralph said he had ever had In his life. After the amusements were over they had refreshments. Then he heard the little man call, "Ralph, it's time to get up." He never had any darkness, and you know that all creatures need a certain amount of darkness. If It had not been so, our all-wise Creator would not have given us the night. So Peek-a-Boo was robbed of one of the things most necessary to his being, the darkness of night. And all the time, the boy clerk was watching poor Peek-a-Boo. And he could read In the little owl's big, solemn eyes the story of the heartbreaking, his longing to be free again. And day by day the boy '"""''efed how it could be planned to get htm away. But a very happy day was In store for the boy. One evening when he went home his mother ran to greet him, laughing and weeping for very Joy. His father had been pardoned from the prison. The guilty maji had confessed on his death-bed to the crime his father was being punished for. 6IBLE TO BE, HE WALKED BRAVELY jL.iywji Watch Dog 1 'Ff (Second Prize.) Where Fairies Got Their Magic By Vada Lambert, Aaed 10 Years, Auburn, Neb. Blue Side. Ixng, long ago, Valrles had no magic. All the good done by them was the good we can do. Ono day the powerful sun king sent messages that two sunbeams had been lost on their way to the earth, and who ever found them would have granted their greatest wish. Many tried, but failed. At last, Queen Violet made up her mind to search. After a long and tiresome hunt, she found them. You cannot imagine her Joy In finding them. When they reached the beautiful sun palace Queen Violet wont to the throne room to tell her news. Then the king- asked her what her wish might be. She replied: "My greatest wish Is that my subjects and myself may have magic so we can do more good than now. So to do the tilings impossible without it." "Granted." said the king. "In awakening in the following morn you will find your selves riftod with magic." How happy was pretty Queen Violet who hurried home to tell of her good luck. As the king had said when awakening they were able to do the good they had wished for. So this Is the way fairies got their magic with which they can do such wonderful things. (Honorable Mention.) The Disagreeable Ant. By Blanch Ball, Aged 11 years, West Twenty-Second street, Kearney, Neb.. Red Side. The ants were planning on having a ball on Washington's birthday. They were going to have it In the queen's palace, where everything was so nice. One little ant did not believe In dances and wished to make everybody else dis agreeable, so he wrote some invitations to his friends, which said: "We request the pleasure of your pres ence at a party at Homer Son's, February 22, at 8 o'clock. "Come to this Instead of the dance." He had told some of his friends about it and they told others to go to the dance, and now all would be happiness again. The father would return to them within a few days, and he had written to say that they would all go far, far away and begin life all over again. Oh, what a happy day this was for the boy! But on the 'follow ing morning, as he entered the shop, the eyes, solemn and sad, of little Peek-a-Boo looked at htm, and they seemed to say: "When you are gone I shall have no friend In the world!" And the boy decided he must let Peek-a-Boo out of prison before he went to his own happiness. That Saturday his week would be fin ished, and he would give notice to his em ployer that ha would work for him no longer, as he was going with his parents to another town far distant. So he decided upon a plan. He wrote an appealing note to hts employer, begging him to set Peek-a-Boo free, to let him, the boy, carry htm back to the woods where he belonged. He offered as payment for the owl his weekly wage of $10. The note was written from the very depths of his sympathetic heart, and when the employer read It ho was deeply touched. Maybe, after all, It was not right to keap the little owi In prison. And he set to thinking seriously, and when the boy asked for his answer concerning1 Peek-a-Boo, he said: "Jones, you ar an unusual boy. I feel that you are right. Perhaps your own deep sorrow has made you moro alive to the sorrow of other creatures. I will allow you to take Peek-a-Boo to the woods and turn him loos. The stuffed owl and the little artificial ones will do for show-window purposes. And never mind about the price you of fered me to liberate the bird. You. have earned your money and I could sell the owl's liberty to you. You need the money for yourself