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TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER IB, 1910.
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IN THE stories which the Busy Bt have written for the page this week
there ia a pleasing variety. Some of the Beet have told of experience
of their own; othera bave told atoriea to express some of the leisona in
kindness; othera have told ua fairy atoriea. . All of these are, of courae,
good If well done. It la pleasing, also, to be able to atate that more Beea are
writing jitorlea, and they are writing better atoriea. The editor and the read
era hope they will keep It up.
Little Leon's Experience on the First Day of School
Mj Annie Jam.
F LKON HARDING had had n to find. You'll take the road to yer left take the wrong road. Whr It would 14
Older sister or brother, he might when y reach the croesroads. Then pretty him h did not even try to guess. It would
.have known what achool waa Boon y'll git a-top a hill, and there, jest almost out of Ms wits, turned and fled
like, for tfcs sister or brother a fsw rods off. be the school house
would have told him all about new one. You'll not miss It."
It. .But Leon lived with Ms So, dinner pall In hand. Leoja went along into a dim road which led across the
-vifc iki. ... ..r,4 ,.. . ,h.n 111- ho fhlrd Kv o fnrmpr grandparent, who rarely Ulked of tarry him away from the school. That meadow towards a high hill. Vp and up
ihulo nil- r Ahlljlknmi e4a.tr. Anil VavfoAn area nn a rf r owtl H n n
The prizes this week are awarded to three, who have written atoriea of
decidedly different types. George Nicholson of Elsie haa written us of his
experiences In a prairie fire; Elliabeth Wright of Omaha haa told ua a story
hs.lt nu.-n rKi li Hnrw. Ha va Ann "amAfl mi nna m n ewI at 1 4 n n t has lnnr arm ( rgnm hill T 4tr want
queen Bee, and one who haa written many atoriea for the page, Helen .Verrlll, 0ral,dpp Harding did tell of his school He followed the road leading to the right his nice new clothes becoming dusty and
and U entirely imaginary, a fairy atory. experiences they were enough to frighten and soon found himself walking through a his face damp from perspiration. But he
, t . any little new beginner at school, for ha
' told of floggings and keeping In after school
Any of the Busy Bees may aend carda to anyone whose nam la on the an1 otner form. or punishment that caued
Postcard Exchange, which now tncludea:
Oscar Erlrkson. !W7 Howard St.. Omaha.
Gall Howard, 4771 Capitol svenue. Omaha.
Jean De Long, Alnaworth, Neb.
Iran McCoy, Barneton, Neb.
Lillian Mervin, Beaver City. Neb.
Mabel Wilt, Bernington, Nab.
Anna Qottech. Bennington, Neb.
Minnie Oottach, Bennington, Neb.
Agnea Dampk. Benson, Neb.
Marie Gallagher, Benkelman, Neb. (Boa 11).
Ida Mar. Central City, Neb.
Vara Cheney, Crelghton, Neb.
Louie Hahn, David City, Neb.
Khea Freldell, Dorchester, Neb.
Aleda Bennett, Klgln, Neb.
Eunice Bode, Fall City, Neb.
Ethel Reed, Fremont, Neb.
Hulda Lundburg, Fremont. Neb.
Marion C'appe, Gibson, Neb.
Marauarlt. Bartholomew. Oothenbura, Neb.
Aana Ve, SOT West Charlas street Grand Ma Hammond. O'Neill, Neb.
Island. Neb. Madge L. Daniel, Ord, Neb.
hi little grandson to shudder with horror.
And now that Leon was ( years old It
was decided by the grandparents that he
Helen Houck, H2S Lothrop street, Omaha, hould go to the little district achool two
kmeraon Goodrich, 4(110 Nicholas, Omaha. , thi
Mauri Jnhn.nn in1?? ijioiiHt tst rkm.h. mll distant from their farm. For two
Lun Carson, 11J4 North Fortieth, Omaha. weeks good old granny had been fixing
Wllma Howard. 4722 Capitol avenue, Omaha new clothes for Leon to wear to school.
MMrJ jla0t n" nv "w ult out nd out-
Mildred Jensen. 2.07 Leavenworth, Omaha, . . n ,,,,
Kdna Heden. J7W Chicago street, Omaha. ven the hat- But n fln f1
laoer eneireit, em isortn Twenty-fifth ings ' could not warm Leon up witn nappy
1406 NortJ Twentieth
anticipation for tbe new experience he
street Omaha.
