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LITTLE OUTDOOR GIRL
( Hllrci lr;i-. How many Al .' r'" love to take long walks? I know
i'r in ,i iK! ! ill f.i'l ('j c ;iltr:ii toil you wi'h l he carpet of rustling
Y,.vcs !i Uiii in wall, r! 1 thmk it would he lnvelv i:' some of the
1 ''! would nritiiMtr a w.i'kmg (lull, tor wen in these crisp winter
'.' "ii w:il !.! v l.i!.os t'lj-'i -liter. Ho Mire and take your cameras, for
' i tc sic a' . i- pn uv -M i r- that n will want for your very own.
in., scene- aio al.v.o.s heaulitu! mid vou will liao such fun taking the
ii Hires.
Il ' !l ihcn -cud the Busy Hoc editor vottr snapshots they will
be lop' oiluei'd fur your own page, if possible. 1 1 i will not only give you
tua-uic. hu! wrl anm-" oine o! the siiui-in children of our hive who
;:io not vet old -nnvli ! take those long walks. Write and tell me of
Miur liiim! limr-. hut d"ii'l lei Jack Frost catcji you; lie's a nippy fellow!
i ovinr.lv. M A KG A R FT.
Junior Red Cross Pledge.
Jill!! T Ki d ( ii o! Nance county
has pledged ,1- serv'cis toward
taistji).' a turn! to pinch ie one ( ien
( r.il M it'ii - ci nupaiu automobile
.-.mhul.imv i a i osl oi IIIO.IKI.
I he campaign y this fund is being
conducted in a new and most unicpie
manner. Shares, a' SHI each, are be
ing sold to ihr elinoi- that are
r ;i i i 1 1 p. money b.r this purpo-e. The
authorized capital is for SJ.-ll M .(.)().
dost of machine). Kadi school in
the county is cpec;ed to purchase
at least one share, and. undouhtediy.
some will purchase as high as two
and three shat es.
This is the main project of the
Nance county Junior Red Cross
members for this year. They have
devised many schemes for raising
their money and they are planning
on condui ting a Junior Ked Cross
day the latter part of this month,
in response to an appeal sent to the
chairman of the Chapter School
committees, of the Junior Red Cross,
in all the counties of the state, by
the state director of junior ac
tivities. Many schools have already
conducted their Junior Eed Cross
day. raising .sums of money from
$z to $350.
Girl Soldiers.
T.ittle Rirl-t all over our broad land
are proud today that they had such
a larffc share in winning the great
war. Thousands of rugs were made
by tiny feminine lingers beside
dressing table covers, gay lamp
shades pud pillows.
In addition to this work of their
hands the children have given so
many lovely plays, pageants and
benefit affairs. I'ncle Sam is indeed
proud of his nieces, and those who
have worn the Junior Red Cross
button are soldiers just as truly as if
thev had worn khaki.
tasks thev fiilhliod, some of the
school children drew beautiful pos
ters. 'I bree children from the I'ark
school made some real works of art,
which were on display in one of the
store windows.
A MUSIC TALK.
Now that Turkey is being talked
about a great deal, its music is being
1 looked into, and it seems as if Turk
ish music, compared to that of other
1 countries, is harder to find than a
needle in a hay-stack, as the saying
! is . There is the beautiful "Turkish
' Man h" from Beethoven's "Ruins of
! Athens," but that is not niiisic-writ-
ten by a Turk; it is a suggestion of
, Turkish music. There is the "Turk
I ish Parole," which used to be played
'a great deal by the bands, once upon
a time; but that is not native music.
and when we begin to consider what
Turkish music is like, and what kind
Red Cross Boys.
For away in Brooklyn the Junior
Red Cross has done wonderful work
in helping I'ncle Sam win the great
war. Furniture has been made for
the hospitals by the boys, and am
bulance boxes, wood splints and
then puzzles of all kinds were made
for the convalescent soldiers who
could amuse themselves during the
long hours. A quarter of a million
bedside tables, screens, ink stands
and work tables have been made by
these soldiers behind the lines.
