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I 3 i Jr i I 5: s1 ? Ipedal Fag for Tito Bees imsy Little fflemey lMalkir Stories by Our Little Folks next uuestioii will he for three or four davs. ami 1 would it it hadn I . ... .1.., I lV.,w- MMIS,' UCl II MM lilt' ;oovi lV Vi v wlui gave mo souk- good food, audi 1 ate it ery rapidly . , I -tavpd a Ion i; with my soldier friend and he brought me home with him to Now York. Well. I vnl' toll you who I am. I am a negro hey. Nighthawk a High-Flyer,'"...', and May See Angels When Soaring High the same kind rently. My mottled II. ( Prize.') A Snake Story. i Bj.n k, Age 13, Mimkn. N1 1'iusy Bees: This is the first tunc 1 have written to you. I like oiii page very much, 1 was horn in India and came to America when I was ' years old. 1 would like to write to your page. I can tell you some adventures we hid in India. When my parents went out to hull thry did not know where to begin. They lint ft a little straw hut and had some servants as the ser vants only cos.1 $1 a month. There is a little snake ir. India about 10 inches long. It is very poisonous and if you would be hit ten by one you would die within hve minutes. One night when my uncle was ready to go to bed he turned the light very low. put all the quilts away and slept with only a sheet over him because it was so hot. He was soon fast asleep, lit the niid- h :i with a big w at'imetc walked about a La! i mile down the 1' very "stop. got up and ran after him. Rastus stumbled and fell. Sambo caught up and they began to light. The owner of the patch saw them swipe the melons and tracked the boys. j He crabbed them and took them to court. An Auto Trip. l.tomt Kabrrnholfc. An Talnmje. Nab. Hoar Busv Bees: 1 thought I would write again to your happy 1 In y then , circle. One Sunday we went on a trip. First, wc went to Johnson, then to Auburn. e rode around in our car. Then w t went to Brown ville to a restaurant. Then we took the car and went down to the river and took some kodak pictures of Then we road and sat down and ate. once in a while Sambo would look and listen." Rastus beat Sambo through and while Sambo was looking Rastus grabbed Sambo's melon and tmbo ! the bfufTs and the river went to Horns station. Jt was about dinner time and we went to a hotel at Nemaha and ate dinner. Then we went to Peru. We stopped at i cafe and got some kodak films. Then we went to Mamie station. After that we went to Julian and then back home again. Near Brown vilte we bought some watermelons. Well, as my letter is getting long, I must close. miswal.rT o K ffl ffl tfl After While. Oeaiia D. (iriifly. Ait n Y.-ais, Rrhuj'lcr, Neli. F.dna was a little girl 1.' years old. When her mother would call her she would lie reading and say, ' "after while." j The Wedding of the Princess. One day her mother told her to j By .! Ziininwiimi, A n, Walnut, ta get a pail of water that the carpet ' Dear Busy Bees: I have written had taken fare and she said, atter to vmi before, so vvill write again. . ... i t i t: uie OI inr iiiK" lie u,. and shc jU(i tQ vf n very uneasy, tie iookcu aruunu aim could see nothing. But just then he spied something black coiled up on ' his toes. He got so scared he j didn't know what to do because he i thought it was one of those little j makes. Then he thought of a plan. He began to pul) his foot slowly ; from the snake. It seemed hours to j him. Once he felt he had to sneeze , nd had to hold his nose to keep i from -waking the snake. Hut soon to his great relief he got his foot away, but the other foot was still harder to get away because the snake was Iving on it. He suc ceeded in getting this one away too, then her home burnt down a granary tor four years. 