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street Omaha.' uu.u. wa, , nav whe ieBrnlria. tn. X B. C'..
Emma Carruthers, 1211 North Twenty-fifth Indeed, aecretly Leon had great fear of
atreet Omaha. that wonderful and terrible creature called
Leonora Denlson, Th Albion, Tenth and ,.. . . K. ,,K,. mt
p.nria tr... nm.h. teacher. And h also trembled at th
i.iuugni ui in 4ig buys who iiugui itkii-
nlse over him and mak hi life a burden.
t.,Am. Rnth. it Waat Koanla! atreet. Grand Zola Beddeo. Orleans. Neb,
Island, Neb. Agnea Richmond, Orleans, Neb.
Ell Voss, 407 Wt Chart treet, Grand Marl Fleming, Osceola, Neb.
Island, Neb. Lotta Woods, Pawnee City, - Neb.
Irene Coatallo, 115 West Eighth street. Earl Perkins, Reddlngton, Nab.
JalYtt:is" Wert Charles street. Lni Pet.n, m? Locust St. B. Omaha. iokin l tnyrtarlou. thing.
And the mere thought of studying having
to learn things he did not already know
was most objectionable to Mm. Why should
he be cooped up In a school house all day
in books,
tirand Island. Neb.
Pauline Bchulte, Deadwood, 8. V.
Merthe Murphy, Kj East Ninth atreet.
Grand Inland, Neb.
Hugh Butt, Lethara, Nab.
Hester V. Butt, Leshaia, Nab.
Alloa Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Ruth Temple, Laxlnston, Neb.
Anna Neilson, Lexington, Neb.
Edythe KreJla, Lexington, Nsb.
Marjori Temple. Lexington. Nab.
Alice Ormyer, IBM C street, Llnoola.
Marian Hamilton, W2 L street, Lincoln.
Elsie Hamilton, !05 L atreet, Lincoln.
Irene Lishor, MM L street, Lincoln.
Hughle Dteber, XM V street. Lincoln.
Charlotte Boggs, U7 Bouth Fifteenth street
Lincoln.
Mildred Jensen, KM East Second street
rremont, ND.
In Carney, Sutton, Clay county, Nebraska, wtth lb eye of the awful teacher on Mm,
J I . . . Ulll.. TTtUa XT . K
Mildred F. Jones, North Loup, Neb.
Alia Wllken. Waco, Neb.
Leo Beckord, Waco, Neb.
Mae Grunke, West Point, Neb.'
Klsle Ktasny, Wliber, Neb.
Frederick Ware, Winslde, Neb.
Pauline Parks, York, Neb.
Edna Behllns, York, Neb.
Mary Frederick, York, Neb.
Carrie B. Bartlett, Fontanell. ' la.
Irene Reynold, Little Sioux, la.
Ethel Mulholland, Box 71, Malvern, I.
Eleanor Mellor, Malvern, la.
Katherln Mellor, Malvern, la. '
Ruth Robertson, Manilla, Ia.
Margaret B. Wltherow, Thurman, Ia.
Bertha McKvoy, R. F. D. S, Box 16, Mis
souri vaiiy, i a.
and mayhap the teacher's wicked whip
across his llttl back should he offend In
any wayt
But of hi apprehensions not one word
did he M.y to granny or grandpap. They
would not have understood. So he suf
fered In sdlenoe, feeling with fear and
trembling that hi time of freedom and
bappineaa waa fast coming to an end, for
on Monday two days' distant ha would
put on bis new clothes and enter school
a newly fledged pupil. And . so the two
days Intervening were passed In silent fore
bodlngs. Then Monday morning arrived,
confess that he had not gone to chool at Leon' llttl tin luncheon pail
all. H knew Granny would scold him snd "Tii'm," replied Lon. "Granny put In
that Grandpap would ay. "What, won't lots of goodl for m to cat at sohooi. But
so to school and beeoms a smart man and but I'm not going to school."
get to be president of the U. 8. A.T" But The pretty Isdy raised her eyebrow,
he was willing to forego th honor of bo- "Not goln to achool 7" sh aked, wort-
tomlng president,- was willing to suffer derment In her eye. Lon flt quit
Granny's scolding. If by so doing he might ashamed to hav eonfsed th truth. rr-
svold going to school. He would much baps sh thought hlra a wleked boy on who
lather grow up to b a farmer like Grand- wished to be a fool 4f ho did not go to
pap or become a stsge driver. (Leon's school. Then he decided to exous himself
fine Back over the road he ran, and before he home w" mnr ni"" from r"- by "plaining why h would not go. The
realised what he wa. doing he had turned ro?d' na ,,a cn ' .wn JJfK " '"
rinH psssengers ana me mail iq ana intm wining in iiib lurvsi. An -
the town. And the driver of the stage had would tease me. I don't want to go to
won Leon's deep admiration. He did not school. I wstit to find my home and and
have to be educated!) Granny."