War Drive Posters.
Omaha boys and girls helped to
put the war fund drive over the top
in many ways. 'They worked early
and late to make money for our men
across the seas and beside the many
'of melody the Turks like, a little
istory conies up about the sultan of
j 'Turkey once, who, when he heard a
I l'.uropean band for the first time,
i said to the conductor after the con
cert was over; "There is one piece I
; like better than anything you have
j played." "We will play it over again
I for your majesty," said the conduc
tor. So the baud played one piece
after the other, but none of them
seemed to be the particular piece
the sultan wanted to hear. In despair
the bandsmen began to tune their
instruments. "Allah! That is it."
cried the sultan. It seems as if the
kind of music which some Turks like
isn't music at all, doesn't it? The
so-called thrill of Turkish type of
music is always liked, and has been
used often by famous composers in
gcttina: suggestions for their pieces.
The Turkish type of music consists
j of a simple, spirited tune, with an
i accompaniment having a strong ac
cent, that is, like a "beat," or stress
on a word, m a poem, when it is re
cited. Mozart wrote some Turkish
music, in one of his famous sonatas.
The movement is called "Alia Tur
jca," and that means in trie Turkish
I style. Reethoven. besides having
trie 1 tirkisn marcii in ins Ktuns ot
Athens." has a chorus of dervishes
in it also, t is the Turkish march
in this "Ruins of Athens" which
has made the composition famous.
All of you children wbo read this
and study music ought to get your
teachers to give you this march to
learn. It is at once beautiful and
classical. That is something which
I cannot always be said about this
I type of music. Some of it is very
jhard to understand, and cultivated
1 people, those who have studied
! music of the best kind for a long
time, and cultivated their taste for
1 it. can sav thev like classical music.
..jjfar&etu vv ifl
LITTLE STORIES BY LITTLE FOLKS
Our Mother's Tasks.
By Ian-lip Chrisl.-nson, Aged 11. Ahr ,-t
Dear Rusy Rces:
Our mothers used to talk and
crochet
Their spare time awav.
Hut now they sit and knit.
Or make some soldiers a comfott kit.
My Puppy.
By Ooorgl B.
Knot, Agfd 8 Yfara. oak
limit. Nut..
This is my first letter to the Pitisv
Bees . I have a little puppy. It
plays around with my baby brother.
Its name is Peggy; it is a rat terrier '
I have a big dog. too. The little dog
bites the big dot? sometimes. T
big dog runs away.
Rover. He catches
times.
His name is
rabbits some
RULES FOR YOUNG
WRITERS.
1. Write plainly and number
pages.
2. Use pen and irk, not pencil.
3. Short and pointed articles
will be given preference. Do not
use over 250 words.
4. Original stories or letters
only will be used.
5. Write your name, age and
address at the top of the first
page.
6. A prize book will be given
each week for the best contribu
tion. Address all communications to
Children's Department. Omaha
Bee, Omaha, Neb.
A true outdoor girl is Margery Ann Mach in her white furs and cun
ning hood. Margery is all ready for a romp in the snow and will laugh at
Jack Frost, for he cannot nip fingers or ears with this little Bee so snugly
wrapped in furs. "
A LITTLE GIRL WHO BECAME
A GREAT SINGER.
Did you ever hear of Jenny Kind?
Well, she as one of the greatest
singers that has ever lived.
She was born away over in Swe
den and began to sing when she
was almost a baby. Befuie she was
9 years of age she was admitted to
the conservatory, and was a public
singer and a great favorite before
she was 1.
Then the little girl had a great
sorrow, for she lost her beautiful
voice. .However, in a few years, it
came Pack suddenly and she sang
more beautifully than ever.
