TTTE OMAHA' SUNDAY BEE: AUOURT 2$. 1910.
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BUSY BEK3 are returning, many of them, from pleasant vacation trips,
and, no doubt, have many Interesting stories to tell of the summer's
happenings. The other Busy Bees would like to hear all about the
vacation trlDS and all about the happening.
Frequently those who Btay at home
Let us hear those, too.
tell.
Jin short, since It Is so near the
clearing house of vacation stories and
the opening of school.
One of the former queens of the
been visiting friends In Omaha. Her
The prizes this week were awarded to Helen Ilutton, Red aide; Pauline
Swoboda, Blue side, and Viola Anderson, also Blue side.
Any of the Busy Bees may send cards to anyone whose name la on the
Postcard Exchange, which now. Includes:
Jean I'e Txng, Alnaworth, Neb.
Irene McCoy, Bsrnston, Neb.
Lillian Mervln, Weaver City, Neb. '
Mabel Witt. Kernlntfton, Neb.
Anna Uottsch. Bennington, Neb.
Minnie Uotlach, Bennington. Neb.
Agnea Iiampkk, Benaon, Neb.
Marie Gallagher, Henkelman. Neb. (liox 12).
Ida May, Central City, Neb.
Vera Cheney, Crelghtnn, Neb.
Iouls Hahn, David City. Neb.
Rhea Freldell, Dorchester, Neb.
Aleda BenneU, Klgln. Neb.
Ktinlce Bode, Fall City. Neb.
Ethel Reed, Fremont, Neb.
Hulda Lundburg, Fremont, Neb.
Marlon Capps. Olbaon. Neb.
Marguerite Bartholomew, Gothenburg, Neb.
Anna Voaa, 447 Waal Charlea street Grand
Ialand, Neb.
Lydla Roth, 606 Wait Koenlg street. Grand
Jalend. Neb.
Ella Voaa, 407 Went Charlea street. Grand
laland. Neb.
Irene Coatello; 115 West Eighth street.
Grand Ialand, Neb.
Jeaate Crawford, 4o Weat Charlea atreet.
Grand laland. Neb.
Pauline Schulte, Deadwood. P. D.
Martha Murphy, 21 East Ninth street.
Grand Inland. Neb.
Hugh Rutt. Lenhare, Neb.
Heater F. Rutt, Leahaia, Neb.
Al ee Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Ruth Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Anna Nellaon, Lexington, Neb.
Kdythe Krelta. Lexington, Neb.
Marjorle Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Alice Grasrmever, U46 U atreet, Lincoln.
Marian Hamilton, 2029 L atreet,' Lincoln.
Klale Hamilton, 20"9 L atreet, Llncolo.
Irene DiHher, 2030 L street, Lincoln.
Hughie Duller, 2030 L atreet, Lincoln.
Charlotte Boggs, 227 South Fifteenth street.
Lincoln.
Mildred Jensen, 70S East Second street,
Fremont, Neb.
Helen Johnaon, J34 South Seventeenth
street, Lincoln.
Aithea Myers, 224 North Sixteenth street,
Lincoln.
Loutae Stiles, Lyons, Neb.
Katells McDonald, Lyons, Neb.
Milton Selser, Nehraaka City. Neb.
Harry Crawford. Nebraska City, Nab.
Harvey Crawford, Nebraska City, Neb.
Luclle Hazen, Norfolk. Nub.
Helen Reynolds, Norfolk, Neb.
Lethe parkin, South Sixth street, Nor
folk, Neb.
Emma Marquardt, Fifth street and Madi
son avenue, Norfolk. Neb.
Genevieve M. Jones, North Loup, Neb.
William Davis. 221 West Third street.
North Platte, Neb.
Louisa Raabe, North Nineteenth ave
nue, Oman i.
Francea Johnson, 931 North Twenty-fifth
venue, Omaha.
Marguerite Johnaon, 933 North Twenty
fifth avenue, Omaha.
Emtle Brown, 2522 Boulevard, Omaha.
Helen Goodrich, 4011 Nicholas street,
Omaha.
Mary Brown, t3!3 Boulevard, Omaha.
Eva Hendee, 4402 Dodge atreet, Omaha,
Lillian Wirt, 4168 Caas street, Omaha.
Lewis Poff, 3116 Fianklln street, Omaha.
Juanlta Innes, 2769 Fort street, Omaha.
Baasett Ruf. 1814 Blnnev atreet, Omaha.