On reaching the whit house which stood At mention of home and Granny, tsars
so lonely on a hill, Leon timidly approached cam Into the baby eyes of little Leou.
the door. It waa open and from it came The pretty lady saw them, and atooping,
the sounds of children's voices as It reading be put her arm about his shoulders and
aloud. A lovely young woman was stand- said: "No the teacher wilt not lick you,
Ing near the open door, a book In hand.' dearie, nor will ahe allow the big boys to
Leon looked up Into her face, but could not tense you. Come, I'll put you beald my
gather courage to apeak. Evidently th desk today. Then you'll Ilk It better."
pretty young lady saw hi rrrbarrassment And h led Lon. calmly yielding, Into
for ahe came outside the door and stood 01 big room where about twenty boys and
upon her lown step. "Good morning, little girls were alttlng before funny llttl tables,
two and two together.
And then It was that Leon beheld Jack
end Mary Jackson, hla nearest neighbor
children. They grinned at him In a friendly
way. And Leon began to wonder what
the place wua, and why so many children
were assembled together. It waa some
time before It dawned upon him that this
a th aehool, and by some unknown
road h bad been led right Into Its terrible
Jews! But the pretty lady I Could It be
that sh was th teacher, that horrible
creature be had ao feared T , Yes, so it
proved to be. And she hsd him sitting on
a chair close beaide her, and after a whll
(-he taught him many word that were
written on a blaokboard. And then h
tapped a llttl bell, saying: "Reees for
fifteen minutes." And the children all
sprang to their feet and ran out Into th
big yard, playing together. And wonder of
wonders! Jaok and Mary Jackson led Leon
out, and he Joined In the games that were
played. Oh, such fun he had I And when
th bell rang ha wa reluctant to leave off
playing till h remembered th lovely
tescher. Then he ran In and got on hi
chair and waa most happy to watoh th
pupils at their study. And teaeher gave
"GOOD MORNING, LITTLE MAN," SHE S1AID IN THE GENTLEST OF VOICES. !?"" "m! WOr,k ? 9 " ,U.t' Whl01!. h
Helen Johnson? sM South Seventeenth Henry C Worklnger. MU W. Huron street nd iTnnv. fu" ' Pride, dressed her "big meadow toward a big farm house. Surely, was determined to pass the day away from man," she said, In the gentlest of voices, was lovely, after all. And at noon he
cnooi Doy up m nis unery ana Kissea he could not be on a private road! But he that terrifying thlng-the school house Immediately she had won Leon's heart, opened his dinner pall and ate with an
him good-bye, and grandpap walked with had little time to conjecture, for two gTeat and worst of all, the teacher. "What Is your name?" enormous appetite in company with all th
treat Lincoln.
Althea Myer. 224 North Sixteenth street.
Lincoln.
Louise Stile. Lyons, Net.
Retell McDonald, Lyon. Neb.
Milton Selaer, Nebraska City, Neb.
Harry Crawford, Nebraska City, Nab.
Harvey Crawford, Nebraska City, Neb.
Luelle Hasen, Norfolk, Neb.
Helen Reynoida, Norfolk, Neb.
Lethe Larktn, South Sixth atreet Nor-
folk. Neb.
Emma Marouardt Fifth street and Madl-
aon avenue, Norfolk. Neb.
Geneviev M. Jon, North Loup, Neb.
William Davis, tn West Third street
North Piatt. Neb.
Louise Raabe, MO North Nineteenth ave
nue, omabs.
Chloaao.
Adlena Sorry, Monarch, Wyo., Box KL
Fred Sorry, Monarch, Wyo.
Pearl Barron, Monarch, Wyo.
John Barron, Monarch, Wyo.
Fdith Amend, Sheridan. Wyo.
Pauline Squire. Orana, Okl.
Fred Shelley, ISO Troup atreet
City, Mo.
Mary Mcintosh, Sidney, neb.
Nellie Dledrlck, Sidney. Neb.