and mother. But I can afford to lose the amount I paid for the blrd-if I may call It lost. In the end I think I shall be gaining something the lesson of mercy and Justice." ' The boy's face was so full of happiness that It was a good siprht to behold, and for the first time during their business associa tion the employer grasped the clerk's hand and Bhook it warmly. "You'll get on in the world ail right, young fellow," he said. "One who wants to let live a well as live will have friends everywhere he goes. Good luck to you, Jours, and good luck to little Peek-a-Boo and may he find his family wherever they are. You may take him to the woods whenever you care to." The boy took down the cage and, hap r th ui he thought It possible to be, he walked bravely out of tho shop. And at home he found his father waiting for him. And the reunion at his home that night was too sacred for us to look in upon. And In the darkness of a little room Peek-a-Boo rested, enjoying the black shadows of night and feeling In his wise little head that tomorrow all would b well again for him. And It was. as Homer was so disagreeable. Th day at last came and Homer had his wife clean up everything. But when the clock struck nine, there was no one there and Homer was very much disappointed. The next day h asked his friends why they didn't come and they said, "because you were trying to spoil a good time, and besides you must always have a good time on Washington's birthday. How Arthur Saw the Circus. By Leo Beckord, As 13 years, Waco, Neb. Rid Side. For the last tnonth Arthur had looked at the circus posters on barns close to the rood every time he went to town. He had heard that they gave passes to the people for letting them paste pictures on their buildings, but Arthur's father's barn was too far from the road, so the circus agents did not put posters on their barn. Arthur hoped to earn enough money to go to the circus, but his father had been sick and he had to help at home. The day of the circus came, but Arthur hadn't earned any money jet. All the other boys were going to the circus, but Arthur took Ms fishing pole and started for the lake. There wa quick sand "along the eastern shore so he had to be careful not to get In It. He got Into his boat and started to row away from shore when he heard a large crash behind him In the bushes and a shrill strange cry. He turned and saw a huge elephant coming Into view. His trunk was curled and his white tusk gleaned against the green back ground and his eyes danced wickedly. He hnd seen the young fisherman before he showed him self, for he was haded for him. Arthur paddled for dear life for the ani mal was In the water after him. He headed the boat up the lake for the east shore. Hardly had he reached the shore when he Jumped out and climbed a tree near by. The elephant came up and started to drink as Arthur thought, but before he knew what was up the elephant was throw ing water at him. The elephant kept this up for a time, when he sent tin a shrill cry of terror for he was stuck and slnkinr In the quick sand. Arthur got down and ran for home. On the way home a boy told him that the largest circus elephant had got away and there was a reward of $10 to the person that found him. Arthur saw a clown and a crowd coming and ie told them his story. They went and got the elephant out of the aand. Arthur was given A ticket to the show and was $10 richer than any boy In town. (A new Busy Bee.) A True Story About Pet Oats. By Mildred Wohlford. Aged 8 Years, Omaha, Neb.. Red Side. One day I brought home a pretty little gray and white kitten. She grew to be a large cat and raised one little kitten Just like herself. In about six months she had five more, another one like herself and two maltene and two tiger kitten When they were big enough to give away I kept the two tigers and gave the rest away and after a while I sent grandma the mother cat and the last kitten that was like her. So now I have the tiger kittens and they are growing very fat. . Florence's Valentine. By Carol Simpson, Aged 10 Years, Wilber, Neb. Red Side. Florence was a little girl who lived with her father and mother in a little town called Osborn. Florence was 9 years old and was In the fourth grade. One day sh cam runnlnr In. "Oh, mamma," she cried, "Miss Poter has said we are to have a Valentine box, and I am so happy." The next day. she made a little red valentine and a green one, and quite a few others. When Valentine day came she received ten. In the afternoon she was sitting in her