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Stories by Our Little Folks
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Three Boys and a Dog.
B Frank 'V-.1Jm, g II. West Point, Neb.
One day while a boy was at the
seashore he found his cousin, Walter,
and his friend. Dave, playing on the
beach. With them was Trixy, Wal
ter's dog. He Seemed tired, as he
had been swimming in the surf and
going afier sticks that Dave threw
into the water. Walter was afraid to
let liiin go but Dave kept him going
until the poor little animal was
trembling w ith cold. As he- came
hark dragging his stick up the shore
and laid it at Walter's feet, the mas
ter hugged him and said, "There
IUIW,
that's enough, you shan't gdN
aatn.
"Oh. bother, what a silly boy you
are. It won't hurt him, what are
ou afraid of?" scolded Dav".
"Don't send him. it's cruel to urge
him when he doesn't want to go,"
said l'hil. and another boy who had
come up.
"Don't be so wise," sneered Dave.
"There Trixy once more," and he.
flung the stick away out in the. surf.
(Juick as thought the little spaniel
w as after it.
"Don't let him go, he's too tiredi"
pleaded Walter.
"Oh, Trixy, come back," he called
a id then the animal obedient to his
master turned and started for shore.
"He won't come back until he gets
that stick." shouted Dave, throwing
a stone after the dog. His aim was
cnlv too true. The stone hit the
itimal on the head and he disap
peared under the water and the
strong current from the shore car
ried him out to sea.
('Honorable Mention.)
"The Lot Child."
I': Myrtle II, tluritum. Ape 12, Blair, Vol..
The sun was setting in the west
and its golden glow flooded the
cottage a father and a nv-thcr had
deserted in search of their lost
child, Marjorie. age 4. who had
not appeared since tea time, this
particular afternoon. ,
The house was situated in front
of a thickly wooded pasture, be
longing to an old dwarf, who lived
in a moss-grown cottage by the
lake. Teople believed that he was
a fairy, but really he was just an
old man; living all alone, except for
the company of several small chil
dren, who visited him frequently.
Majorie had entered the woods
many times of late, but had never
heard any music that w?s not sad
and weird. This afternoon as she
neaied his cottage, the music was
gay and full oflife. As she drew
nearer the notes increased. Now
tiny voices chimed in and Marjorie
thought it the sweetest melody she
ever heard. She pulled aside the
moss arid took a peep. WJ.iat did
she behold? A group of children in
a circle about the old man. who was
fiddling -to their enjoyment. Mar
jorie let the moss curtain drop, but
he had seen her and came hobbling
out to invite her in, to enjoy this
party on his hundredth birthday.
With a sudden thought her father
started for the old dwarf's hut.
opened the door silently and beheld
Marjorie having "the time of her
life." Then and there he decided
Marjorie should come as often as
she liked, and told the old man so.
to Marjorie' delight.
Eobby.
By Flo; a Bennett, Age 9, South Side,
Bobby was a little boy 0 years ,
old. He was always speaking of j
being brave so one day just at dusk I
he went in the woods. People told
him that he would get lost, but i
Hobby did not mind. He went into
the woods. Finally it grew dark I
and Bobby was lost. He dropped
down under a big tree and fell
asleep, in the morning he awoke
and saw a man coming toward him.
Bobby got up and began to walk
toward him. He asked the' man if
he would show him the way out of
the woods. , When Bobby reached
home he ran to his father and said
he would never try to he brave
again.
Little Netty.
B Mildred Hurke. Aire 10, Centrl City,
Neb.
Little Netty lived with her father,
mother and brother. Thty lived in
the woods of Pennsylvania where
the Indians were very savage. One
day Netty and- her brother were
playing about the log house, their
mother was making bread and their
father was sawing wood. While
they were playing they saw some
Indians. First they saw only one
feather, then another till they saw
five feathers on red heads. They
ran and told their father and he went
in the house.
The Indians were coming nearer
and in a minute p gun had been
taken from the wall, the shells and
powder were brought and a gun
pointed through a hole which was
matfe for the purpose. Bang, went
the gun and the savages ian, all but
three pierced with bullets. The
father went to where the dead lay
and he found many arrows and
spears but they could do no harm
then. Netty and her brother and
father saved their lives and property.
At the Station.
By Parl William. Abo 12, Odar muffs,
Nora and Daisy were very pleased i
when their auntie wrote to ask them ;
to go and stay with her.
They were sent by train in charge
of tire conductor, and auntie was to ;
meet them, but by some mistake she j
thought they were to arrive at 2 j
o'clock, whereas their train reached :
the station at 12 o'clock.