Eunlc Wright (33 North Logan
Fremont Neb,
Carol Simpson, Wliber, Neb.
mm w in, wn in uio row, aireouni nim aogs, seeing the approach of a stranger. After walking until about worn out. Leon "Leon Richard Harding, six years ole other pupils. Oh, what a picnic! And when
tnu,: began barking lustily, and Leon, frightened was happy to see a pretty little white House las' week," replied Leon. Then he blushed, school wss over for th dsy he could have
'Folle thia road, son, till you come to hla way. But the nearer Ms destination on top of the hill. To It he hurried, for for he waa a bashful little chap, having cried, for he wanted it to continue longer.
Kansas th" orOMrofcda- v never bin to the he cam the more he dreaded what was to no sign of a dog was there. He intended seen so few strangers in his life. And with a happy heart he hurried home to
school house, yer sea, fer It's In a differ- meet him there. And when the crossroads to ask the mistress of the place to direct "And is that your dinner in the little tell Granny and Grandpap all about what
...v ..i.UVu wwa. ut ii fmmy mm pie were reaonea ne naa made up rus minfl to him to his home, where he would go and pallT" asked th pretty lady, designating he had done to confess all!
atreet
cried Betty, "that
lng flag and th falrie were all calling "Oh aroodv. amodv.
fhyiiis vves. oevenieema niw, to firt one and then the other. The little -will be ao nice."
MacTle Moor. Silver City, la. brown 'a Pe1 n t AU rlsht," ald Mr. Gray. "hall we
Mabel Houston, 01 Sherman avenue, of for the rest of the evening. When the wrUe the invitations now, and their moth-
van , W I VM a.Th. fTW... 1 0 W V'-" .. W w W 1 W.W V UVa W B.SNIIVW
vuV, OmahaV ' Omaha. mn'"","u' hurried away and tb bird want to bed,
North Twenty-
Merguerlte Johnson, M
fifth avenue, Oman.
Emile Brown, M2 Boulevard, Omaha.
Helen Goodrich, 401 Ntebolaa street
Omaha.
Mary Brown, tsa Boulevard, Omaha.
Hva Hendee, 4401 Dodge street. Omaha.
Lillian Wirt 1M Cass street Omaha.
Lewis Poff, bli Franklin street, Omaha.
Juanltw Inn, 17 8 Fort street Omaha.
Baasett Rut, 1U4 Binnev street, umana.
Mehel Baker. Lander. Wro.
Corinne Allison Robertson, Wliber, Neb.
Then Nan and Virginia ran home and
quietly Went to bed, you may b aura.
ers can aeoide."
- "Tee, w will writ them now and Betty
Study of Postage Stamps in the Public Schools
can take them to the different place."
Next day th children all came and they
Kllsabetb wngnt bouu JOiru-mui When th.v told tKele math.r ht ttmA
uVrT? 1M South fblKr-flr happened th. night before!,, only nl.M blntu4
.tr.. Omaha. and nodded, for ah thought th two airla wb.rt Mr. Oly eald It WW half past
Francis A. Dotson. Pueblo, Colo. hd been dreaming.
Phylll Corbett Sidney, Neb. . '
Edward Beckard. Waco. Neb.
Ellen Peterson, Fifty-first and C streets, GrfcOe'l Dream.
Msyer Cohn. set Georgia avenue, Omaha. Harry Reutlnr, "J3 East First treet. Grand By Helen "Emma Morn. Aired 1 Tears, . . " ..y
Helen F. Douglas. 1M G atreet, Lincoln. island. Neb. xmni J,.n.in v.h n.. ua. have a party and InMte Betty.
It wa a cold, dark evening In early
they did not want to go home.
They told Betty goodbye, and each one
started. Th one who went th ara way
busy talking and planning howthay would
Ada Morris, MM Franklin street Omaha.
Myrtle Jensen, jsve jsara street, vmans.
Orrta Fisher, 111 S. Eleventh St., Omaha,
etlldred Krlckson. I70i Howard St., Omaha
Elisabeth Wright' 133 south Thirty-fifth
avenue, Omaha.
Oftfa&JA
iir-w wimi&mteu ft
m n
autumn. Grac wa sitting by th window,
reading a fairy story.
All at one a llttl fairy Jumped out of
th book. Sh said. "Graoe, would you like
to go to fairyland with met"
"Oh, yea," said Grac. So th fairy
waved her wand over Grace, and they both
flew out of the window.
There,' In all it splendor, stood a fairy
Fun at Home.