1 hen she obeyed j her mother after that and never said "after while" again. I When F.dna grew up and had children of her own, she told them how she obeyed her mother. But ; when they began to sav "after ; while," she told them of her home : burning do.vn. Then they never 1 said "after while" again. I wish I more Busy Bees to write to me. I ! first read one from a Busy Bee. I i am always glad to receive letters and glad to answer them, 1 must close. then he tumped out of bedafcnet got his walking stick. He went to the bed and gave the snake such a whack that it bounced up and on to trie floor. He got the lamp and bent to see if the snake's bark was broken and to his dismay, he ex claimed: "It's my necktie!" (Honorable Mention.) Betty Jane. By Jianetta Jlarta Olipbant. AgtS 14, Hantintta. Neb. Toe and Bessie were the names of , , , i XI,,.., ;1 hsnerman ana ms wur. i m v old I am sending a story and hope Mr, Waste Basket has gone walking. There once lived a king w ho had two daughters. One day he asked them w hich was the sweetest sugar or salt. "Sugar." said the oldui daughter. "Salt," said the younger daughter. J he king thought that the young By MARGARET M'SHANE. Fourteenth Story of tha Night.) "You and hip poor will, Night hawk, look so much alike, 1 would say you were twins. You must be the twins of earth, like my friends Castor and Pollux, who are the twins of the sky. "Sometimes 1 lie close to t a-i -r and Pollux. We all grew up to gether and have always plued to gether, but even then we sky chil dren often get them mixed. "I should think the people of earth would surely get you tso mixed. Are you really half broth ers? "Now. houe.st and truly friends, are you not twins?" "No, indeed. Moonbeam," quickly interrupted Whip-poor-will, "honest ly, we are only half brothers. "Jt" we were twins, Nightliawk ftl ffl ffl ' wou'(' !,ave to have Whip-poor-will j attached to his name some place. .He would have to be. tor instance, a a let nie see. He would have to be. 1 know what he would be Mr. Jligh-Hycr Whip poor-will, and then I would be, Mr. Luw-rlyei Whip-poor-will." "Now, Whip-poor will, just why would you have to be Mr. I. ow -river Whip-poor-will?" "Why Moonbeam, how strpid of you. Don't you know anything? Whv I never fly very high. 1 al ways take a low course through the so plainly doing his diving feats." It was plainly seen that Night hawk was not fond of conversation, and with the first words of the dia logue, he .piietly took wing and was soon lost to sight. "Ami Xighthawk." continued Whip-poor-will, "is a genuine sky bird. Even when be rests, he usu ally sits mi tiie highest house-top. With the first shadows of night, he spreads his wings and awav he sails His goal is the higli can reach. hiving to- wirii.s earth is quite a secondary thoimht with him. Sometimes. I wonder how he finds food SO high up, but he thrives very well, and seems to t,ret delicious things above. 1 think the angels must give him -! ' li r--i i f 1 1 i est point h hen. we wear - anil I ). --a'!"' we put them on din I feathers, for instance, are j with while in;trUtltKs ,-ti tl.t :!!.- ... ! niv tail, while Brother N ighthaw k's. are bailed with white spot most conspicuously set across the middle of his w nig s. "He is a wonderful liver, Moon beam. No biid ever took wing and flew higher than ighihawk; lieu he is on h's way to earth be is glor ious, lie coasts down Irom bis great height with tremendous speed not on a huge, red and black spider sled, like the little boys and Ifirls of earth ue, hut on his own strong wings, lust think of it! Wouldn't you think they would break carrving him so fas! and so far? "When he gets ready for a fight he opens these wonderful strong wing. He sets them firmly on either side of his body and then, when ready, he plunges headlong througli, the air. He drops so close to earth that of le" when watching him 1 hsve htvMi afraid he would crack his head against the ground. But, if you watri closely, you will see him make a .sudden curve, just at the very moment you think he is about to shap his head ii." Whip-pooir-wSi itiil not have to say another worcf, for a rushing, booming noise fold Moonbeam that she wa to see the high dive with her own eyes. She gaspe-d and almost fainted when she sa.y the beautiful, leath ered creature, wings set, diop sud denly through tin- air. "Didn't I till you. Moonbeam. Didn't I tell von. There he goes. My Mongrel Pup By EL MA ROBERTS WILSON .r .tii Mix Ami I ,.,.. 1,,,-u frntn P'r v ms. -i h.-.n ' to ,1.,r,.- W in On- iif I Im -t fntm Unmen- KiMlU'U ir. Mt ili'f 1 1 ic- RrwMlT-aj was 4i K-n imi My hfrtrt "silpp-ii up a nK ' OI' coHINf, hit , 11M Vl.iini- p I'm M tOtit'h lhV ID t-T llld'i. H'll I vi ;-tirH;. mirlmi. il .. . S .f I'HtMltts ' ? 