As they sat on the platform cling- ;
ing to each other, and very much .
frightened, a gentleman noticed
them and came to the recue. When
he heard their trouble he promised
tq take them to their auntie. But j
first he said he wanted to make a j
picture of them. The little girls
were so pleased to be taken to
auntie that they thought no more j
of the picture; but some months j
later, when they were again stay- j
ing with their auntie, they received i
a parcel, in it thev found a book !
which they took out of doors t
look at.
All at once they gave such a
scream that all of their cousins
came running' to see what was the
matter. ,
"Come and look!" they shouted,
"we are in this book."
And so they were, but how they
came there they could never imagine,
because they had forgottfn all about
the gentleman at the station, though
he had not forgotten them. ,
First Letter.
I,yl NVal, Age 8, Ft Laramie. Wye.
D;ar Busy Bee-: This is my first
letter to you and hope to see it in
print. I am a little boy m the 4tlf
grade at school. I like to go to
school fine. My teacher's name is
Mrs. Harold Burton and 1 think
her a grand teacher. We live just
three miles from old Fori Laramie,
where old soldiers were stationed
years ago. My grandpa was sta
tioned there. T surely enjoy going
out and visiting the places of inter
est. Some of the old buildings are
still standing. The hotel, church,
barn, jail and the officers' headquar
ters, as is also the walls of the hos
pital building. The Red Cross la
dies of Ft. Laramie gave a Red
Cross dance in the old hotel building.
"Such a crowd." Most people did
not go home until daybreak. Sup
per, lemonade and ice ceam were
served. There is beautiful scenery
in Wyoming. Our ranch is at the
foot of the mountains. Pretty pine
trees growing right out of the rocks.
T think my letter is getting rather
long, so will close.
Autumn.
I'y Cindretta Quthmai. age J$ Plalnvlew.
Neb. .
Autumn is here, and autumn at last;
Soon after follows winter with all
its blasts.
It strews the woodlands with ice and
snow.
The brooks lose some of their
magic flow.
The golden rod shake? its plumy
head.
The seeds from many flowers are
shed, J ' 1
The trees with their green leaves
turn yellow and gold.
The days are shortened, the nights
grow cold."
I The birds fly to their outhern
home
To live in sunshine and to roam
O'er villages and hills, and o'er the
ocean wide.
While winter is here to anchor
and abide.
Dancing by the people gay
Are flying red and brown autumn
leaves at play;
And this sign causes the summer
birds to flee. '
8 And fly to warmer countries.
Falling, swirling, the leaves come
down
Till they light upon the ground.
1 Piling, piling, mounds are n.ade
I ntil the wind comes to blow
them astray. "
A Penny.
By Everett Pope. Ae 11. Walnut. la.
I am a small copper penny. When
I was first made I was given to a
man one day he was in town buy
ing some things, he dropped me, a
boy picked me up and handed me
Gjranf
lames
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"Gome play ball with me, says little Grant, with a merry smile. This little chap loves
to throw the big ball and then catch it as it comes bouncing back. He loves all kinds of
?ames and hopes to be a real ball player when he grows up.
to the man. the man gave me to
the boy. The boy put me in his
pocket with 10 other pennies, the
boy went into a large building, he
gave me to a lady for a red piece
of paper with writing on it. It was
a ticket to the movies.
In a while) she gave me to her
son, he put me in his porket with
24 other pennies, he went to the
postoffice and gave me to the post
master, he gave me to him with the
other pennies, fbr a thrift stamp. I
was put in a cash register and here
1 am still.
A War Orphan.
By Frances Bet!. Age 12, Oa-eola, Neb.
"What do you want for Xmas this
year Bab? Shall I get you that
wiist watch you thought so pretty?"
asked Mr. Comley.
The Comley's were very wealthy
people. They lived on Sheridon
avenue in their beautiful home in
busy Chicago. Bab, their only
daughter, had grown very patriotic
within these last few days and a
great change had come over her
selfish little self.
When Bab heard her father speak
thus all the hot anger rose to her
face and she cried indinantly, "Fa
ther in these war times?"
Her father fully perplexed at her
manner said, "Why Bab, I thought
you wanted it."
Soon after their little discussion
Bab was sitting on the lawn when
her friend, Jane Murry, came flying I
into the yard. Bab stood np m
surprise at seeting her so excited.
"Oh Bab." cried Jan. "Father'has
let me adopt a war orphan and I
am to keep her for a year."
"Oh," gasped Bab, and she ran
into the house at full speed away
from the astonished Jane. Jane
pondered why shje had acted so. She
always had been so enthused at
Jane's plans, and now surely she
could not be angry at Jane for
adopting a war orphan..' These
thoughts ran through Jane's mind as
she slowly walked toward the gate.
