The Busv Rees
nOW many of tho Busy Dcea aro ready for Christmas Tho chil
dren, who live In tho city and hare been In the flhopa to bco tho
wonderful toys and novelties, should write stories about them
nuu mu
um, iunj will H1VU 1(1 ninnra rnn
i 1(M nilBH M a 1 ..11 .
. D ' u " . .. u . uuu wutiaiuintl 1 L L IU DUU1U UlillU Wild
would not otherwiso receive very many gifts.
Some of tho young writcra for tho
that the Stories must bo orlclnnl nml
to think out the stories for themselves and write something entirely dif
ferent from the book stories if they can.
One Busy Boo writes that she would like to write n continued story in
two parts, tho editor thinks that most of the children prefer tho short
stories. It is also difficult to use illustrations for stories. It any of the
Busy Boo have pictures of themselves wo would bo glad to havo them for
tho page.
Prizes this week aro awarded to Howard Donald McEachon and Botheno
Donaldson. Honorablo Mention totho King of tho Busy Bee3 Milton
Rogers. All three aro on tho Rod Side.
Little Stories
(First Prlre.)
Seeing a Whale.
By Howard T maid McEaehen, Ago 10
Years. Wayne. Nob. Red Side.
Out In Long Reach, Cal., last winter
I saw a whale. It was named the Cali
fornia Gray whale. It was' forty feet
long and ten feet In diameter. It was
caught by the Campaign boat.. They shot
explosive shells and threw harpoons Into
It They had it on a flatboat, and
charged 25 cents to see It. A lot of peo
ple came to see It There wa a piece
cut down from the side of It about eight
feet square. A. man stood on this with
rubber boots and cut out the steak, and
It looked like round beet steak, but they
called It whale steak. They sold the steak
to the people that came to see the whale.
The steak was very expensive. Tho oil
run out of the blubber Into the ocean.
The whale had long teeth that looked llko
tooth brushes. Tho Owners sold Its teeth
for souvenirs. After that they took, the
whale away and took the oil out of It and
sold the oil for a lot of money, And I
never saw- the whale after that.
1 (Second Prize,)
May's Dream.
By Bcthlne Donaldson. Council Bluffs,
la., R. P. D. No.' 4. Bed Side,
It was two days before Christmas and
May was wishing she would get a big
doll from Santa Claus. She wanted her
doll to go to sleep and have real hair
and eyelashes. May's mother had told
lier to write a letter to Santa Claus and
tell him what she wanted, so May got
out her paper and Ink and asked Santa
Claus for tho doll and some candy and
nuts. She had Just finished her letter
tho same time that the postman came
and she sent It away. That night when
May was tucked Irt her bed and her lit
tle lamp blown out she thought over all
the things she had dofte'dnrinfr the day
when'aU,. at orlco she saw Santa peering
through the door' and he saldi' ""Won't
you eemerrmy ntiWweiiiMhr,
toys before Chrlstej&Sk atjVJl wlV;brirtff
you home. Christmas. $va?:' Via?- was.
very glad of. the chance to Visit Sanfa
Claus,. so she jumped, out pf j?eL and
dressed and went; out with Sattta Claris
to his sleigh, where 'lie wrapped, her tip
In his. fur laprobe and they wentsptnnlng
through the olft In a few minutes they
arrived -at a beautiful palace, Whcro
Santa- Stopped his reindeers arid Jumped
out of his sleigh and took May by tho
hand and led her Into hJs palace, whore
she saw the prettiest toys she had ever
seen. Santa, took her through all his
work rooms and all his little worker
were glad to see her and when at last it
was time for her to go home she was
very sorry to leave them. Santa took
her homo and filled her stockings with
all the things she wanted and first thins'
the knew she Was In her little white bed
Just as she had left It.
' (Honorable Mention.)
How "Scat" Tarkington Got His
Turkey.
By Milton Rogers, Aged It eVars. Omaha.
Rod Side.