1 Vll.' Mil I AO llli'iiltiM Ki'HM Th.;i i-U'itl-tnlv i-nitl th- dan ll n Hir kt.w iitc -n -. !!." And I mnil in t K iu.-Ii rff 1m SfniH'iim whi'in thiy can Wl'h Kiuii.-o 'tin il!ttrnV -M- juvt a i!t'ucrtl pu,v Ami ttuuld l)f-- tnt.. n hi I ii ptfUt-iJ hini up. Hit tail l'n't run '('"' " i" f"t m, Ufa lTt'i1 pmuIcI not Ona ear drviiprt il" it tlPlv'tlly As though it nff J a rr. But HK rtui' l atk ntfi whpt I f"i)ifhi. Wht mi; t lihxr won, Nor buFk In i h reflection Of rouratiiin tti1n(T I'f tJinie, Hft altiit'ly inkea ni a 1 am. t Itnuph 1 n,v or tip The tot of iiinm-n ta tti mni Oml tih-.-M my iH'iiprrl rn,i! er daughter was mocking him', go he woods and thickets, in search ot Snow Ball. By N-I'le Owen. Age 14, Coin, la. I Dear P.usy Bees: I am going to write a story for the little folkb to read. Nfy name is Snow Hall and I am 10 years old. 1 came from i France a'ter the war was over. I j came with one of the American sol- j diers, who was very kind to me. My ' mother and lather are both dead. ' How are your mother and father? j You may ask how I got acquainted i with this soldier. Well, I met him j on the battlefield of the world's war i and he was almost dead by starva- : Hon. and he had been wounded badly. j I only had a crust of hard bread ! said : "T he first thing that I see when I open the door you shall marry. He opened the door and there stood a prince, so of course the princess married him. At the wedding the princess had everything flavored with sugar and she did not put any salt on the table. When they were eating the king cried: "Where is the salt?" "Which is the sweetest, sugar oi salt?" asked the princes. "Salt." said the king. "I thought so.' said the princes'. She then had them bring in the dishes of salt, so you see salt is sweeter than sugar. (I.ditors Note The main points of this story are old and very well known. We like to have our little Busy Bees make up new and orig inal stories when writing us. food, and .vhen I rest I squat on the groun-', in i clump of leaves, or sit on a low hanging branch. I even i M iove to sit on a fence rail. From i rare morsels, mavbc a heaven but terlly. for he always looks so happy1 just as I said he would." whei: he returns to earth alter a He came w ithin a few feet of verv high flight. j striking his head, then suddinly he. "I can see how we could easily : turned and swayed back and forth pass lor 1wms n we wanted to, j on the light atmosphere, making onbeam. ' beautiful, large circles a he went. In the first place, we look verv' When finished, he squatted down lure I can 'ee Profiler N'ighthavvk I much alike, ard we are the same beside Moonbi-am, his eyes bubbling over with twinkh-s. "You rash, tool-hardy Bird. I o you want to kill yourself." Moon beam cried out. greatly agitated. Night'iawk and Wlu-pooi -will laughed loundh and long at Moon bevn's feais. "Why. Moonbeam." 4aid Night hawk finally. "I coast like that ill night long and all the year around. " on s-e I do not have to wat tor old I n k Frist to pa', the hills .viih henv, slnky, snow like the bildp'ti oi earth iiavi to. My sle.d ivngs coast without a hit of snow and faster than tin fastest spider si 'd old Santa Claus ' ver made. The h-'st of all is they sail a tast on the hottest or the roldeM day " X'ththawk soared again. Off he went (or another eoa-1. lie climbed to his grat h-ight, slov. ;v ami leisure!, just like chil dren eliily dally tip the hill, drag ging thi ir sleds behind them. it- L OUR PUZZLE GYM A TRAINING FOR NIMBLE WITS Director SAM WYD liaeH tin amontr the cliffs in an thatched cottage. When storms and a small piece of bacon (which were uoinz on the water from the I had brought from me beautiful ocean would beat up against tne little house until it shook. One night a terrific storm came up and the wind and rain were enough to make anyone unhappy, but these two had more than that to make them unhappy. The facts were they had tio money and the rent was overdue, and the landlord said they must go. Joe lost his boat a week ago and their pig died and the two hens wouldn't lay any