Meyer Cohn. K4ti Georgia avenue. Omaha.
Helen F. Douglas, 1981 G street. Lincoln.
Ada Morris. 'M4i Franklin street, Omaha,
Myrtle Jenaen, 2909 Isard street, Omaha.
Orrln Ftaher, 1210 9. Eleventh St., Omaha.
N an Island In a far-off sett there
lived a family by the name of
Pandons. There were Jacob Pan
dons, head of the household;
M.iria Pandons, his wife, and
Suaan Pandons, their daughter.
And one more of the blood was a member
of the Pandon's household, though he was
classed with the servants and was kept
as a mere slave. He wus Richard Pan
dons, orphan nephew to Jacob Pandons.
After Richard Pandons (aged 12 years)
came to live with his uncle he soon dis
covered that his lot henceforth waa to
iba that of a menial. But he could not
run away from his cruel uncle and more
cruel aunt on account of his poverty. Not
one farthing did the child possess, and as
i ha was a stranger In a strange lnnd having
come from a country fur to the north of the
lsland-hoine of his uncle he felt helpless
in his new position as boy-of-all work in Ms
uncle's family. His uncle was a very' rich
man, having swindled the people round
bout him out of all their land, till now-at
the time of Oils story he owned the half
of the Island. And all his land lay along
a deep, fertile valley, surrounded by high
lands far less tillable than his own rich
acres. And to the uplands he had driven
the neighboring farmers till now not one
remained in the fertllo valley of which he
had robbed them. About his v.t estates
he kept many helpless slave, and It was
their work to keep out the farmers, who,
realising from time to time that they had
been dishonestly dispossessed of their lands,
tried to reinstate themselves in the valley.
But. Jacob 1'anduns' sluves were well
trained in the use of weapons, and at their
master's bidding stayed the dls-poaseased
farmers whenever a fresh band of them
tried to regain their former rightful hold
ings. And as poor orphan Richard worked
about the castle or In the fields of his
uncle ha became acquainted with the tat
ter's rascality. And each day his heart
grew heavier and heavier, more In sym
pathy for the poor people whom his uncle
hail robbed than In pity for himself, though
lila own lot wa very, very hard to bear.
In one tart of the valley lay a great
placid lake, surrounded by splendid treea
and grape vines. It Mas Ktchard's duty
to go to the Jake aide to gather fresh
grains from the heavily laden vines, thus
to supply his uncle's table with grapes,
y e 7 hn ha went to gather a
have quite as Interesting stories to
first day of sehool, we'd like) to have a
get ready to record our Impressions of
Busy Beea, Miss Hulda Lundberg, baa
home Is In Fremont.
Mildred Krlrkson, 70 Howard Ft., Omaha,
Oacar Erickson. 2907 Howard St.. Omaha.
Gail Howard, 4722 Capitol avenue, Omaha.
Helen Houck, litis Lothrop street, Omaha.
Kmeraon Goodrich. 4010 Nicholas, Omaha.
Maurice Johnson, 1027 Locuat St., Omaha.
Lewii Carson, 1124 North Fortieth, Omaha.
Wilms Howard. 4722. Capitol avenue, Omaha
Hllah Fisher. 1210 South Eleventh, Omaha.
Mildred Jenaen, 2707 Leavenworth, Omaha,
Kdna Heden. 27fi Chicago street. Omaha.
Mater Rhelfelt. 4914 North Twenty-fifth
street. Omaha.
Walter Johnaon, 2405 North Twentieth
street, Omaha.
Emma Carruthers, S211 North Twenty-fifth
street, Omaha.
Leonora Dentaon, The Albion, Tenth and
Pacific streets, Omai.a.
Mae Ha.mn.ond, O'Neill, Neb.
Madge L. Daniels, Ord, Neb.
Zola Beddeo, Orleans, Neb.
Agnes Richmond, Orleans, Neb.
Marie Fleming. Osceola, Neb.
Lotta Woods, Pawnee City, Neb.
Eaii Perkins, Reddington. Neb.
Edna Knls, Stanton, Neb. '
Lena Peterson, 2211 Locuat St, B. Omaha,
Ina Carney. Sutton. Clay county, Nebraska.
Clara Miller, Utlca, Neb.
Mildred F. Jones, North Loup, Neb.
Aita Wllken. Waco, Neb.
Leo Beckord. Waco, Neb.
Mae Grunke, Weat Point, Neb.
F.lale Stasny, Wliber. Neb.
Frederick Ware, Wtnetde. Neb.