"Jane! Jane!" looking back, Jane
saw Bab running down the drive.
"Oh Jane," she cried, "Father is go
ing to let me adopt a war orphan for
my Xmas present."
The Victory Loan.
Ernest Hug-, Ape 10, :j3.",i3 South 19tli St
One day the teacher explained to .
i the children about the Victory loan.
John sat in his seat sad because j
he could not' afford to help. '
The next day was the day the ;
loan started. Finally he thought of
a plan.
He would get a Bee paper
route.
When he got the route he earned
enough money to help finish the job.
A Nice Letter.
By Louisa Ihneti. Age 10. Rising City, Neb.
Dear Busy Bee: I am very fond
of reading the stories written by the
Busy Bees. I am 10 years old and
in the fifth grade m school. My
teacher's name is Miss Georgia Ev
ers and I like her very well
I will tell you about my visit to
Columbus last summer. Two auto
loads of relatives went and I rode
with my cousin, Hilda Gocketi. We
started early one Sunday morning
and took our dinner. The roads
were very dusty and the weather
very hot, but nevertheless we had a
good time. We got home about
7 o'clock feeling that we had a pleas
ent ride.
I have- four sisters and ttnt broth
er. 1 also have a small nephew whose
name is Lyle D. W. Ladwig. My
oldest brother died at Camp Grant,
October 7. He left for camp Sep
tember 5.
As my letter is getting long, I
will close and write again some oth
er time.
Aunt Becky's Story.
Clnderetta Guthman, Age 13t
rialnvlew.
By
"All right," said Aunt Becky to
the children, "I will tell you a
story."
It was after the Civil war when a
girl about 12 years old came with
her parents to North Dakota. Her
jame was Becky. A rude log cabin
lyas Becky's home. You may think
it was lonely for her but with her
mother for her teacher and her
books she was not lonesome and be
sides there was plenty out of doors'
splendor to look at.
Half a mile westward was the
boundary lfne between North Dako
ta and Montana. Not far away
lived the Black Foot Indians. One
day Becky decided to walk across
the boundary line. The country
was hilly. By the time she
had
saw
climbed one of the bills she
before her the Black Foot cami
Everyone was running back and ,
forth. There was great excitement
there. First she thought they had
seen her. A great fear seized her.
Perhaps they would sca! her like
she had heard of them doing. But
she shook off this fear, because she
knew the Indians were on friendly
terms with the white people, but she
knew also, if they knew there were
people so near they would come to
her home and bef""To"r unnecessary
things and take every thing that
struck their fancy. '
The best thing she thought of was
to hide. She concealed herself in
some bushes so she could watch the
Indians. The excitement thrilled
her. She saw about a dozen war
riors ride to the north. She won
dered what it could mean. She
could hardly help from falling back
ward when 'she saw someone else
was hiding in the bushes, too.
The figure said, "Sh-h, don't yell,
be. quiet." The face was tnned so
she thought the boy was an In
dian; Indians being the only thing
she had in her mind now. "I am
running away from them," he point
ed to the camp. I have been there
two months and am tired of it. I
have tried to escape many times,
but it was unsafe. Who are you?
How did you get here? ' Nobody
lives near. You haven't an horse."
"No, I walked. We live nbout a
mile from here," said Becky.
"Oh, it's good you live so close
and the Indians know nothing about
it. Could I hide in j our house for
a few days"
"Yes, you iii.ij, then you will tell
us more about yourself. Hurry!"
The boy said, "I am very glad I
came this way as they seldom cross
the boundary line. My first name is
Sain."
As they walked home Satn aid,
"Some other Indians destioved our
home, killed my parents. 1 man
aged to escape but without knowing
it I walked into another Indian
tamp, but they were kind to me.
he old chief didn't ihink any f
his sons were as smart as I so he
wanted me to teach his people our
ways. That is why there is such
excitement now. They have dis
covered I am gone. "1 hey grew
careless and tired of watching me."
When thev reached home. Becky's
father said after hearing Sam's story
he could stay with them ;is they I
didn't have a son.
"I iust know that bov a I ucle
Sam and
the girl was yon
said I
His Tail Snapped By a Duck and His Fall Into a Frog's
Muddy Home Teach Peter To Think and
Act for Himself.
By GENEVIEVE BOND.
11, such a hot day. Mother had
gone away and the puppies
were very thirsty. The man
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who took care of us had forgotten
to fill the water pan. I looked over
at my brothers. Their pink tongues
hung out of their mouths, their
breath came in quick pants, shaking
their little, fat bodies. The sun grew
hotter, overhead the blue sky was
without a cloud. It was not right
to leave home without permission,
but my throat was so dry, and in
spite of the objections of my three
brothers, I started forth, although
we were . not allowed to wander
around alone and the big yard
seemed a wilderness. The. scent of
water, which came to me on the
breeze, served 'as a guide to my
search.