little rocking chair out on the front porch, when she saw a little boy coming towards her. He was holding something brown and tiny in his hands. "Want a valentine?" he called out to her. "What have you got?" asked Florence. He put it in her hand, and It said "cockadoodle doo," and there was a little bantam rooster. Florence liked this kind of a valentine better than all the others, and I would, too; wouldn't you. Philip's Valentine Party. By Ronald O. Wyckoff, Ex-King. Aged 11 Years, Wilber, Neb. Red Side. Philip and his mother lived all alone. They were poor folks. They did not live very far from the school house. Monday morning when Philip woke tip he said to himself: "I wonder if I will get any valentines today? And I am too poor to buy any for the children." So when he got dressed he ate his break fastwhat little they had. When he fin ished his breakfast he rot his books and started to school. On his way he met a boy coming with an Invitation for a party. This boy's name was William Brown. HLi parents were wealthy. When Philip read it, he started to school feeling very happy to think he was Invited to the party. The party was to b from 3 o'clock to 5 o'clock. When Philip went home to dinner he showed his mother the Invitation. Philip went to school In the afternoon. When school was out Philip and the other boys started to tho party. When they got there the boys played games until they were ready to eat. Thy had oranges, pickles, cookies, etc. The cookies and everything were cut Into hearts. When they were through eating they played blind hian and the one that stuck a pin In the center of the heart won a prize and a nice big vnlentine, too. So Philip stuck the pin in the center of a heart. PhiKp won a box of bonbons and tome valentlnfs. Philip went home feeling happy once more. Frank's Dream. By Gcorgo Nicholson. King Bee. Aged 13 Years, Abbot, Neb. Red Side. One day a boy named Frank was reading. He fell asleep and he was dreaminr about fid rite and that he was in fairyland and was going to see the falrj queen at her palace. He went to her polacs In an auto mobile that flew up In the air and as he went along he saw lots of flowers. When he got to the queen's palace he saw a lot of other fairies there. When the queen saw- Frank she showed him all over her palaco and when Uriiik had seen all the palace the queen showed him all tho land that belonged to the fairies. As they wer golnr along Frank saw a lut of fairy children going to school. He stopped at the school house and ho taw all the scholars. He thought that they learned their lessons easy. After th fairy queen and Frank had atoped at th school house for a while they went farther on. Frank asked the queen if h could slay In fairyland all the time. The queen told him that h could stay if he wanted to. Frank said he would stay. Frank often went to sa th school. At that momont Frank woke up to find that It had all been a dream. He said that he wished It had been true. Prank told his mother about his dream anil she aid It might come true. A Kind Deed. By Bruce Taylor, Aged 11 Years, Abbot. Neb. Blue Side. There once lived a boy named Andy Baker. He lived In th state of Nebraska and his father was very rich, and Andy was wry selfish and wry cruel to animals. Not very far from wher Andy lived waa a poor boy named Jack Brown, and h had a dog. One day Andy saw Jack's dor walking along throad and Andy thought he would shoot It. So he got his gun and was about to shoot when he saw Jack coming, so he walked off, but Jack anW htm, but he did not say anything. Not long after that Jack and his dog wera walking along the banks of a river when he heard a rhout for help a little way up stream and turning a bend he saw Andy hanging on a boat that had upset. Andy could not swim and he would have drowned if It had not been for Jack, who said to his dog: "Go fetch him." The do plunged into the water and swam to Andy and grabbed his collar between his teeth and swam to shore. So the dog that Andy was going to shoot saved his life. A True Story. By Verdon Iegfrett, Aired 13 Years, Buf falo, Wyo. Red Side. One time three boys and myself went up In the mountains to camp for a week. There were the two Iott boys and my brother and myself. We got a man who was hauling lumber from the sawmill to take us up. We got up there and fixed ramp up and? then It was time to go to bed. We rolled In and woke up early the next morning and got up and cooked breakfast. When w got through we washed our dishes and went fishing. We all caught some