By Ronald Otis Wyckoff, aged U years,
. . WUber, Neb. Red Side. ,
My slater and I have lots of fun in the
garden and around home after school lets
out W go out Into the garden and pick
bean. Then we count how many pump
kin we have. When we are tired playing
in the garden w play with our little pet
puppy. W chase him and h runs from
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Kewklang.
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coach, drawn by two whit dove. Up. up u. Than w stop and run from him and
they went, on and on till they came to he chases us and barks at us. We play
fairyland. The fairy alighted while Grace all kinds of games and this Is the way we
followed her. mostly have our fun at home.
The fairy took her to the palaoe flrat
The fairy aald, "Would you like to see this flenrce's Reward
By Dorothy Taylor, age V years, EJsie, Neb.
iliue oiae.
OLLOWING clos upon the de
cision of the Austro-Hungatinn
monarchy to incorporate the
tudy of postage stamp In th
public school work, educational
authorities elsewhere. Including
some In this country, have taken the mat
ter up for serious consideration. Some
teachers in America have already begun
to "teach the young idea how to shoot"
with the aid of th stump, a.nd thr la
every prospect that the little mall carrier
will before long be a potent factor In th
educational system everywhere.
The action of the Autro-Hungarlan Board
i2t OS.
Nanking.
Boxer Rebel
lion Emer
gency Stamp.
ssstrA.
I
Xhwasmr TCn-.tti-ca
JUbtass ta.nui.
8Tciutii HlTTORYND CHINESE tReatt PORT8, THROWING LIGHT ON
RULES FOR YOUNG WRITERS
SU writ piatoly e 14 f th
yayes aly aaA amasae h pTa
g. Use pea aa4 Uk, set psU
S. gaer and pia4 aite will
be given prfra. S ail aa vet
tee were.
. Origtmal start ltre ealy
will b .
. Writ ywat aaxa, ear aad ad
are at th top i the tint pag-
Vtswt aad eat rtae f wk
wtU k gtvea tr thi esrt tww -at
a this pg sek week.
jtASV all aemssanlralinas te
wonderful palace of fairyland?"
"Yes, I would," said Grace.
Then the fairy led Graoe through a long Once there waa a little boy named George, of Education wa prompted after a careful note, declare h ha far year suooessfully by this government brine out the whole
hU all lighted up by sunflower. On th He wa very poor and worked hard for investigation of th stamp a a medium of employed postage stamps as an aid in atory of th discovery of America and the
table and broke. Helen was very glad, wall wera thousand of coUy gems. A a living. When he could not get work to instruction. The matter wa gone into with teaohlng Ms glasses. He contend that progress of the natlons-partlcularly our
too, oecauso sne am nui ... they pMaed through the hall, the fairy flo ne oia paper or exquisite care ana the net result was th ' .n tn. book learning- me atuaeni own that now populate this continent.
oui. ; puw - v.u.u... -mW ..Thara u , Mm for ,Very cMld
bit.
off. too, as ahe was looking over th. edge on erth."
J , . . ' j . .w "I thre on for me, tooT" said Grace,
j-oor rieien urieu anu crivu. ,nn uwuin
ut her another Miss Cologne, but she
"Yes, this one Is yours," said ths fairy,
One day he was Btanding on the corner of promulgation of an order that uvery school aequlre in hi application to stamps tbar Th Louisiana Purchase stampa tell of that
a tret with a bundle of papera under one r,ading book ahould cot.taln at least one sserted a wondeful Influence in ohar- m0it important epoch In the t. untry' life.
arm wnen a imie gin paeeeu .m ohapter devoted to the postage stamps of 8r ounaing tnrougn to neoessity of x- Th. Hudson-Fulton stampa of vry reeent
horse which she had not seen coming. She fonT " """" It Is interesting te know that there 1. . a VZntTJlSL?" R
two
few
John
Tho
Republie
Issues
eh tki
By Helen Verrlll, Aged 14 Years, No. It la- la'a ,u""u u" ,D "" " d wh,n Oeoree told her about the run- Ptn' Geography. history, literature, that nar apwUl laaaoaa te teach, and i , :.,V" V.'T" , ,v i i..