Soon I came to the prettiest, rip
pled pond, set in the green trees. On
the water floated some brown and
white birds, but I paid little atten
tion to anything but the cool water.
Shaking the water from my eyes
after a long drink, and raising my
head, I saw that one of the large
brown birds was floating toward
me.
"Quack, quack," she said, "What
are vou doing, drinking from my
pond?"
She stepped to the shore in an
angry manner. I barked fiercely at
her, but 'he started toward me
every moment seemed to increase
her size and the fierce "quack,
quack," which I had never heard
before, filled the air with a terrible
sound. Fascinated, and not daring
to move, I watched her aproach.
"Insolent puppy," she screamed
at me in that queer voice of hers,
"Barking around my pond and
drinking my water when you should
be in the kennel where you belong."
With that, she caught my tail .in
her powerful beak. Oh, how it hurt.
.She swung me around bv giving it
a few extra jerks, and finally let go.
T dmn t stop to bark, but started for
home as fast as I could run. It was
the one place I wanted, where I
would be sate from such horrible
birds. Not even a thirst as had as
' lht nnp t t-tart Iiil nnpnrTieH wrmlrt
ever drive me away again. I rushed
on. paying little attention to where
I v. as going, and (hen. as if one ad-
' venture was not enough for a pup-
i py in one day what do you sup-
j pOSe? I scampered around the pond
j to ee what was there.
i Mr. Croak's Home.
I felt myself falling, falling, and
then that was all. Everything be
came dark, and a queer buzzing
sound filled my head. It had seemed
hours since I had been by the lake;
every bone ached and was cold.
Our Picture Puzzle
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Dots are scattered everywhere.
Trace and see a
Complete the picture by drawing a line through the dots beginning
at Figure 1 and taking them numerically.
Nam, her siiiirl! nephew
when the
story was finished.
"I am niJt telli." aiwcrcd Aunt
Bcckv. I said I will1 tell xou a
story and I did." The children tie-
Around me were only high, high
walls, not a sound: just silence.
High above was a patch of blue sky.
What was it, and how had I fallrn
here..
Madly barking and clawing the
dirt, tried to let someone know
where I was, but no one came to my
rescue My nose hurt, the skin was
all off of it. and finally, tired out, I
lay down on the nasty dirt to think.
Suddenly came a funny little squeak
and a tiny voice.
"Why, you big dog, how did you
get down here?" Bewildered, and
searching the walls and bottom of
the pit for the someone who was
talking.. I was filled with amaze-
. ment. Nothing was to be seen. Sud
denly the voice came again, in an
other funny, cross squeak:
"Well, why don't you talk, instead
of gazing around in that puppyish
fashion ?"
This time, noticing where the
voice came from, I looked into the
dark corjier, and there was a brown
frog, with queer mottled spots on
its back and a white throat. Its skin
was moist and shiny and its little
beady eyes shone angrily in the
dark.
"What is your name, please, and
did you. too, fall into this horrible
place?" I asked.
"Horrible place, indeed," he re
plied indignantly, "this is a very
fine place and it is my home where
could you find a damper, cooler,
more suitable place for a home? I
am Mr, Croak, and you came falling
into my home in a very unbecoming
way."
"It's not like my home and tny
mother is not here! Could you
please, Mr. Croak, tell me where to
find my mother, and how to get out
of here?"
"Why should you want to go
away?" said Mr. Croak. "Isn't this
a wonderful place to live with lovelv
luscious bugs to eat, and damp mud
to live in ?"
4t was not a nice place for me.
Bugs, iiuteed! They were not food.
If only I could have my nice warm
kennel and my mother to wash me
off. Whv had I run away, down into
this dark place with no one but a
cross frog to talk to. My ears
drooped, and dropping to the
ground I tried to think of some way
to get out. The walls were to steep.
Suddenly an idea popped into my
head. Why not dig myself out?
Amid the protests of Mr. Croak,
who said I was spoiling his nice
home and getting it all dirty, I be
gan to dig, the dirt flying from my
front feet as they pawed the earth.
I realized for the first time that
even little dogs must learn to think
for themselves and think quickly
in self-defense or they will be.
trampled upon and beaten.
chled Aunt Becky and I'm ic im
were the boj and the girl in the
tory. Si'i.ill Sam icgaidcd hi'
I'lH'le Sainwith new admiration to1
having escaped tVum re.".! Indians.
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