fiah and had some of them for din ner and some for supper. There was a little branch of the creek ran right down past oamp and we put our things In the water to keep them from rut ting too warm. One part of the day we would be on the mountain rolling stones down and the other part fishing. The squirrels would come up and eat the scraps. They would hide thorn Just below camp. One night Howard Lott and I started for town at 8 o'clock. We knew thero would be company the next day and wo needed a few things. We got there at 10 o'clock. It was seven miles from town. George Washington. By DeLoma lumbers. Aged 12 Years, Auburn, Neb. Blue Side. George Washington was born February 22, 1732, in Virginia. When he was only 11 years old his father died. He liked to play he was a soldier. His brother Lawrence was an officer In the British army and George was very proud of him In his fine uniform and often drilled his little friends and played he was captain like his brother. When he became a young man he waa a surveyor. He fought in the French and Indian war and had a narrow escape from being killed as four bullets passed through his coat. When the revolutionary was broke out ho was appointed chief comman der of tho American army. After the war was over he went to his home1 at Mount Vernon. But h did not stay there . long, because in 1789 he was fleeted the first president of the United States. He served two terms and was berged to serve a third, bat he refused. In December 1799 he was out in a severe storm and took sick. He died at Mount Vernon In 1799, much loved and honored. The Cave. 3y George Gooa. Age 11 years, Plalnview, Neb. Red Side. Once there were fo-jr boys and their names were Harry, John, Howard and Ray. Harry and John were brothers and How ard ana Ray were brothers. They wanted to build a cave in the hill and they ask their father If they could and he said, "yes." So they built the cave. One day Harry and Howard were going home from school and they thought that they would stop and play a little while. The boys had to crawl on their hands and knees to got Into the cave. When they got In they saw a man In It, the man tied them to a post and took their things away from them. Then he ran away. A little while after John and Ray were going by the cave when they heard a cry for help. Then they went In and saw their brothers tied to a post. They untied them and asked how they got tied up. Harry and Howard told them. The boy did not play In the cava again, but filled It up with dirt. The boys never saw th man again. An Adventure of Some Chickens By Panic Hufumlth, Aged 9 Years, Creighton, Neb. Blue Bid. There were two children who lived on a farm. Their names were Helen and Lulu. Their father had an old hen that had Bom little chick. Helen and Lulu thought they would go out and see th little chicks. Suon they were in the barn yard. Tills hen that had some little chicks was very cross and would not let anybody pick up her llttlo chickens. The children being very smul! each took a llttlo chicken up In Picture Puzzle he FIND THR FlVK LITTLE HNOW BOTH WHO ARE SONS OF MR. DNOWMAJi, their hand and begnn to pet them. Th old hen turned around and saw that tft children had the chickens and began fv chuch and pick at them and as I told you, the children being very small ran up to their house and went In. You can Imagine how frightened they were. Andy By Marvin Trinnler, Ac years, Sidney, Neb. Med Sid. It wis nesr St. Valentin' day when Andy Gordon began to think h would not get any Valentines. Andy Gordon waa a poor boy, who had ta sell papers for a living. He had not had rood luck. His mother had little money to send Andy to school. His mother waa a poor widow, whose husband had left her but llttl money. Andy waa only an Infant when his father died. Andy's teacher was going to have a Valen tine box, so Andy'a mother said hs might ro to school. At last St. Valentine's day came. In th morning Andy got up early and dressed. Whan Andy's mother rot up Andy had th fire built ready for his mother to rt breakfast. After breakfast Andy went to school. He waa surprised to find that he wns the first on In th school room. II found his teacher busy at her desk. Andy got down at his desk and rot hla lessons for the morning. Thera waa going to be a piiz given for the best one that day. At noon Andy went home and got hi dinner and then went back to school. After recess all the children wr anxious to Bee who got the prize. Andy waa surprised to recelv th prise. It was a valentine. When they