When she was 20, she was made
court singer, which was a great
honor. One evening after singing
at the opera in Vienna. oxr 1,000
people followed her carriage home
and she had to come to her window
JO times to bow to the crowd -that
applauded her.
In England the queen was so-Je-lighted
with her singing that she
wanted to give her many things, but
Jenny Lind would Only accept a
bracelet. This she always prized
very much.
She gave concerts in A'merica for
almost two years and made a preat
deal of money. And what do you
think she did with it? She gave it
all to he! other people. Some of it
she gave to send boys and girls to
school. With some she built hos
pitals and did all sorts of things to
make pebple happy. She sang so
beautifully that she was called "The
Swedish Nightingale."
CNLY HIS BELT FELT SLACK.
It is hard to make the slacker un
derstand his slackness.
A brawny slacker of a tramp
knocked at the kitchen door of a
farm house and whined ot a re
quest for food.
''Young man." said the farmer's
wife, "you ought to go to the
front.'
"I did go to the front, lady," said
the slacker, "but I couldn't niak. no
body hear, so I came around to the
hack." Boys' Life for October.
My School.
By IWnlce CunnlnKhnm. Aged 8. Hox in;.
Fullertun. N1.
Dear Busy B'ees: I like to read
the Rusy Bee page and have never
written to vou before. There are
20 scholars in our school. I like in
teacher fine; I am in the fourth
grade. I have two sisters and o"o
brother. My sister is in the liftb
grade. He comes to meet me every
night when 1 come home from
school.
Our School Program.
By .Willi) M.'D.'iulnn AK,fi ii, t;.-i.a.
N'oh . yi.iut.' 1'.
1 see so many nice letters from
the Rusy Rees that I thought 1
would write about our sdiol pro
gram. Last year we had a program
at school. We had many pieces and
dialogues. We had a play about
Hiawatha. One of the boys was
Hiawatha, so be had a bow and ar
row. My sister was Xokoniah. and
the rest of us girls and boys were
Indians. We sat on the floor with
blankets around us. After the pro
gram we had a pie social. It brought
$36. We bought Victrola records
and pictures with the money. This
is my first letter and 1 hope it will
escape Mr. Wastehasket.
there was another one, and soon
there were four little birds. Now
'hey are nearly as big as the mother
and father bird. Now thev have a
cage of tfieir own. Mr-. Canary
has been vet v busy budding her nest
again. Soon there will he several
eggs in the nest. Then alter a time
there will be more little birds They
will soon he grown and tly to their
home in the south to spenfl the win
ter. Well, my letter is getting long,
so I w'll close. Some of the Rusy
Hoes write to me. Goodby.
Fighting With Coins.
his bead. Ri'l had a wagon, and he
took from it the pauels he had
bought, then took his coat off. laid
it in the wayon. then plucked a lot
o the cool grasses and laid the dog
upon it. Then verv slowly, so as
not to hint the animal, be drove
home. Rill's father, who was a vet
etiiiariau. tended the dog and he
lapidlv grew better. A couple of
months afterward the Red Cros
drive started. Hill tixed a basket
and look his paints and made it led
white and blue. Rill himself man
aged it with the Red Cross manager.
; and on a certain bright day aflei
I "Pershing " which was the dog'?
; luin"1. bad been cleaned, he vva
! brushed and had a red. white and
blue ribbon tied at. urn! bis neek
ille was taken to a large summer
hotel where there was a lot of guests.
Rill bad a sign by him which read
as follows: "Help back up l'ersh
; ing through this Pershing. Thai
night when the money was counted
there was over $W, and both Rill and
Pershing weie happy.
.Mm.'
My lMiiliii Kali
Sav. bovs
candy with mir nn mev
h. .V;:rl PI N li.. ,.:l. Nrli
and girls, don't huv
Take it am
My Kitten.
Kri-nJ.
SWEET SOLITUDE.