Sebastian Catewater Ardllus Tarking
ton was his name. He was a lad with
quite an Ingenious mind-; for Instance, to
get somo "kids" to pile up his wood ho
would give the one that did the most
work a genuine "moony," as the "kids"
called a certain marble. As a result, the
bin was soon overlowing. He lived with
his distracted mother and his worried
father in the little town of Dottlngham
In the state of Ohio. It was early fall,
the first of September, when, to the
surprise of the "kids" of the town, lazy
"Scat" went to work In the grocery store.
The kids called him "8cat," for the Ini
tials of his names spelled "Scat" and at
his first appearance In the school room
he camo with the lunch box end covered i
with his Initials that spelled 8-C-A-T.
"Scat" himself didn't know why he went 1
to work except that the autumn, weather j
made him feel energetic !
Now as any boy knows that early In
tho fall they begin asking about the
turkey for Thanksgiving and bo "Scat"
was- real nice and early with his ques-;
tlon. And too soon to his dismay he
And
found that the family could not afford
a turkey, Now a turkey, in "Scat's" es
timation, was everything on earth. He
would rather have that than to beat up
"Slug" Tims, the envy of the school in
fighting. Yet he hated to part with his
week's earnings, so when the news
reached his ears his ingenious mind set
to work to find some way to get that
turkey without pay- Finally he found a
way and was soon at the plot. His first
move was to ask the grocer this ques
tion? "How many parts to a turkey?"
The grocer thought, and then replied,
'V)I, there are ten parts to the chicken,
"8cat," ten main parts." "But a turkey
Mike, don't mean a chicken," said
"Peat" "Oh," the grocer smiled. "They
both have the same ten parts. "Scat."
Bays passed, then one day, "How much
would each part be worth." This ques
tion came out of a clear sky and the
grocer was somewhat taken back at It,
but he replied. "Well "Scat," a turkey
Is worth about $3.00, so each part would
he worth 34 cents." "Scat" was some
what taken back at the price, but un
daunted with the turkey vision In his
mind he went on with his plan. "Scat"
worked hard all September and to the
puzzled grocer every so often "Scat"
would do an extra errand and then come
back to the grocer and ask, "Well, Mike,
how much was that errand worth." He
would tell "Scat" and then every night
uui uo uvju iu eg in inn. siures. 1 nn
fnpv (im nhnnf tMnrrn thntnanl..
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by Little Folk
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tho mysterious lad" would put down In a
little book at homo the errand and how
much each was worth, unknown to nny
body. ; And so "Scat" went on undaunted
by tho Jeers and taunts of tho boys
when they went off on a fishing or bath
ing experience. The grocer was still
more puzzled as the time went on, for
every so often he would be asked the
same question. "How much Is that errand
worth?" Well, finally on the Saturday
before Thanksgiving "Scat" confronted
Mlko with his book, "Well, Mike, you
see there are forty-threo errands I have
dono and the whole amounts to J3.00, the
prlco of a turkey, as you told mo days
ago. Well,, buko, my xamiiy can i ai-
f ord a turkey of any kind," and "Scat's"
face grew graver, "and bo I did those
errands. I've been a good Worker, Mike,
and so for the love of Mlke,'T .ho said
with a laugh, "please, oh please, Mike,
give mo a turkey and it don't make no
difference how good It Is, Mike, but you
know a turkey is everything to a
Thanksgiving day and mamma nearly
Cried because we couldn't have one, and I
haven't worked for myself, only: I know'-
mamma was .sad.'cauaa' we couidn;t nave
fehe. and: f0r he sake-1 worked fdr it."
'And theiic'at stopped as-if--he .was all
MnVfttmtBiklatr, :-W'lte -thl. was going
nn pilKorBr lacq grots- into a suwo ana
faded Into pity as- the lad went o'n. When
the lad finished he broke out laughing.
heartllyi
-"3o that's the reason of your question?
Why, 'Scat,' you can have the best tur
key in the store," and tho kind-hearted
Mlko doubled up In fits Of laughter
again.