Pauline Parks, York. Neb.
Edna Behling. Tork. Neb.
Mary Frederick. York, Neb.
Carrie B. Bartlett, Fontanelle, la
Irene Reynolds, Little Sioux, la.
Ethel Mulholland. Bos 71, Malvern, la,
Eleanor Mellor, Malvern, la.
Katherlne Mellor, Malvern, la.
Ruth Robertson, Manilla, la.
Margaret B. Wltherow, Thurman, la. -
Bertha MoKvoy. R. F. D. I, Box 26, Mis
souri Valley, la.
Henry L. Worklnger, Xi W. Huron street,
Chicago.
Adlene Sorry, Monarch, Wyo., Box O.
Fred Sorry, Monarch, Wyo.
Pearl Rarron, Monarch, Wyo.
John Barron, Monarch, Wyo.
Edith Amend, Sheridan, Wyo.
Pauline Squire. Grand, Okl.
Fred Shelley, 230 Troup street. Kansas
City. Mo.
Mary Mcintosh, Sidney, Neb.
Nellie Dledrick, Sidney, Neb.
Eunice Wright, (32 North Logan atreet,
Fremont, Neb.
Carol Simpson. Wllher, Neb.
Phyllis Haag, 32 West Seventeenth Street,
York, Neb.
Macile Moore, Silver City, la.
Mabel Houston. SOU Sherman avenue,
Omaha.
Dorothy Tolleson. 434t North Thirty-eighth
street. Omaha.
Mabel Baker, Lander. Wyo.
Corlnne Allison Robertson,- Wilber, Neb.
Elisabeth Wright. 1322 South Thirty-fifth
avenue, Omaha.
Marion Staples, 1X11 South Thirty-first
street, Omaha.
Francis A. Dotson, Pueblo, Colo
Phyllis Corbett. Sidney, Neb.
Edward Heckard. Waco. Neb. i
Ellen Peterson, Fifty-first and C streets,
Omaha.
Harry Renting, 123 East First street. Grand
Island, Neb.
The Magic Tree, a Fairy
BY MAUD WAX, XX &.
basket of the luscious fruit he found sev
eral half-grown boys there in advance
of himself. And they were filling huge
baskets and carts with the fruit When
they beheld Richard they bowed In a
friendly way and one of them spoke:
"We are the sons of the farmers on tha
uplands, and we have crept here unseen
by Jacob Pandons' guards and are gath
ering the fruit, which, by right belongs
to us. We take It that you are a young
slave, newly come to this place, for we
have never Been yotfr face before, and we
keep a close watch-out for new cowers. It
Is our hope to regain possession of our
lands sometime In the future, and It be
hooves us to know all with whom wa
shall have to deal or perhaps to fight"
Richard confessed hla relationship to
HE FOUND REVEP.At HALF-GROWN
BOYS THERE BEFORE HIM.
Jacob Pandons, but explained that he was
not treated like one of the family, but
aa a slave. That he tolled all day for his
uncle, aunt and vain, heartless (usln, re
ceiving In return only harsh words, blows
and a straw bed In an old unused part of
the castle and the scraps from his uncle's
table as his food.
"Ah. then you are one of us, and will
not tell your uncle of our being here in
the vineyard, will you?" asked ona of tha
youths.
"1 know that these grapes belong to you
as well as the lund on which they gorw."
sutd Richard. "And though my uncle beats
me, I shall not tell htm of your .having
gathered the fruit. Come. I shall assist
you In filling your baskets. And then I
shsll gather what la left for my cruel
mint." So saying, lie fell to gathering only
the very beat fruit for the young fellows,
who seemed such a fine, honorable lot, for
Richaid knew by looking Into their honest
blue eyes, at their labor-developed bodies,
at their coarse but clean work ciothes,
thai they were Juat what they represented
themaelvea to be.
After the young farmer lads had filled
their baskets and hand-carts with great
f J I Mie . I
iffl byititleSlolla V i if
ieiBiiii.uj ii i t "'i'i'"'"' r it-lir" Wi" Vn iinriinii i m Nn , "
(First Prlre.)
A Little Squirrel
By Helen Ilutton, Aged 12 Years. 2SDS
Bristol Streot, Omaha, Neb. Red Side.
Have any of the Busy Beea a pet squirrel,
or has any one of them ever let one eat
from their hand?