He who must needs have company
must needs have sometimes bad
company. Re able to be alone. Lose
not the advantage of solitude and
the society of thyself, nor be only
content, but delight to be alone
and single with omnipresence. He
who is thus prepareed, the day is
not uneasy nor the night black unto
him. Sir Thomas Browne.
Santa Claus in Toyland
-By-CHESTER
H. LAWRENCE
(Copyripht 19b", by Jttllly it Britlun Co )
CHAPTER VI.
The Penguins to the Rescue.
All the time Jack had been talking
to Santa he had been working on
the broken engine, crawling down
underneath it and taking it apart
and putting it together until finally
be was so tired and out "of patience
he threw down his monkey wrench
and dropped down on a bench and
'cried wearily, "What good is it go
ing to do anyway after I do get it
fixed, without anybody left to help
me run the plant? Sant. I'm afraid
U your chance;
oi making your trip
tonight aie rather small."
Ju.-t then he looked tip and saw a
tay of sunlight shining in the win
dow. He jumped up, unable to con
trol his ant'i-r. Stamping his foot
and .shaking bis fist, lie called upon
Old T'ire-Kater tn sVov hmi-."K long
enough to bik taunht a needed lesson.
Rut all he i.csrd in reply was a
mocking laupb.
Santa feb his heart sinking Io er
hut he vv ;imi t quite
up yet. He turned to
d : "Tell inc. Jack, how
take to run this out-
evcrv minute
ready to gi c
Jack and ask;
manv does it
fit oi your-?''
"Oh! don't I
Jack. "Why,
lifty men to
e tin
ii w
tend
Hi..!
lie
Sant." cried
take a good
boilers and
thought it 'couldn't -be done, but
Santa gave him a push, telling him
to call tin Dinah and also oret thin its
Vin readiness for the penguins, whom
he had seen just a short distance
back as he was on his way to the Ice
Palace.
'The penguins were very soldierly
birds and when Santa reached them
they were drilling. 'The minute they
saw. Santa coming they gathered
aroiiiylhim. tf see what he wanted.
He told them how badly he needed
them and without losing any time
the captain of the penguins ordered
them to tail into iine. 'This they
.eagerly did. for they were always
I ready to help Santa, to show him
) how much they loved him.
i "Squawk, squawk." 'ordered the
jicnguin captain, and the penguins,
i moving along surprisingly fast for
sued awkward birds, followed Santa
into the com (yard of the Ice Palace
and halted. As they stood there
waiting for Jack to come to the
j door, they looked like a victorious
army returned from war with Santa
ioti the prancing Vixen as their gen
erai.
When Jack came to the door and
saw what a businesslike armv Santa
PEACE
get up enough steam to run the en
gines, besides others to watch I lie
m. tollmen .
about."
"Not so i
most, lautt'i'
co'ue to
tried, the
too ill
m'sh to think
"dish as you think." al
l Santa, for an idea had
nri "How about my
pcneuii's? Thev could
at h ast keep up the fil e; v lii'e one
of us looked a t ier things in tlx
boib r toi-m Then, with 'sfunipitv
to v.atcli the switchboard, you to
oversee ns all. and me down over
seeing the peuuuins. we can run the
v. ha!p plant !"
Jack lue.au .sl akii: l is head in
doubt, but Santa went on: "Oh, I
iorgot Ui;iuh. She can run the ma
chinery, with a little help from
von."
Jack stdl held back as if he
;v. oy ones have bcfn ujoiii'
( !or four lnrp yars nml rnori
i ltiipit g and prayiiiii lor war tn i'iint
, il tt:r din of th- ranmiii roar:
I f ii-1 a hiRlv-r povr tin? Intrrvf nl.
j I'l uin v. nr's sduickt'1 tip'l! r"t'-aH".
Tho Ooil of -;r no lonir rfigns.
I Put th" 'Tod who slveth i'i''.
I
i Pin f i lia.'i In1 will tv.slor...