So Thursdny noon Scat and his parents
happily hod "great doln's." as Scat called
It, for his grateful mother furnished tho
ryt of the "eats."
A Princeton Adventure.
By Milton Rogers, Aged 14 Years. 3718
Dewey avenue, Omaha.
. Every young man that graduates from
any college has his funny experiences to
relate. My father, who is a loyal Prlnco
tohlan, also had his adventures to relate.
Hero Is a funny one, which I will tell:
My fathe, along with his brother, Will,
and Newton Booth Tarkington all could
play a string Instrument and sing. So
the Qlee club of Princeton appointed them
and a few others to entertain some
men at an alumni meeting that was going
to bo held In New York. They arrived In
New York with all their suit cases,
banjos, mandolins, etc. They found their
way to the hotel, hurried upstairs to put
on their dress suits. They came down
Just In time for the banquet. After the
elaborate banquet was over the boys
entertained, singing and playing. The
banquet ended at about U o'clock. The
fellows were about all in. They were
tired and sleepy. They went on the owl
train for Princton Junction at about 13
o'clock. The fellows, halt asleep piled in
for tho noisy, slow ride to Princeton.
They reached Princeton Junction at about
1:30, Just thirty minutes too late. Hero
In tho daytime a stub line meets the
train and takes the fellows to Princeton,
But at night no train meets them. So the
hoys had arranged to have a cab waiting
for them. They found It over In the
dark by the edge of tho road, it was now
pouring rain and tho tired fellows plied
n suitcases, banjos, mandolins, eta, and
Miuea aown for tne slow ride to Prince
ton. Boon half the fellows were asleep,
The ride was a full five miles to Prince-
ton and with the roads arowlne- mu
every minute It was only too unpleasant.
The roads grew muddler and muddler
until the old 'bus stuck fast In the mud.
The horses pulled with all their might,
but of no avail. Some fellows piled out,
hoping to lighten the load, but of no avail.
It stuck fast. The horses, straining their
backs at the command (and curses) from
the driver broke away from the rotten
harness and disappeared in the darkness.
Now the fellows were In a bad nUeht.
They finally decided to hike it to
Princeton. They all piled out with dress
suit cases, banjos, mandolins, etc., and
started forth In the rain, wading up to
the tops of their patent leather shoes In
the mud. They finally struck the stub
line railroad, track and followed It In.
They had to cross trestles with rushing
waters and black spaces beneath. They
plodded on and on, dirty and bedrag
gled, sleepy and hungry. Thero were
many little culverts or ditches in the
roadbed and these, too, were in the way.
Will Rogers, my father's brother, per
haps, had the largest load, for lie was a
freshman. The load consisted of a suit
case, a banjo and a mandolin. He In the
darkness stepped Into one of these
ditches. Down ho sprawled, banjo, suit
case, mandolin and all, in the mud. Now,
anybody would expect a tired, sleepy fel'
low when a thing like that happens to
curse like anything. Well, Will Just got
mi mm
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up, looked around and uttered this word:
"Gosh." He picked up the suitcase and
musical Instruments and then plodded
on. They finally reached their dormitory
at about 4:S0 In tho morning. No more
dirty, bedraggled, sleepy fellows could
bo found if you tried.
The Babies.
Mildred Scott, Aged 13. Clarks Neb.
Harry Browne and Hose Swift had
moved Into there new homes at tho
same time at Cleveland, Tho two families
had known each other for years. s
Mr. Browne and Mr. Swift had bought
a new farm apiece, six miles west of
Cleveland. One farm 'was on one sldo
of the road and tho other farm was on
the other.
There was a school house up the road
a mile and north a mile. Their father
Earned Money by Being Brave Little Girl
Frances Eltlck, 7 years of age, Is being
admired and envied by all her little
playmates In Dundee,' because of her re
markablo nerve and fortitude while un
dergoing a long and painful treatment to
prevent hydrophobia." She was bitten
November 15 by a bulldog which had
gone mad with a bad case of rabies.