Well, there Is a dear little fellow that
cornea Into our yard almoat every day,
quite early In the morning. Where his home
la or who he belongs to I don't know. But
whoever he belong to has treated him
very kindly for he has no fear of anyone
except cats and dogs.
My cat and the cat that belongs next
door delight In trying to pounce upon him.
We usually put the cats In the house so
he can eat unmolested.
We feed him nuts and some times raw
potatoes and he drinks lots of water.
When he has enough to eat he will begin
and hide the nuts as long as we will gtva
them to him.
Squirrel manners are not at all like
boys' and girls' manners. He always turns
his back on us when he eats. They also
put the nuts down with their feet that they
store away In tha ground for future use.
One morning when we were not aware
of his coming we heard a great raoket
on the screen door. When we went to see
what It was the dear little fellow had'
come up on the porch begging something
to eat.
Another time we saw out In the street a
baby squirrel and the big squirrel frolick
ing around with each (as parents do with
small children sometimes). After a Ume
the small squirrel jumped on the other's
back and was biting his neck. But the
small squirrel, waa soon off of the other's
back and got his ears boxed good and
plenty and ran off crying to where I sup
pose waa home.
I think It la nice to be loved by dumb
animals and the only way to get them to do
so Is to be kind and gentle to them.
OSecond Frlse.) v
Helen and Carlo
By Pauline Swoboda, Aged 13 Years, Platts
mouth, Neb. Blue Side.
Helen was a blue-eyed, curly-headed girl
about 5 years old. She lived In a little
house covered with green vines by the
liver.
Helen had been told several times not to
go close to the edge of tha bank or aim
would fall In and drown. But she would
not mind. So one day ahe was playing on
tha bank with Carlo, her dog. Just then a
big wind came up and blew them both Into
the water. There waa a big lag In the
water and Helen crawled upon It and Carlo
went after her.' They sailed far away
from home. It begaa to get dark and
Helen was hungry and cold. Helen began
to cry and pretty soon she fell asleep and
when she awoke in the morning she was at
Story
bunches of juice-tilled grapes they
thanked Richard In friendly tones snd
departed, going off through tha heavy tim
ber to a spot where they could creep from
the valley Into the uplands without being
seen by any of the slave guards stationed
along the border of old Jacob Pandons'
estates.
Then, as Richard was very tired from
having worked hard all day, he decided to
rest beneath a great tree for a few minutes
before gathering the grapes for his aunt's
dinner table. So he stretched himself on
the soft eurth in the shade of a friendly
tree and dropped asleep. He had not lain
there long, however, when a strange voice
awoke him, saying: "Richard, arise and
hatUen to me. I have important things
to say to you."
Richard quickly arose to a sitting pos
ture and looked about him. Where did
the voice come from? He saw no one In
sight, not even one of the slave guards
whose duty It wus to push up and down
that part of the valley at stated Intervals.
"It is I the tree under which you re
cline that speaks," said the voice. "To
prove the truth of my assertion I shall
shake my limbs and drop my leaves when
you count three. Begin."
Richard counted, "One, two. three." And
suddenly the tree's limbs shook violently
as from a heavy wind, though not a breese
wsa stirring. And down rained hundreds of
fresh, green leaves, strewing the ground
on wtilch Richard lay. "Now, my son, you
believe me, don't you 7" asked the voice.
Richard, dumfounded replied: "Yes, I be
lieve you are the tree that speaks."
"Then listen to my message and take
the warning I give you. I am an enchanted
tree, allowed to use my power only once In
a hundred year, if I see no reason to
become animated, I remain silent and wait
till another century rolls round. Now, I
must exert my power, for I have witnessed
the dishonesty of your uncle, seen his Ill
treatment of his fellow-telngs; alro noticed
the cruelty and arroguuee of your cousin,
the Ill-temp, red Susan, and of your aunt
Maria Pandons. It Is my Intention to re
place this beautiful valley In the hands of
those who rightfully own it, awarding a
RULES FOR YOUNQ WRITERS
L. Writ alolaly em m side of tke
papa only aa4 number the pages,
8. Use pea owe lak, wot peaoU
a. abort anA rotated artloUa will
be glvea prefereaoa. Xo at ue er
00 woraa.
4. Original stories as letters ealy
Will be maed, ,
a. Write rear stasia, age and ad
dress a tae top of tae aiet peg.
Fires and aeeewd prises of teeka
will be given for las beat twa oow
trtbnttoM ta tbis page each weak.
Addreaa an imnmnlimrlms ta
nauma ssAT2rs,
borne. Her father thought maybe the wind
took her after looking all over tha yards.