And ordfr thor will hp hb.tIii
Fruin lti swnrrt a ;l'.-haro "'ill b
I Put In thn hands nf nvn.
! I.'i-d n" will h- iinlp'd:
1 On ttKir life will li n lfw I'M?".
! Ry tli Fa'htr above who rfigns o'er git
j "And maki-th all wars to ce;r "
T-."n lot th" day ThankiBlvlnr
'V nu.r- than a u.-ual on-.
And prayers of thankfulness ascend
For the woudera ha? done.
.Vint may tlto peace be lasting:
And, ;od, we ask of Thee,
To si-nd Thy hrnvenly hlcvin?
On our flag and country.
"BELLVIEW.1
had with him he ceased to worrv
and snided for the first time that
day. "What, ho!" he cried. '"lis
Santa and his brave followers. En
ter, friends, and make yourselves at
home."
Santa dismounted. The penguin
captain gave an order and each
queer bird saluted with one wing.
Then the captatfl gave another com
mand and they all broke ranks and
went, into the palace with an air that
! seemed to say, "Well, iiere we are.
Now show- us the work and let us
get busy."
Jack's spirits had improved won
derfully, and gleefully he slapped
Santa on the back and said, "Sant,
you're a wonder! In a little while
we'll have that old skinflint Fire
F.ater wishing he had never tried to
get the best of us."
Jack hail been hard at work while
Santa was gone and had put things
in running order, even tq starting
the fires under the boilers. He had
also railed up Dinah and she was
due any minute - in fact, she arrived
soon aiter Santa and the penguins.
Now they were all ready tn start
and Jack took each one to the place
where he was to work and told him
what he was to do. Me had the
hardest time with Dinah. She was
to tend the machines that made ice
and wind and snow, and pull the
levers when Jack told her to. But
she couldn't read. o he had to ex
plain what each lever was for. All
Stunjpity had to do was to mind
the switches and pull them out or
push them in as he was told. Santa
had the most to ieam but as soon as
Jack explained what everything was
for. it was all as plain as day to
him and he told Jack to go ahead
and give the order to start.
The penguins had little -knapsacks
strapped on their barks to carry
I their belonvings in: Santa had siven
ihem to the penguins for a Christ
mas present. Now, as Jack gave the
signal to start, they began filling
these krfapsacks with coal and car
rying them in to Santa. ' Santa
worked like a beaver, throwing the
coa! on the fire, puffing and blowing
as he shoveled. In a short time he
had a roaring fire under the boilers.
Soon there was a sputtering and a
sizzling antl then Jack gave the sig
nal to start the engines. Slowly
the wheels started to turn, then
faster 'and faster they flew until the
rumbling was so great that nothing
else could be heard.
Jack was everywhere at once and
never still a minute. He would or
der Stumpitv to close this switch
i and Dinah to pull that lever and
then rush down to see how Santa
was getting along, always stopping
to praise the penguins, who kept
steadily at work carrying coal.
Jack was certainly a busy man
and a happy one, too, for soon he
could order Dinah to pull on the
lever that would start the north wind
shrieking' around Old Fire-Eater's
ears and chill the rays of the sun
so that they couldn't melt any more
ice and snow. Then lie would fol
low that with snow clouds to hide
the sun from view. This done, it
would be an easy matter to start a
blizzard that would make Old Fire
F.ater wish he had never tried to get
the best of them.
Everything turned out just as
Jack wanted it to and in a couple
of hours after they had started to
work the north wind was howling
! outside the palaCe and the sun was
i completely hidden.
I Santa had been so bu-y that he
I had completely forgotten that he
had something else of great impor
tance to atted to. but just as the
sun went behind the clouds he hap
pened to look at his watch. "By
: the ear of me great grandmother's
eocsr!" he exclaimed, "it's most
i. o'clock and I've only about
I three hours in which to get back to
I oylanrl, park the sleigh and be off.
But I'll do it, or my name isn't
Santa Claus!"