Th straniow. Oman, mue sme. no more a mngy looiung ooject, out ne.r., ' .... ,h. (nrMt to m;tbology, theology, natural history, world thera are countries where stampa tell with " ,
One, upon a Urn. two llttl. girl, llv.d In a. tbe oth.r. J br n- 'rrt politics, science nd the fin. art, ea- InterwUng vlvldn,. their hl.tory. Ther. bly 'powering odd. that Britain pes-
never did lov. her as she did Mis ' was vry frightened and began to cry. Tt ... ,h., ,..,.. little book of stories based on Dost.se . "
Polen. t "WW Isn't mine as bright as the othersT q,,.-, nad aeea ner and he dropped his ! " Stamps, the reference lnd.x to which show. Canada's hl.tory may be read In the
Th. rest of th. hottl. famllv arew and O""- papera and ran to help her. He caught . .r"'!f r": that no less than 1.000 historical fact. bf tmp. issued within tbe last
in.. ..H f id ... . "Because you have been a very dio- hold of her arm and told her to run to mK and i.rona. ar. told af in it. ne..- " commemorative of the deeds of
2 bedient little girl." said the fairy. th aid so it would not hurt her. But h. ",u" . "J" I, I., lmo.t an noyelopdla of useful Inform- Cabot B1 ' Champlaln and Cartler.
tHonorwbl. Mention.) Qrac. hung h.r head in sham "I. will was only S year, old and could not run - -- - - Uon. vlssltudes of the South African
A Tairy Story. f"V Z'LX . l?JEZJ!?LJ& Tit
iFirst Prls.)
A Prairie lire.
By Oeorg Nicholson, Aged II Year. Elsi.
hid. nea oiac.
th csU "Nurklng." Thi evening they "You ee, your gem is much mor. brtl
were on the hearth reading fairy atorte. Hant because you have promised to be a
It waa very quiet except for the ticking of hotter girl," ald th fairy.
th big clock on th mantel,
Th smaller child had
story snd sat thlnkl
sessed against thsm.
struck 10 o'clock. Both children put down
Ttv. r. rv was coins' to tax urao into . . i ,t
. ,.. eini.hi k.p luein. ueurge mm numo uu wiu mi.
h .k i u noth,r room but race f,lt hew11 being moUlar about how he had aved a little
u" wTi0 . V kn vlolntly. Sh wok. up to fmd her girl and that ombody had taken hla
.' . . .,. u... tronomy and other branchea of laarnlnc are set of iiusu. too. Issued for csra-
thsv were not there A boy had come ar opened up to the atudent of th postag memoraUv purposss that drlvs hom ion: Th PerfeeUng of the Panama canal
alona and nicked them up and run off with B'mP wltn feclllty and readiness that la of the most entertaining stories that are na th b,rth Pnnm gov-
surprising,
Leonsrd H. Goldsmith, an instructor of
to be found la all Matory.
Th Columbian aerie f stamp Issued
. " .. . ...... 1 ..! A , ...H . '"". " "
It was April s, niv, int a oig pram. Rula 8mlth. Aged U Tear. El wood. Nb. Nxt day a knock waa heard at the door
fir. want through her. W w some oea wnen ne younger tner name waa itr
smoke rising In the distance right fter glnl) said. "Nan, let's both go outdoors
w had eaten dinner and we thou
wa a fir.
14 v eousln and I war herding
and after w saw th fir coming w got They both put on their coat and went
. th aep closer to the bouse. When the out. Then Nan said. "The fairies dance
ttr wa about a mil away we put the every moonlight night all during the sum-
i. h ,rr.i aft.r wa had th. mer in a nice little place in the wood. You
Dear Busy Bees; I am a pew busy bee and when George opened it he saw ths
gone! Then, with a very long algh, sh valley below, which played among the fir
aettled back In the pillows In th window tree and danced up and down tbe surface
sh it "while The' moon 1. bright a'd It .my nd would ,lh to wrtu tar your ' ""'t lr' whomfc h had "L " h" od every thin. wa. very ul.t unUI a ,f th. beautiful llttl. stream that rippled
'ht U blrthd.y mother wUl'?.t . do any" J r d Jlk. 11 i ts, clu moth.r The, - had com. - take George yo wMU as.mpa(lthatloallvi btw.,n mounUin..
. i ' . I m in the Seventh grad at achool. I and hi mother to live with them. They tn, matter. little glrlT" .... .... .
snaep, .............. . . , b Brtntd In Th got ready to go at one ana went witn in .. . , ..,. "" "" numbar of .t.mn. nnthiv th Olympian
tt up ln surprVse ,th ,hadoW" ww" h gam, aeris. that hav. be.n Issued by
"OhVoh. Don't you know," sh. began. ;ould cr.ep from th. deep cavern where 1 0r.
hop. my letter will be printed
Omaha Sunday Bee.