eggs, so you see they had quite enough to be miserable and sigh about. Joe and Bessie, sat hand in hand and, al though they had often wished they had a baby, they were pleased now that they didn't have any, for how dreadful it would be if it would be hungry and they had nothing to give it to eat. Pretty soon a knock at the door broke their silence. The door opened and the weather-beaten face of one of Joe's friends ap peared. "Hulloa, there!" he cried. "There's been a wreck, come lend a hand." Joe and Bessie were soon out to the beach helping bring up the driftwood to the beach. After the work was finished they saw a tiny speck floating near them. A big wave came and swept it to the coast in front of Bessie's feet. It turned out to be an oaken chest home which the Germans had torn ' down, but I cave him that, and he iiiifini o ' I'oici Well, I almot starved (as My Dog. FleyJ Swans'), i, A gad II, Suttun. Vot. Dear Busy B,-s: I thought I would tell you about my dog. She can walk, sit up and jump, goes up and down stairs. She will roll over I when she is hungry. I promise to the i be good to all bird? and animals. DREAMLAND ADVENTURE By DADDY. CHAPTER III. Surprising Wedding Music. "Here comes the bride," sang chorus of voices within the castle. for Hal, Feggy and Billy to climb through. They found themselves hidden near the orchestra behind a bank of palms and looking out upon a gor geous drawing room all set and ready for the w edding. At one end, in a gallery, was the pealing. organ. At the other was an altar, and there stood the clergyman in his vest ments wailing to marry Penelope to the ugly old rich man. At one side of the clergyman was a fat, dumpy, frowning, bald-headed, slimy-nosed "Run! Run! We're late!" gasped j man, who looked very uncomfort- Hal, dashing up the castle steps able ns evening suit. Pfggy ahead of Peggy and Billy. But at ! knew at once that this was lona than fash tllA jtyerl tsrit,-rr,sm the open castle door he stopped , chosen by Aunt Prue for ooor Pene short. Guarding the entrance were j lope. two tall men armed with long pikes ' "Oh! oh! oh!" said Peggy, looking and dressed like soldiers of the ! Jonathan to Hal It would be ... , lawful tor Penelope to wed that olden days. Along the stately cor- I ugy 0d man v hen she had given ridors within were other tail guards- ; her heart to such a fine, handsome men, each bearing a sharp pike. Nol'"nK man as Hal. But how could n. nU t fi, ! she be saved? In another moment vsru'sl ftl JaJV II1V.111 aiiii lll fS -t i ft ,iniSiriii1itii'iill ft . ililiiifca J firtahfw n liiaSaVfaisAtbMrf Adkisa I The Bottle Problem. It appears that a gentleman's wine j cellar had been burglarised t,, the j Cilent of two dozen bottle-oi wi.ic. j which the robbers carried oh tor j division. j They stole a do?en (marts and a doen pints of champagne, but finding the same somewhat heavy to carry, they ptoee"ded to reduce the weight by drinking off live quarts and five pints oi the pro hibited beverage. To leave no traces behind them, as well as on ccount ot their value, they toe.k the empty bottles, but upon reaching their rendezvous could not hit upon an equitable division .,(' -even full quarts and five -inpty ones so that each would have the same value in bo'tles and wine al'bough the 1 Copyright, 11 bv Sam Leyd. same v eirjld ha r hern an easy mat ter probably if they had not already imbibed so freely as to muddle their brains. ! an y on tell how ' 'in ided their hootv they might have Star Piirrle. " peculiarity about the six -pointed star," explained the schoolmaster to his intelligent pupils, "is that it may be dis.cted into seven parts and transformed into a quaie." Now let li; prove his statement by rutting that blackboard design into its seven sections and with them constructing a six-pointed star, similar to the little black star in the upper corner. It is an interesting and instructive rnt-i'p for the yuting folks what was in it? I bet you can t guess. Gold? Silver? No. It was a tiny little baby girl with bright blue eyes and a smile on its lit tle mouth. Tn five minutes all the village chil dren fetched it milk, apples and path of the bride with roses. Be