Her father and mother aro Mr. and
Mrs, F. I. Elllck, 5135 Davenport street
To make sure that the disease should
not develop .in tho little girl's system
,and cause her "death, Dr. B. T. Manning,
tho family physician, used a sharp
hypodermic needle to Inject a preventive
.vaclno Into her arm every, ovenlng. IIer
father promised to 'give .her a coin, overy
tlmo she did . riot -cry during tho "treat,
mcnt.
The little miss made a chart, with a
lino for each day of the three weeks'
treatment, and ruled It In two columns
Heading on "cried" and the other "didn't
Cry." She kept the record herself and
took pride In being able to record tho
fact that nearly every tlmo sho bravely
refrained from tears, even though the
Injection of the sharp needle deep Into
her muscles was quite painful and 'had
to be, repeated over day.
Sho was pronounced owed a few days
ago and now she is keeping the chart
as a souvenir, and also as the basis of
a snug olalm on her daddy's pockotbook.
As a special reward for her fortitude,
her father took her with him on a trip
td Lincoln and back recently. Frances
will . use the coin she earned by not
crying, for the purpose of buying Christ
mas presents.
said that was where they were to go.
A' railroad ran along by the sehoel house,
tho children were forbidden to play on
the tracks, but sometimes they did.
The children were 13 years old and the
only children In tho two families. They
had n pony apiece and a dog. Tho
children could row a boat and swim as
well ns nnyono. They were not afraid
of anything.
At school the boys called Harry a
"Rlrl boy." because ho Played with Rose.
' and they called Rose a "torn boy girl."
because sho i)lay.cd with Harry, and also
called them babies.
Finally they would not play with them
at all. They took their ponies to school
and took rides at noon. One day they
did not take their ride, so they wero
setting on tho school house steps watch
ing the other children nt ploy.
When tho whistle of the train mn.lo
tho children start, they were going to
watch tho trsln go by, and all at once
two little heads come up on the other
side of the track. Two of the smaller
children had gone to pick flower and
now were on the. track. The train was
almost on them. Tho rest of tho children
and the teacher stood In silence, white
to tho tips of their fingers. When like
a flnsh Harry and Rose wero off running
toward tho tiuck.
Tho train was about fifty yards away
and Harry and Rosa were ten yards
away. Tho train was almost on them.
Hurry snatched ono and Rose the other,
and Jumped Just as the train went by.
Harry and Roso got a medal for their
bravery, and never wore lnughed nt
again.
How the Oak Tree Became King.
By Mollle Corenmnn, Aged 13 Years. 805
South Soventh Street. Omaha, Neb,
Long ago, In tho days forgotten, the
oak was a small, plain tree that grew
alone In the forest. No one ever stopped
to look at It Its body was bent by the
fierce winds that blew! Its leaves were
simple and coarse, and for acorns It had
only rough little balls. But tho flowers
that grew at Its feet knew the little oak
tree, nml thanked It every day tor Its
kindly shade. The oak treo spread Its
leaves and branches to sltt the sunshine
and rain, that they might fall lightly on
tho tender blossoms. When a tt looked
down In their upturned faces, the Uttlo
oak quivered through every leaf and
softly murmured In the breeze, '"TIs
FRANCES EL.UCIC
BSBSSSS 'H
Is Edgar Dear?
sweet to live, for the flowers I love." And
the llttW birds knew the oak tree. They
loved to nest In Its branches. "Rap, rap,
rap," knocked the tittle woodpecker one
bright spring morning. "May I, too, have
a homo with you?" "Oh, do not let it
In!" cried n shrill little voice. "It will
pick a hole In your side!" Tho oak tree
PausiHl while ench Intf hrlil lt li
then sweetly murmured, "Tho woodpecker
musi nave a home," and clearly called,
"Come In." Then the woodpecker picked
out the wood from the oak with Its
strong, sharp bill till It had mailo a hole
largo enough for its nest and the oak
trr was glad because the woodpecker
had found a home.