Th. got ready to go
girt and h.r mother.
And thi. wa. Geoig.'. reward.
ernment ar. set forth In .tamp issues.
The story of the Black Napoleon ot
Hayti and the building of his practically
Impregnable fortress of Sans Souul a nar
rative with which probably few ar. fa
miliar Is told In a series of stamps. Th.
tyrannical oru.lty of thi. ri'.ler was never
xc.U.d by hi most barbarous rival.
Th field of athlttica 1 covered In a
Oliver'i Kindness.
. ... i , ... ,ki- remember that little Dlace iu 'Klmwood' By Arllrie Helm, Aged Year. Jll Polk
u.. v... w. - . M.m w., . ...,.v Street. South Omaha. Blue Bide..
ready so mat it in iir cam up 10 in - .
house w could fight It But th fir did Plc? Lt' so there."
. Mm. rlrht us to th house. So thy walkd wiflly. for it was a long
There wr a lot of men at th fir with ',,r
plow and. they plowed along
Once there wa a girl whoa name waa
Ollva. Ac roe th street from Ollva house
Mythology, with a number of it promi
nent god and goddesses, is Illustrated by
stamps of Crste and Greece.
Swltierland baa a stamp that tails th
Story of William Tell, showing Tll's son.
of th fir.
Th fir burned from near Elsi to th
South Piatt river, near Ogallala. At
night th wind went down. After we had
our supper w went out to th fir and
rarted fighting It W fought It until
It was all out on th weet aid. After
Utt w went hom. Whan we got hom
It was 11 ;M.
(Second Prls.)
Th Bottle Family:
By Elisabeth Wright. ISt Houth Thirty- Then came th great race.
fifth Avnu. Omaha. Blue Sid. By thi Urn all th bird had com and
Thr wr many bottlea silting on a were sitting on th tree ner. Th owl
tabl by Helen bed. Their name were: ta th judg. 11 held a big clock In one
Mr. Castor Oil, Mrs. Ollv Oil and her clsw. All was ready for th race, but the
Baby Salt M Listeria. Mr. Flss and tu elves were not there
Miss Cologne. At t o'clock the two llttl elves cam on
Helen loved Mis Cologn Bottl very their horses, which were turtle. Their the
aaueb. But Mr. Castor Oil was so croM rt began. Ther was a lot of shouUng
...v... .u .. .it ... si.cu in in. aayiiinv, nu .vui. .u.t.j'
lilll WIIWI 1.. U.I. .M ... ..... . ..... .
Tl,. Mi.4 .r. nt t h..mnr .... nr m..th... will aon uPOI l" tree ana enjov ire
1. v. not l.t ... ao out doors and ulav." goodnight songs pf th birds and crickets.
' mont Neb. lJu. Sdi "No. I don't know at all." r.pliI th accompanied by th .oft ripple of the little
The clock wa. ticking on th. mantel. The mist "Many llttl children over on the atream.
When they got there they sat down tner "vea povr Si" namau num. a only other sounds in me long UDrary wsr. other sld. or in city ar very giaa to nave -i auyed there many years, out at last 1 armed with the famous crossbow and cat-
rose hlgner and nigi.tr ana following in rytng the apple presumably th very one
llttl stream I came at last away from that . that he held on hi trembling pate when
beautiful place. At first I thought ther th Illustrious crossbowman split it with
o'clock and ther a as a rustle ot leaves o vmva weni in u a.a ner- n.ww.er. ner winnow, n any one naa oeen mere to io you ana oesraes many m mom nave w no place like It, but now I know that an arrow.
and very faint music. Then a hundred little mother said: "Yea, 1 think It would b they would hv aeen a very discontented work very hard, and when It la so hot It ,ha earth ,a coverad wltn lov,,y piaret There 1 a tmp Issue that present a
falrie cam marching In two by two. th nlc." Ollv took all of her money and little sir! cuddled up on the broad window make, them sick. Their feet burn, their th(U wU not away Uhr ,f ,t e,oudy, who,a aarl,a of ,Cenee from the quaint
king and queen leading. They all took eierteo. oown me roaa. en cam oacx in sill. heads sche sna tney get very tnirsty. or ,f tne fun cnaaja tha clouall oway, ,t0ry of Dan Quixote. It was Issued on
in. i n by large tree not far off and waited Ollva sat on her front porch thinking of its ticking, the crackle of the fire and an t cloudy, for when the sun shines warm it
the sides Jatifn(y Ruth, she said: "I will gu In and ask occaalolnkl sigh that cam from somewhere makes the sidewalks so hot they can't play
By and by the big town clock struck 13 mamma If I csn buy Ruth something." behind the heavy curtains that hung at the there. They have no nice green lawn like
tt IO list . i-ii. . l W i . m i . s i- . . .. m . l a
seat on th. different flower and grass a half hour and had a big box. Her mother Outid verythlng looked gray nd dls- "Oh!" said the little girl, and looked very But now j nut tof j havfl couJed tha occasion of th SOOth anniversary of
blades and waited till the king and queen met her at the gate. She opened the box mal If one looked only on the gloomy thing thoughtful; "but It s so homely, not pretty "e ohe. work for tha hinh ot Cervantes, th famous author
began slowly to walta Ths music played and ther was a nice doll. Her mother there as the little girl In the window did. at all." . . h of .this engaging book.