opened the Valentine box Andy rot many other little Valentlnfs. When Andy rot horn hla mother waa glad to hear that her son rot the prise. That night Andy went to bed with a happy heart. Abraham Lincoln's Boyhood. Keith Klmere, Aged 10 Years, 1903 Cass Street, Omaha, Neb. Red Ride. Abraham Lincoln was born In a rud lor cabin In Kentucky. The cabin did not have a floor, the earth served for that. II was born on th 12th of February, ISO. Ills father waa a farmer; a very lazy man, too. He couldn't write hla own name. His mother was a very nice woman. Sh did everything sha could to teach little Abe. Abe'a sister wa two years older than he. She helped her mother In every way she could and was a bright girl for her are. Their food was potatoes and corn bread, and th meat they rot from th wild arff mals. Their clothes war mad out of leather; all except their shirts, which were made of Unsy-woolsy. Th work, wa hard, and llttl Abe had to work, too. He would run along behind his father's plow and drop the seed In th furrows. They moved to Indiana when Ab was 7 years old, because hi father thourht there was better aoll there. They traveled in a wagon train, which was hard and dangerous, but llttl Ab thought great aport They crossed the Ohio river on a raft. Mr. Lincoln could not manag his raft, and It upset. He saved some of his roods; these he left with a sister till he cam after them. When they got to where Mr. Lincoln had chosen, he built a half-faced camp. It had no windows, doors or fire plac. It had skins stretched across the front of th camp. , After they had lived In this place $5ir one year, Mr. Lincoln built them a better cabin. For chairs they had slab stools, for a table a lor cut In two, resting upon four legs. The bed was made in one corner of the house, and they would make a kind of a frame wtth a forked stick In the ground. Then they would put Backs of leaves on ropes stretched across the frame. Abraham Lincoln had but few books. What he did get he read over and over again. His mother died when he was 10 years old. I think that people ought to try.' even if they are poor. Abraham Lincoln was poor, but he wa determined to try, and he succeeded. He became one of the great est men that the United States ever had. A Burro Ride By Inex Hoole, Aged IS Years, Benkieman, Neb. Red Side. Last summer, when we were In Colorado, my uncle and cousin, Esther, wer visiting us. One day we decided to fa out tu Seven Falls. We rod on the car six miles. Then we mounted burros, which carried ua to the foot of the falls, and then w went up the steps. When we rot to the top we were hunrry, so w ate our dinner, and about five burros crowded around us; they wanted to have soma dinner, too. On of them cam to my brother and snatched hla bread out of his hand. My cousin Esther had her kodak with hr and ah took our pictures on a big rock out la th stream. Then wa played on the std of the moun tain until wa were tired and started for home. When we reached the foot of th falls we mounted th burros again. MV uncle and my -year-old brother wer on one burro. Thli burro bucktd and nearly threw them off. Esther and I got our burros started rolng o fast that w could not atop them, o wa soon reached th stand, and that ndd our burro rids. We have recently moved to a ranch from 1 the city. I have no playmates out her, and so I have beoorne interested In '"I hit Children's Department" of Th Be, as It comes to the ranch every day. A Kind Lady By Ros Kennedy, Nebraska City, Neb, Red Hide. There was once a very poor girl, wboi mother was dead, and her father was vary cruel to her. He made her ro out Into th streets and aell a lot of trinkets. H did not r'v her any money sh mad, but spent It all on himself. On day this rtrl was rolng alonr th stieet when a lady stopped ber and bought something from her. She looked vary sweat and kind. The next day th girl saw th same lady, and this tlm she stopped and talked to her. "What Is your name, my child," sh asked, "and why do you look ao sad?" "Helen Brown," answered the girl. "My mother la dead and my father treats ma very cruel. He does not ive any of th money I make, but keeps it all for himself, end I need f pair of shoe very badly." "Com into this store and I will gt you some shoes and also a cloak " "oh, thank you vary much; you ar so kind to me." "Never mind, dear, I will always b kind to every llttl girl Ilk you." In a few day Helen father took alok and died. Hearing this, th kind lady adopted Hln and was ever after a kind, loviiif rrwtbtr to her..