Tho little squirrel knew tho kind oak
tree, which dropped down acorns for It
Tho cold days wero coming and It must
gather Its winter storo. So It ran away
to tho friendly onk and asked for all
ma acorns it could spare.
"Do not glvo your ncorns," piped a
thin voice, "they will be your little oaks
next year." Then tho oak tree trembled
through all Its leaves, but It answered,
"The long, cold winter Is romlng and tho
little squirrel must have food." Then It
shook down Its ncorns and said, "Here,
little squirrel, take them all. May yon
bo warm and itappy through the wild
winter!" And tho little squirrel took the
ncorns and carried them nway to Us
winter home. The cold days came, the
birds flew away, the flowers and leaves
slept under the snow, and the oak was
alone.
Then, one evening, as dusk was gather.
Ing In the woods, a traveler came through
tho forest. He was numb with cold and
far from home. As ho came near, the
oak tree heard htm sav: "Wlml nhnlt t
do? I must surely perish with cold In the
nignt that Is coming on." And the oak
tree reached out its twigs to touch ths
'traveler. "Oh, do not do Itl" shrieked
the wind. But tho oak treo listened not
"Good traveler," It said, "take me, and
build a flro to Warm you through the
night and do not die." So the traveler
cut down the branches of the oak tree
and built a fire and warmed himself and
laid him down and slept. The flro burned
on and grew brighter In the dark. The
flames roso higher and higher, and In
the flames n treo oroso that grow, and
grow-lnrgcr than oil the forest trees
and nbovo their heads. And by tho fire
light, all that night, the fairies worked
making the leaves for tho wondrous tree.
Thoi" wovo them nf nlnuv
cut them In fairy patterns llko no other
iraves that grew In all the forest. And
other fairies set th
acorns of rare beauty for the tree. Tho
ngni grow ana fnded, and faded and
then grew till In the burst nf tnnrnln'
sunrlso stood the grand oak tree. Its
migiity branches clothed In living green
and a hundred ncorns hanirlnsr from
twIgH, Sweet birds sang among Its
leaves, and fair flowers blossomed at Its
fiot. A voice was heard throush all i
forest saying. "Behold, your klngl" and
each tree echoed back, "Behold, the
king'"
Tho Cuban Bananas.
By Etliclyn Berger, 005 North Nineteenth
Streot, South Omaha. Ago 13 Years.
Ulna Bide.
In Cuba tho men were busy gathering
and packing away the bananas. Later
thoso bananas wero sont to icimlra, N.
Y., nnd were sent to a storo whero they
wero hung up near a counter on which
wero apples, oranges, figs, dates, candy,
cookies and pomegranates,
A boy perhaps about 10 years old was
sitting at a tablo writing In a book when 1
the door opened and in came two chil
dren, a boy and a girl.
They were richly dressed, as the girl
had on a red cloak and hood wlttl large
rosettes and red Icgglns, Sho carried a
purse and around her neck was a fine
mink fur and In her hand was ths muff.
The boy had on a warm brown suit
and legglns and a white and blue cap.
These children were twins and tho only
children of a rich merchant. They were
Kate and Robert Maxwell.
Kato now went tip to tho boy sitting
at tho table and said: "I will take two
dozen bananas and a fancy basket of
apples and oranges, and same dates, and
somo pomegranates. Please send the
Their Own Page
SUNDAY, DKCKMIIKIl 14. "This Is tho tiny wo cclchratc.'
Year, Name and Address. School.