So ha jumped Into the boat and rowed off.
Then he saw a log with something black,
on It. but ha could not sea very plain be
cause It was dark. When ha got by tha
log ha saw it was Helen aalaep and Carlo
ouddled oloao by her aide. He put them In
tha boat and turned towards borne.
(Honorable Mention.)
Captain
By Viola Anderson, Aged 12 Years. 04ft South
Twentieth Street, Lincoln, Neb. Blue Side.
Captain waa a Newfoundland dog. He
lived on my uncle's larga farm. He saved
the Ufa of my cousin, who waa 1 years old,
twice.
One day Alder wandered out In tha field
where the men were plowing. Alder soon
grew tired and aa ha did hot know tha way
home iha lay down to rest Captain also
layed down to watoh blm. ,
Soon Alder's Atther oame along with two
big farm horsea and a plow. Captain's
quick ear heard the horsea coming. Ha
jumped up and began to bark. Alder's
father stopped tha horsea just In time.
Another time Alder bad wandered off
with Captain. Hla mother, when she could
not find him, called a neighbor to help her.
They hunted high and low, but no Alder
to bo found.
Night waa coming on and aha waa very
frightened. Just then Captain came up.
Ha went up to tha mother and took bold of
her Areas. She understood what ba wanted.
Ha wanted her to follow him.
With Captain ahead a crowd of peopla
followed. Soon he gave a quiok bark and
ran as fast as ha could into a oorn field.
The people followed and there they Sound
Alder fast asleep. -
A new busy baa.)
School1
By Leland McEwen, Aged 8 Years, 602 West
Twenty-fifth Street. Kearney, Neb.
Dear Friends: School begins two weeks
from today, and we must be getting ready.
nice part of it to you for your kindness
to the farmers sons a while ago. And
they will most gladly share toe rich valley
with you giving you fifty acres at the land
on which your uncle's castle stands. The
buildings shall belong to you."
"Oh, and I shall set the castle aside aa a
home for tha orphans of tho poor men
Uncle Jacob has slain," cried Richard. "I
shall be content with a little oabin In the
garden, where I shall have such pleasure In
growing things for the good people to eat
as well as for myself. But" and Richard
looked uncertain "what Is to become of my
unola and bis family? Ha will never relin
quish the land to Its rightful owners." s
"You are to carry the message to the
slaves composing your uncle's guardsmen.
'Tall them to take to the uplands and re
main there among the dTlven-out farmers.
And you you are to return and climb into
my topmost branches, and then all'wlU take
place. And do net be afraid of what you
see transpiring. All will and well."
Richard possessed a certain courage
strange to him since becoming his uncle's
slave, hurried about the valley, for he
really seemed possessed of wings on his
feet, so swiftly did he run over tha earth.
And to each salve guardsman be gave the
warning, and strange to say, each slave
guardsman did his bidding and set off at a
rapid run tor tha uplands which surrounded
the valley.
It took Richrd only a short time to carry
the warning to each slave, then he re
turned to tha tree that once again spoke i
"do to your uncle's castle the family are
now taking their afternoon nap and warn
the house servants and field servants as
you have warned the slave guards. Tall
them to lose no time In reaching the up
lands, for vengeance ta the form of death,
' I to visit tha wicked living in the stolen
valley."
Pretty soon Richard had the satisfaction
of seeing the house servants and field ser
vants running towards a mountain three
or four miles to tha south, and than he
hurried tack to tha tree beside the lake.
His face waa all aglow, his eyes luminoue,
and there had been something se strange
and earnest in kia voles and manuar that
every slave or servant ' had heeded his
word. "He's possessed of the Maglo
Power," they had whispered to each other.
And then had taken flight according to
hla bidding.
"Climb Into my topmost branches," said
the tree, and up went Richard with the
agility of a squirrel, for somehow all weari
ness had fallen from him. Then ha saw the
lake suddenly rise aud overflow- the entire
valley, covering completely the castle and
castle outbuildings. And then Riuhard feit
drowsy and feel asleep. When he awoke
the lake had resumed Its former proportions
and depth and the valley lay as before,
sweet and peaceful In the sunshine. Richard
climbed down and ran to tn castle. Out
side the gate'lay the drowned bodies of hiSj
uncie, aunt and cousin, and all wore
wicked expressions on their haughty, cruel
faces. And Inside tha castle was unhurt
from the waters and everything as usnal.