cakes and sweets.' There never was j hind them was a page bearing the such a fuss made about any baby : ring. Next were singing maidens before. They found a bag of gold I clad all in white, chanting the bridal in the chest, but nothing whatever I chorus. Following the singing to show who the baby was, so they i maidens were 12 lovely bridesmaids all agreed that Joe and Bessie j arrayed in the softest shadings of should take care of her. lhey called the little girlie "Betty Jane. marriage of Penelope to the uelv Bessie opened it and guess j old rich man. The guards did not s,-t ffal. Peg gy and Billy, for at that moment the wedding procession was com ing down the grand stairway into the broad reception hall. First walked flower girls, strewine the They paid the rent and got a new the rainbow colors. After them came a proud dame, richly garbed in silk, her head held high, her eves boat, two more hens that laid eggs nasning sternly, her step sure and every day and a.pig, and the rest of ! certain. At one glance Peggy knew the money they put in a for Betty Jane. And now in a nrettv eottace on the a cliff where the windows are not 1 ion of loveliness in her lily-like rickety and vou can see the bright I frock, her shimmering veil, and her blue sea. Betty Jane calls Bessie ; wreath of orange blossoms! her dear mammy, and Joe her dear) "What a beautiful wedding! What daddv. Thev have never found out ! a charming bride!" murmured who the babv rcallv is. She may I Feggy. stocking hat t was poor Penelope s perfect-! the ur,lff jon tr th they live ly Pnm and proper Aunt Prue. , Zr? old rich ,e ,0p ? i :Jhl? .Jrr!dea-h' 'h,e Wa,S,a ,V'r forward to greet his be a princess for all we know, but of this I am certainshe is the pet and pride of the village and her mother's darling and her daddy's dearest little maid. "But the wrong bridegroom." groaned Hal. all upset by the sight of Ins beloved Penelope marching to wed another. "I'll die rather than see her marry the ugly rich man. They Found Themselves Hidden. the wedding v6w& would be spoken, for the bride was already Hearing the altar. Then Peggy thought of the way in which they had passed the guards at the gate. "Your violin!" she whispered to Hal. "Play as you never play ed be fore. Put them under the spell of your entrancing music." Hal raised his magic violin to his chin and drew the bow across the strings. There came forth a won drous melody, clear, sweet, breath ing all the love that was stored up in Hal's aching heart. But Hal seemed to plav in vain. The wed ding partv never heard him chant of the chorus and the rolling pea! of the organ swallowed up the music of the violin. On, on moved the altar, and man stepped greet his bride. Ihe clergyman opened his month to speak his vows, the chorus died away and the organ dropped to a low note. Then all could hear Hal's violin singing its song of true love. The charm worked an instant -pell. The cleryman's mouth stayed open, but the vows were unspoken. The ugly much, but spent most of J lien .Nora recounted her sum mer experiences, and among other things, said: "The itto-l tbiilling incident of my on ing, which was in New Jeisey. occurred one day when I was perched upon a picking rhenies. ferocious cow came along and kept me prisoner for several hour." Vacation Reminiscences. ride When the. girls came home from 1 om. time upon the water the country. Helen weighed thiee pounds more than F.mina, Fnrna ; weighed two puunds more than ' Nora and Nora weighed one pound more than Mary. Mary's weight : was 49-52 of Helen's weight. Who can tell how much each of ; the girls weighed Of course the young people had i a lot to tell about their summer Mary's turn came ami she said: fxp'M'i'nces. and Some of their state- ', "I love the south, and after a great ments make good puzzle material, deal of urging Ma - seuted to take Helen said: "Sister and I spent j me to a beautiful city in Georgia to our vacation days with Aunt Laura, j visit our cousins," who lives in Maine. she gave u rdial reception and even urged us to remain longer." "I, too. was in .New Fugiand, at a beautiful watering place in Con necticut," said Emma. "Wc did not The Alphabet Sentence. Professor X , the noted philologist, offered a prie for the best sentence constructed with the If j uti are able to tiguri- nit the names of the four places where the girls smut their vacations, and place them in the blank spaces, the sen tences will be made complete and read correctly. 