1904 Dorothy Harbor, 4152 Davenport St Saundora
1906 Samuol Allen Beach, 1008 Georgia Ave Park
1900 Rachel Boniler, 131C Canton St.. Edward Itoaowator
1S0S Frieda W. Brnun, 1121 South 7th St Taclflo
1902 Arthur Cnmpboll, 3323 Emmet St ...Howard Kennedy
1897 Ford Deorson, 4208 North 25th Ave Saratoga
1901 Harold A. Delano, 2418 Jones 8t Mason
1900 Allon Emmons, 3642 Grand Ave Central Park
1S07 Loulso aibllluco,. 1218 Piorco St Pacific
1906 Elma Goodwin, 1325 South 33d St Park
1903 Edward Holyoke, 62D North 47th St . '. Saunders
1900 Vernon Hughe. 1617 North 18th St Kollom
1902...... Frederick Irwin, 4609 Capitol Avo..! Saundora
1899 Clyde Jensen, 2420 Wirt 8t .'...Lothrop
1905 Loulso Korlsko, 141JI South 16th St Comcntu's
1808 Loulso KrauHe, 231$ South Blvd - Vinton
1905 Roso Kurz, 2207 South 12th 8t. . . , Lincoln
1903. k....Bernlco Lnngovin. 1605 South 25thSt y Maean
1906 Gall LlvcBay, 2810 Capitol Avo... Farnam
1904 Chester Paul McAullffe, 3210 Seward St. . . .7 St. Cecilia's
19.Q6 Luther Mnnsoll, 2928 Vinton St., Vlntoti
1900 Helen Maxwell, 2734 South 12th S,t Bancroft
1900 Florence Meade, 506 South 10tl St Central
1901 Emily Mottlcky, 1512 William St Comenlua
1808 Ernest Nordln, 2527 South 10th 'St Banaroft :
1902 Harold Prohaska, 1422 South 5th St Train
Clementtn Putney, 3814 Drown St Central Park
1903. . . . . .LouIb Clarence HosmuBson, 510 Popploton Ave .Train1
1901 Dorothy Camilla Shaw, 3320 Cuming St Franklin,.
1890 Jntnoa Sullivan, 2223 Larlmore Ave...- Saratoga.
1904 Mablo Tubbs, 1411 South 16th St... Comonlus!
1806 Dortha Wnngborg, 2810 Ames Avo Saratoga,
1890 Izadoro White, 317 South 11th St Paclfio
basket of fruit to Mr. Maxwell, South
Fifth avenue. But wo will carry tho
bananas." Then Kato gave tho boy the
money and they left the store. They
got in the carriage that was awaiting
them.
After thoy had rode about three blocks
they saw a little lame boy sitting on a
bench beside two little girls. They were
nU poorly clad and looked hungry, no
Kate gave the bananas to the oldest
girl and Robert gave soma money to tho
boy, and promising to come to their
homes some times, they rode home,
When they got home Kate told her
father all about ths children and so
thry put on their cloaks again and went
down town. Tho children were then
clothed nicely and warmly, so they took
them to a restaurant and bought thorn
n supper.
After that Kate and Robert visited tho
poor in the dirty tenant houses, but they
found that the lame boy and his two
ststoro wore the. cleanest children and
had the oleauest home of any suite of
rooms or oho room JLhat (hey had. vlsltod.
" T i
. The Kingbird.
By Iona Anderson. 'Weston. la., Box 91
utuo map.
Tho chief of fly catcher In this
region Is tho plucky little kingbird. He
Is a silver-gray bird, with -a white breast
and a white tipped tall. Ho lives almost
altogether on insects, which ho catches
on the wing, with a few seeds and a
little fruit for dessert. A flash of his
soft, gray wings, click of his bill
and tho beetle or fly has met Its doom,
whllo the kingbird circles book to Its
watohlnr place. Ho can see on Insect
over 1W feet away, which Is more than
wo can do,
There Is a strong prejudice against the
kingbird, as ho Is supposed to prey on
honey bees. In fact, the kingbird is also
known aa tho "beo martin." This super
stition has about as much foundation as
tho old belief that tomatoes were poison
ous. Sometimes tomatoes do disagree
with ono, but not often) also kingbirds
sifcrlUayBook
sometimes catch bees, but It seems to '
be entirely accidental.