The servants came back and the slaves
returned to ae whst was to be done. And
the good fanners also came tf the valley
and apportioned the land as It should be,
and made the slsves free and gave them
w oik to do snd paid them well. And Richard
had the raatle and grounds, and made good
use of both, giving a home and employment
to the orphans whom his uncle had robbei.
We have had a nice, long vacation, and we
must go to work. I will be In the fourth
grade next year. My teacher's name Is
Winn Burke. I will be glad when school
tarts. I would rather study than play.
What grade will you be In? Your friend.
LELAND McEWEN.
My Early Morning Walk
By Ruth Klntohatfln, Aged 11 Years,
Hlllalr," 36il Grand Avenue,
Omaha, Neb. Red Side.
It was a cool morning In August when wa
started from our home and walked over
the rolling hills. Toward the east were tha
blue, misty bluffs; toward tha weat tha
ever-changing shadows on tha hills; before
us waa tha winding road, fringed with
fragrant grasses, on which the dew stIU
lingered, and behind were tha low hills that
had Just been traversed. The dark, green
treea stood out sgalnst the blue summer
sky, where a few soft white clouds went
gliding along. Wild morning-glories of rich
bluea and purples and gleaming whites
clambered over the ground and sensitive
plants nodded their golden heads. They re
minded one of the verses In the poem called
"The Sensitive Plant" that Shelley wrote:
A sensitive plant In a garden grew,
And tha young winds fed it with stiver
dew.
And it opened Its fan-Ilka leaven to tha
light.
And cioeed them benoath the kisses of
night.
A little goldfinch flew from the wayside
bushes with a wild, free call. Its gay, yel
low form with Its tiny, black wings chal
lenged one to batch It. Finally wa came to
the Hebrew oetnetery. It waa at tha top of
a high hill and as wa stood and looked off
over toward the gleaming river, winding
between tha misty bluffs, wa heard a sweet
Little One
LITTLE sand sandals
For little brown feet;
Worn all about
On the hot aummer atreet
Broad-brimmed straw bat
For cunning brown head;
But not worn aa should be-
On shoulders Instead I
Little plump body
Of dear little Dan.
Mamma's own Baby
And Daddy's big Man.
F there was ona thing that tha
squirrels of The Wood liked
better than another, It was "at
tending to one's own busi
ness," as they put It And
that was why Mrs. Mink
Squirrel
became known as Mrs. Tattla-
Tale Sqlurrel
and was so much disliked
by all her nelrhbora in The WnnA
Now,
Mrs. Mink Sqirrel-or rather, Mrs. Tattle- T'U l"'el went the rounds of her neigh
Tale Squirrel, as she shall be called dur- bor"'
ing tha remainder of this story waa not An1 by nightfall the story reached the
really a bad sort for In certain things eri of, Mr. Max Dandy Squirrel, a very
she was a very good little lady squirrel; amiable gentleman, who was very much
but her besetting sin was to meddle wth ln lov wlth his little fiancee, Mouslo
tha business of her neighbors. And that Brown Squirrel. And when he was told
you know, is a grievous fault, If not to what the town was saying, he waa so hurt
say worse, that ha decided to break off the engage
Well, ona day Mrs. Tattle-Tale got her- meni nd ,eave Th" wod. seeking con
self into a very, unpleasant mix-up. It tntnint ' om other Forest. Ha fool
happened this way: As she waa starting l,h aqulrrel-dld not think to Inquire who
down to the pond with her two dear little the J-bearer was. but took it for granted
ehlldren. Patty and' Tatty, twin son and tnat MlM Mousie had told some one that
daughter, her keen ears (always on the ,h WM bringing no love to her husband
alert to hear that which was not Intended on h,r wdta" o- So. writing a heart
for them) overheard Mrs. Adam Squirrel broken note on a huge forest leaf, poor
saying to Mrs. Peep-boo Squirrel: "I hear Mr M" Dandy packed up his belongings
that tha widower, Mr, Max Dandy Squirrel nd utt Th" Wood' H traveled all night
la to marry little Mlas Mousle Brown Bqulr- nd on th" '""owing morning found a snug
rel. And my informant says it is not a plM 10 re,t on th banks of a strange
love metoh-on little Miss Mousle Brown tra,- There ha decided to remain till
Squirrel's part" be might recover from his grief over the
Now. whan Mrs. Tattle-Tale Squirrel l0M of h" lovelr "rlda-toe.
heard that she said to her children! "Run Ab wh" Uia Mta Mousle Brown
along and take your dip In the pond alone.