Jack looked up from showing
Dinah which levers to pull to start
the blizzard, to see Santa coming
as fast as his short legs could carry
By Fae Caran. Aid in Y'are
Neb.
I have a cat and his name is Chip
py; he is a gray and black stripe. I le
has blue eyes. He is about four
inches tall. My kitty is lame in one
leg. I like to plav with him; one
day I was out in the barn with my
Uncle Charlie; my kitty followed me
to the barn and jumped up on my
coat and I had to play with him or
he wouldn't be still, so 1 picked him
up and he was' satisfied. We feed
him meat and milk and he is getting
fat.
It climbs up on the screen to get
in, but we won't let him in. He is
afraid of the dog. We had a snow
storm and it keeps mewing around
me. Its feet were cold, so I had to
pick him up. One time I went down
cellar after an appje and 1 caught
my cat's head in the door.
Our Canaries.
By Bculah lamnltipham. Aged 11, Box 10C.
Kutli-rton, Neb.
Dear Busy Bees: As I have not
written for a long time, T will write
a story. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Canary
lived in a cage in the front room.
Mrs. Canary laid four little speckled
eggs. After a while one lit tie bjrd
was in the nest, and the next day
buy thrill stamps. I have bought , had pi
nine thrill stamps and I am going
to buy some more.
Don't vou know that when you
are 15 or 10 years old that vou will
need this money?
Can yon think how many soldiers
there a;"e that are being killed? The
'ddiers need food and clothing.
What will the do this winter if we
don't help them?
Don't be afraid to loan your
money: you will get it back in five
years. You may he glad that vou
are helping the American soldiers
-nine day.
If you were lighting like a bear
over there in the trenches and bul
lets as large as a ball dying about
your head, you would want some
body to help) you out.
A New Busy Bee.
By Mali. 1 Kilts, A.-d 12 Vfars. . Eal
Tenth Islrei't, North Pintle. N.'li.
Dear Busy llees: ou are all busy
1 suppose a fteesafehould be. There
is plenty of work for everyone who
will do if 1 want to join your., mer
ry band. I am sending a story vvhieh
I wish to see in print.
One dav Benjamin Conway, know n
as "Bill." was going to town and
he saw the grasses in the ditch mov
ing. He wondered at. first what it
could be. but soon made up his
mind that it was a serpent. But
on hs way home he saw
the grassp moving and be
heard . a noise like the cry of a
person in pain. Bill went to the
grasses and parted them and there
was a sight that raised a lump in
his throat. For there lay a beauti
ful, curly dog. He was rather large,
with curly hair, but which was very
dirty and sticks and straw clinging
to it. The dog was seriously wound
ed, his left side was cut so deep that
it caused the dog much agony. He
was so w eak that he could not raise
The Sand Storm.
Tv Eleanor Keating, Aed
Lincoln Boulevard.
One suuiiuei day a girl named
Shirley lieywood .slatted out on lie:
poiw to visit her aunt. Shirley wa
acctistomcil to riding, because all hoi
life she had lived on a ranch. Tin
pony she rode was a verv nice one
the best on the ranch.
Thev did not go veiy fast, as the;
nad plentv ol tune. Mnriey s a. u
lived about ! miles front the ranch
I Shirley had to cross about oue-ha!
' of the way in the desert. She wa
' accustomed to doing this and neve
was a fraid.
Shirley began to wonder wdia
made tier pony act so queer, but sin
, soon found out. as she saw a pectil
. iar hae in the distance. She urgei
lit r pony to hurry, as she knew
this haze was a sandstorm. I astet
and faster she rode, and finally hei
aunt's house came into view. Hei
aunt was out on the porch and va
anxiouslv awaiting her, as they had
seen the storm approaching. 'Thev
rushed into the house and closed
: ail the windows and doors, and thev
were all thankful that she was sa'
I hope to see this in print, as thi
' is the first lime that I have written
. 1 wish to join the Blue Side.
mm
ami
him. -Santa was almost out of
breath but he managed to gasp,
"WAV-Wait, J-Jack. Don't start
that blizzard yet. I've got to get
back to Toyland right away or I'll
be too late to make my trip. You'll
have to spare me some of the pen
guins', for I will need them to help
me. Why, I've got only a few bouts
to get back and start on my way."