Government and other experts have
msdo thorough tests and and find that
drones are eaten once In a while, but
the workers that carry the stings al
most never. It Is probably n most un
pleasant surprise to the king bird when
ho gots one.
"Hut," says ono man, "I have 'seen a
king bird sit In front of n hive and catch
the been as thry fly In and out."
Oh, no, you hhve not What the king
bird was eating wero tho tobber files.
Bo, you see, you wronged a good friend,
after nil, tor he was protecting the bees '
Instead of destroying them.
Kindness to Birds,
By Vera IClndell, Aged 0 Years, J002 Bouth
Thirty-eighth Avenue, Omaha, Red
Bide..
This Is tho first time I have ever ,
written to tho Busy Bees and wish to '
bo on the Red side. .
Once In a lonely wood thero lived an '
old man and an old lady. They had
two children named Ruth and Carl. They
both loved birds and flowers.
OnO day Ruth aw a man starting to
shoot a bird and sho told him not to, I
because the birds have a right . to live
as well as we, and how would you like '
It It overy body tried to shoot you.
Then tho man saw his mistake and
soldi "You havo taught me & lesson
which I shall never forget." He then
gave Ruth S100 and sho away happy.
Her father nnd mother then bought
clothes and shoes for the children and
both of them started to school and wero
happy ever after.
A Story About Christmas.
By Mary Bleplchka, A god 11 Years, Bouth
Omaha. Neb. Red Side.
This Is the first time I have written
to the Busy Bee.
I cannot wait until Christmas day, I
wonder what will Banta Clause glvo me
this Christmas? I wish he will give mo
a big doll and a doll buggy and things
that havo little papor rings nnd watches.
I do not care for anything else if Banta
Claus will give me theso toys I will glvo
htm a box of dishes for some poor people,
so that Banta Claus will give them those
things. t
I wish you a Merry Christmas for all
the year.
Bethine's Dream.
By Vera Prior, Aged 9, Council Bluffs, la.
It F. U, . JJiue niue.
It was the night before Christmas, and
Bcthlne sold that sho dreamt that Santa
Claus was going to bring her a big doll
and handkerchiefs, and she did not want
anything else, but Banta Claus brought
her a book and some hair ribbons; and
he brought her some dresses, and she
said he was a good man, And I will tell
you what I dreamed. I dreamed that
Panta Claus was going to brins mo a big
doll and a handkerchief. I will tel you
that he is dressed In fur and he comes
Jn a sled and sometimes an airship.
My Thankseiving.
By Qenevleve Ross, Aged 9 Years, Lyons,
Neb. Red Side.
Dear Busy Bees: I have not written
you for bo long I will write about my
Thanksgiving. My aunt and uncle wero
here. They have two Uttlo girls and they
are so sweet Their names aro Ardlth
and Marlam. My aunt camo up Wednes
day night and my uncle came Thanks
giving day. When my uncle went homo
I went with them. It was 8 o'clock when
we got down to my aunt's house. My
uncle lives in Lyons.
The Baby and the Kittens.
By Charlie Althoff, Aged 10 Years, Coun-t
ell Bluffs, la. Blue Side.
I havo a little baby brother at home
and a black and whlto kitten, and at
meal time tho Uttlo kitten sits at the
door waiting until my little baby brother
comes to the door to let her In for her
mml. When she gets through with her
meals she goes to my little baby brother
to play with him, and my Uttlo brother
lays down and lays his head on the Uttlo
kitten. He plays horse with his little
kitten and he plays with her tho most
and he likes his kitten the best
A Letter.
By Bethel Seymour, Aged 9 Years, Ben
nington, Neb. Blue Side.
I would like to be a Busy Bee. ,1 am
9 years old and In the fourth trrade. I
am very busy getting ready for out
Christmas program, I have one sister.
Her name Is Gladys, Sho is in tho pri
mary class. Hoping I will escape the
waste basket, I am yours truly,
HETHEL SEYMOUR.