Mother must attend to some 'uiness right
away." And off sha ran, first to one house
and then to another, repeating the thing
ahe bad overheard Mrs. Adam Squirrel say
ing to her sister, Mrs. Peep-boo Squirrel.
And she like all gossips was not satisfied
with repeating just what sha had beard,
but added soma of her own Ideaa to tha
tale, which, after the third repetition, went
something Ilka this: "Did you know that
that old widower. Max Dandy Squirrel, la
to niarry-agalnst her will-Miss Mousle
MAMMA, WHAT CAN THIS MEANT'
HEH EYES.
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song and a little mcadowlark flew down;
Hall to thee, blithe spirit!
Mud tltou never went,
Thai from heaven or near It,
t'ouiiKt thy full heart
In ptofu.se strains of unpremeditated art.
A low nitrimur went through the pines
and the wieping willows as the soft wind
blew among their branches. Behind the
cemetery lay, peaceful and quiet; to the
right waa the far distant city, and to the
left the rolling hills stretched away to tha
northern hotixim.
Adventures of a Fly
By Esther Wood. Aged 14 Years, Auburn,
Neb. Blue Side.
Tha first I remember 1 found myself on a
1 garbage pile.
My mother taught me how to fly. After
a few days 1 was allowed to go and seek
my fortune.
One of my funniest experiences ha.pponed
last week. I was very tlilraty and so I lit
on a rain barrel, but unfortunately I fell
in. There were the most shaky looking
things which all wiggled to tha bottom
when I fell in. A small girl was trying to
get them in a dipper. In one she got me.
She poured It in a white cloth and all tha
water went buck Into the rain barrel.
Glad for a chance to escape, I flew high
into tha air.
My Trip
By Blanche Twlss,. Aued it years, Scribnpr,
Neb. Blue Side.
It waa early one July morning when 1
started from Wyoming to Nebraska. There
waa a show troup on the train. One of the
men was a snake charmer, as he had rattle
nakes charmed. One of the travelers
' thought the snake charmer could charm
wild snakes. He, therefore, got one, took
It In with other snakes and put It In tha
cage with the others, and said nothing.
And, as no one saw him, the charmer,
who waa deaf and dumb, did not hear the
strange sound, a different sound from that
tha other snakes make. He went on play
ing with tha others. The wild anaka
jumped and bit him.
Everybody ran and screamed; tha man
ran to a doctor t once. Tha doctor dressed
arm where he had bean bitten and gave
him medicine to put on tha wound. His
arm waa swollen.
At Casper one of tha men came to him
and wrote on a piece of paper and said, .
"I think you will get along all right."
He wrote back and said, "Tha doctor
says not." But he did. The show people
got off at Douglas, Wyo., and I kept on my
way.
I was on the train from :30 o'oloek in tha
morning until 6:30 the next morning, and I
was very sick when we reaohed Norfolk I
got off and stayed until noon with a friend.
Then I got on again and finished my Jour
ney to Boribner, Neb,
Drexel, the High Flier
By his amazing feat at Lanark, England,
reaching a height of (.200 feet 3- Arm
strong Drexel, in tho spaoe of three and
one-half months, completed tha transition
from bsourlty to worldwide fame in tha
field of aviation. Mr. Drexel Is a son of
Anthony J. Drexel of Philadelphia. As an
aviator ha was first heard of In this coun
try on May S of this year, when the cable
flashed a report of his having mada at
tempts at reaching high levels. In a Blerlot
monoplane at Eaat Boldre, Hampshire.
Apparently young Mr. Drexel has a pre-
Mrs. Tattle-Tale Squirrel
By Xelan Savia.
Brown Squirrel? And they say tha match
was made by Miss Mousle's grasping
mother, who Is desirous of moving from the
tree she now lives In to a larger and mora
pretentious one, and has not the money
to do so unless Mouaie wads wealth. Isn't
that disgraceful?" And tha story grew and
grew even more and more as Mrs. Tattle-
Squirrel received tha farewell note from
ber fiance she ran to her mother ln grief;
leva e
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SHE CRIED, TEAR4 STREAMING FROM
Nonsense Rhyme
LONG Neck and Shot Neck,
Small Head and Big!
One thin as lightning-rod
One fat as pig.
Down stret t together,
Arm linked In arm,
Enjoytn gthe weather,
And doing no one harm.
Both eating candy.