"All right, Sant," said Jack; "von
snd the penguins have done such
fine work that 1 think we can get
along without you. I guess I'll have
tn trust Dinah to run things by her
self, as r will Have to take your
place. Now hurry along or you will
be late and your enemies will say
that you arc getting too old for your
job."
Santa knew the need of haste only
loo well, so without tlelay he picked
out a number of penguins to help
him and telling them to follow hint
as last as they could, he jumped on
Vixen and was off, shouting good
by to Jack as he vv cut.
(Continued Next Sunday)
A New Member.
By IiPiif Husa, Aged 11. Cret-. Xb.
I have never written to the Busy
Bee before, until the other day I
made up my mind to send in a few
words. I live out in the country
j and lind it a great pleasure to go
horseback riding and also enjoy tlx
fresh air. Here's a little event tha1
was taken up al our school. Out
teacher asked us if we would liki
i to sew for the little orphans am'.
; of course we all said "Yes." There
I are eight members and we all ai e
I sure anxious to do our bit in even
1 way we n. We each brought 23t
i for which we will purchase cloth
and begin sewing the clothes as
! soon as possible. The eight mem
bers all expect to do bright work
so it seems it will have to turn nut
a success. Will have to close fot
today, but will write again when I
i have time and anything to sav
, Goodby, Busy Bees.
A Letter to Santa Claus
By I.U'ilo Haiii-r. Ar1 12. Alwood. Kn
Dear Santa Claus: I am writing
to you early this year because i
' want to tell you I don't want any
j toys this year, because I want to
I help I'ncle Sam, and many of the
things of wdiich the toys are made
are needed by Uncle Sa m. But if
you want to give me something I
' should like, and still be helping
j Uncle Sam, y hi may give, . nm sonic
i Thrift stamps and War Savings
stamps, as I should like to fill m
card if possible.
If you have any books left over
from last year you may leave one
or two here, for I like to read. As
you know. Uncle Sam wishes all
the bovs and girls to be well read
Thanking you very much, I close
1 with love.
AN AMERICAN GIRL.
My Pet.
By Ki-rn Carson, Ax"A 1" f.-t1 N"h
I have a pet kitten. Her name
is Trixv. Se is about 2 years old.
I haven't taught her any tricks yet
but Trixv is a very smart kitten.
I We feed her milk and she keeps verv
i fat. Trixy sleeps in the barn. Sin
! likes to have me carry her around:
she never scratches me. 'Trixy
hasn't pot a bad habit like other
kittens have, that is kill chit kens
Wherever I go Trixy follows me.
! Story of a Cat.
I By Isldota O tlllhirt. Oracle, Nrb
! My brother has a cat named Tab
! by. He was 4 years old when we
! got him. He w eighs seven pounds
Tie is a dark gray and has had one
ear frozen olf. He. used to be a
good motiser, but has nearly lost
his eyesight. y brother am I
used to make harness and bitch him
up. but he wanted to sleep and
wouldn' go.
NO GROUNDS FOR THIS.
Teacher Your answer is about !
as clear as mud.
I'upil Well, that rovers the,
ground, doesn't it? Joys' Life tor
October j
A Happy Bee.
By Harold LMnnn. Aged li, 447 Ea?t 8,M,.
MlreM, Fremont. N'th.
Dear Busy Bees: I like very much
to read the Busv Bee page every
Sunday. I haven't had the flu yet."
We had a snow yesterday arid a
rain today. I haven't beeii out of
floors very much today. I have a
risnciti im iU i f i n ii-,
write again.
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