was a lively tun. and on. by on th. said: "Now you may go over and giv. It But It waVreally very beautiful if sua had -Uut jou don't see th. beauty. Don't m,'v "V0' icentedag n " Stamp, ther. ar. that .how be.st. and
couDlee came forward and waltsed. to her." only known It. The gray mist that had you know thai every cloud has a silvery Br ,0 6e discontented '" of .v.rV i.h.i. a .
couple, cam. rorwara ana waitsea. . ..Ph f., The sun cams out then and the beautiful birds of every description and from every
After a while a hen all were tired of
dancing they rested and had refreshments.
Ha Ollva did and they both Dlaved haoov aettled down in the nlaht made the nearby linine
all the time. hou look dim Ilk firy castles, The vhc Utile girl nodded. She had heard ry ml,t floated away
wind that blew the treetopa to and fro her grandma say so many times, but h
The Ptrty mad their damp leaves dance and frolic, revr thought it was really true before.
By Margaret Home, Aged 10 Yeara, making queer ahadowa In th llvry mlt. but now tnat tna ni8t aaid so It mut b
Auburn, Neb. Blue Side.
Mrs. Nelson and her daughter Betty were
latltud. and longitude on the globe. They
how everything from th. ornith.rhynohu.
" paradoxu. of th antipodes to th Nw-
Fishing foundland dog, and from th sheep-slaylng
Th. -l.l 111,, th. Kttl. .irl mii.t h.v. . ...... . - . ... ... l.. . .. . " " " Mai Ol
. ... - . U Ue. lor me mui uir iu w u. i, n -, p,.i.r H Years. Dtl BOIS. Central Amtriu
thought its lot very hsrd, for it sighed In ... of daml) mll. t.k r.h Kid.
. . . . . l. " " , fiaaj a. rm g I M IT1 1
Thr are. tmnni ihAWinr Unhaat i.t.
talking about what a nlc. doll sh had. corners of the house. Its groana rising lMn'' "r 'lW'0' " VWy " One evening one of our neighbor. wat In th, Congo and ther ar oth.r. .howlng
Th door opened and Mr. Gry, their tu ,h. laud.,'t .hr..k. and lhea '" bSn th mitt. down th, Namaha rlVer to t hi hook, dragon-beat regatta on th lUv.r Min In
neighbor, came In. aaylng. "Mrs. Ne!on. . . d ' , " ,,.... ,.,h. Th little gin seitieu oown into a coin- Ha oldn.t vm anything for bait o h China.
ao you mina you ana cuuii arrange
th tree and groaned a It went around the
' ' " . ' ... fortabla domIUou. f( r she wa now ur th .....ht - e. vi. ni.k.d un a llttl. atlck u. .......... ' .
xwiT Mraraator"oil and mV Poltl ""som. robin, w.r. looking through opera h w" b Bic to bv- ,rt' P'V- Th. clock'. Ucking se.med very .low. on .11 sides. When th. .un .t In th wst c.u,ht anything, h sw the frog si.Ung U 1. llttl. wond.r that th .ohool. fmd
' .T. and in th7lr fuM aitTel Tn Cml wUh V? ntiht c.. o was for B.tty." Mld Mr. Nlo. "I think w. At !t she pulled th. curtain, by and It mad. th. mountain top. turn beautiful up on th. bank with th. hook In It. back. th. po.tal carrt.r ready and popular mean
to h rtiE thi f.U off Z bolatnt a .oVX-w.r. wa" en." ksok at th. dock. Only half th. morning color, and made .beautiful shadow, in th. allv. as .v.r. ef la.Uu.Ua. th.