And grinning as they walk,
Keeping very busy
With their friendly talk.
dellotlon for altitude rather than distance
work, as ha has frequently made attempts
at reaching high levels.' On June 21, at
Beaulleu, he mada an EnglUh altitude reo
ord of 1,070. feet.
The most fascinating form of aviation la
undoubtedly the high flight. One watches
the machine rise from the ground and
climb steadily up an Invisible stairway,
winding round and round In vtlde spirals.
From the else of a monster tha vessel di
minishes until It looks like an eagle, then
a wild duck, then a pigeon, a blackbird, a
lark, a bee, a midge and so It finally dis
appears out of sight: for men have now
flown over a mile high, and it needs a
strong glass and a clear atmosphere for a
spectator to detect the machine at such a
stupendous height One waits In amaie
ment asking bow the daring aviator wlU
return safely to earth from the clouds.
Suddenly the machine darts Into sight and
Is seen plunging downward at an alarm
ingly steep angle. It is the vol plana, or
diva, tha moat sensational of all arerlal
feats. Having oltmbad to bis maximum the
aviator shuts off his angina and deliber
ately steers downwards by the aid of tha
elevator. He plunges through tha aerial
sea at terrlflo spaed, but not at hundreds of
miles an hour as soma Imaginative writers
have put It As the air resistance under
neath bis machine Increases with tha speed
and tha amount of surface presented to It
by tha planes the vessel Is automatically
lad back to Its normal gilding angle and
tha downward path becomes less steep. In
order not to get too far away frqm hla
sailing point tha aviator thereupon makes
another spiral at a gentle angle and then
makes another plunge New York Herald.
"Mamma, what ean this mean?" she cried,
tears streaming from her ayes. "Dearest
Max has troken our engagement Ha says
'he thinks It means my happiness to have
my freedom.' Now, what can It mean?"
And the poor little Mouaie threw herself
Into her mother's arms, weeping over tha
note she could not understand. For a cer
tainty, Mousle Brown Squirrel was deeply
devoted to Mr. Max Dandy Squirrel, and
was happy ln the anticipation of thelrrfu
ture life together In the dear home In a
tree neighboring her mother's tree. And
sha had planned so many sweet little par
ties to be given In honor of her kind-hearted
fiance, one of which waa to have taken
place within tha week that he broke their
engagement so unexpectedly.
After thinking the matter over, Mousle's
mother decided to go to Mr. Max Dandy's
father and ask for strive excuse aa to his
son's strange, behavior. This she did, and
soon the beginning of tha whole exagger
ated story was discovered, end then the un
raveling began. When the end was
reached, Mousle's mother was so Indignant
and so was Mr. Max Dandy's father, that
they asked of their friends: "Are wo to
allow these gossips to go about stirring up
false reports and do nothing ln self-defense?"
And the friends said: "No, we
must rid the woods of obnoxious people.
Let the bad go some where and live to
gether, and the good squirrels will be very
happy without them."
So a committee of tha best squirrels of
The Wood visited Mrs. Tattle-Tale Squir
rel, and begged her to either pledge herself
to telling no more lies, and repeating no
more gossip, or to take herself off to soma
other place. Then tha sisters, Mrs. Adarrs
Squirrel and Mrs, Peep-boo Squirrel were
also waited upon with the same 'request
To be sure, they were not such disagreeable
or dangerous gossips as was Mrs. Tattle
Talc, but they were the means of starting
the latter with many of her mischief-making
stories, and should be made to become
honekt cltlione of The Wood or told to
move to a morn congenial clime, tto Mrs.
Tattle-Tale Squirrel shamefacedly confessed
to having exaggerated the gossip she had
overr-oard, and promlfed that she would
behave better In future If allowed to ra
ntu'n r dtlzen of The Wood. And tha sis
ters, Mi s. Adam and Mrs. Peep-boo, did tha
tame. H'j they were allowed to remain,
with the understanding; ti at should they be
found guilty of such misconduct again they
would le in deep disgrace and obliged te
lake tl'.emaelves off.
Then several of Mlas Mousle's beat friends
went In search of her poor unhappy fiance
with the result that he was found that very
day and brought back a very happy squir
rel, aiid tie engagement with Mlas Mouaie
was lenewed, and the wedding was set for
the fallowing Sunday.
And once again all the squirrels In TheV
Wood were happy,' for the gossips had been
stilled and sweet peare reigned, and, aa
Mrs. Brown Squirrel Maid, "all attend te
their own business, allowing their neigh
bors the same privilege."
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