9. Behead anger and ieae a cost. 10. Behead second in tank and leave a result ot low temperature. 11. Behead a Kind of wood and leave ossified. Behead a U rtn of rtiHcHou .dy. leave male 26 letters of the alphabet The following communication 1 - 1C from Harry u. Blyn earned off the ; ami leave a part ot the I nonors: i u. Behead a sicn-and "Mr. X : I'ack me dozen j adults. quart jugs. H. W. Blyn." 14. Behead a geographical belt In announcing the prize winner I and leave a numeral. Professor X said: "Let us con- , IS. BtheaV a measure twice and sider the following 'beheadings, , leave high skill. which will impress Mr. Blyn s re-) 16. Behead a qiiav markame sentence upon our mem ories, for the reason that the 26 re moved initial letters, in the given order will spell out the sentence. mm -w Let us see who can discover the decapitated words. i 1. Behead a word meaning young j girl and leave a word meaning as- aic old rich man let fall Penelope's $',a""-, . I hand. Aunt Prue stood as if turned - ce"e,aa a worG Two Bad Boys. Thev Found Thrmci,rr. ti,jj. I to stone. I heweddtng party listen- o r 7 ; Rovd Kro.M. Age li. Eimcrk, i .c ...Uv.c. ed ;n surpnseq delight. .Never had y V Y ' , N. i He would have rushed upon the ' any one present heard such music ! , 4 Behead a kitchen utensil Sambo and Rastus were two ne- sharp pikes of the guardsmen if at a marriage I leave an article. Billy had not held him back. ! As for Penelooe. the bride -she n("rt a nm a,la Pave a '"J here i still a chance of savin? i halted for a startled minute as if i real her," whispered Billv. "The win-! she rouldn't believf her ears Then erft bovs. They were once walking down a country road when Sambo said: "Look." Rastus looked and saw a watermelon tatch. Rastus sairt: "l et's get some." "All right, said Sambo. So the two sneaked under the fence and disappeared in the patch. After a while thev came out. each to and ee- ctows are open. True enough, the great tall witi nows were open and they were un guarded. Evidently Aunt Prue had never thought of rescuers getting in ; that way. It took but a moment her pale cheeks flushed. Her eyes glowed. And while the wedding party stood entranced she turned from the altar and walked straight toward the bank of palms where Hal, her lover, was hidden. o. Hehead a traurl and leave warmth. 7. Behead a vegetable and leave a beverage. 8. Behead a synonym of beautiful and leave a necessity to life. of the voice and leave a small stream. 17. Behead a prison and leave a j p;,iu. 18. Behead a v. ord meaning cus- i tout and leave an herb Behead a c. res; waterfall. ' 20, Behead flee t : leave present time. 21. Behead to listen 1 floating house. 22. Behead to e'eanse a tree. 2,. Behead a wojd fault rind leave di-ablc. 24. Behead a worel signifying flaccid and leave a wicked sprite. leave a vapor and j I and leave a ' ami leave siguitying i I; G 3WS ' n firV rv 3 it m ft fi ar TZ - Jt - : . y..-,.. at. i -a- L'tom:M, m r. 1 ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES. "I-ables and Trademark " ( 'abages, Bee t-. Bet rie 1 ,n . Borax. 1 by me and agr, 1 on' . i k ! t o's, ui rants. Blai k kiuf. Pears, Rays I nn's. J in n tips. t. , ,a: ac' wood. T'ea and 1 "U'ieuvd tn ks w L ft i'-i tion of gl on t r. i 1-: 10 If label totituj from ;n thi't rol tlie corner "A Rebus." I ' i bv the 25. Behead a tool. 2b. Behind c o: careless and le ercise. boat and leave a word the opposite iv e a necessary ex- , Dates, Canned t at sup and Re Butter Pea-. M.da ( am I'i. kles le-. 1 , Mat lis. .V ilk, in Mes, Chess, Indian 'arp t "How Old Is Johnny?" I 'Mimj was ') .5 5 years of at,'p "A Necktie Puzzle " .1 tn w oi d Kl I' . N I -,v he ii placed in the blank -pace makes the ,i.n- ' "! ;.s o.Ilows: I'HF I'.iMi.A I) l'.,t i f) - i.i i, , IN H I "s r,vl(, AMi I' vt . ) KEEP YOUR ANSWERS TO COMPARE WITH SOLUTIONS ONE WEEK FROM TODAY I t ;! I J
