Ipedal Pag foirThe Be I i ! 1, -) S 6? See IS Stories by Our-Little Folks A Streak of Sunshine. h Kihadel. Agtd Red Oak, Ta. r liiisy Bees; L Ins is llif time I have ever written to i 5 if i V if! s : 1 v. By J De first v oil. 1 Td your page quite "'f ten. I am Mfldiug you a story tailed J'A Streatt of Sunshine." Arthur ran up to his gramima and asked, "What have vou been doing all day?" ' "I have first been reading and then lookjug otH at the people pass ing by," she answered. "Arthur do you know what I have seen that has made tne happy?" grandma asked. "No, what?" Arthur asked, look ing rtito her kind face. "I have seen a little girl running hark and forth with such a sunny lace. She wore a brown apron. Do yon know who she could he?" "Tlu'iy she goes now!" Arthur exclaimed. "Why that's Susie Moore." "What makes her so sunny. Ar thur?" grandma asked. To grandma's surprise. Arthur opcued the window and. called : "Susie, Susie, conn- here. Grand ma wants to see you." Susie ran into (lie room and asked of grandma. "What i9 it?" "W hat makes you so sunny, little girl?" grandma questioned. "Why. mother's tired of nursing father while he's sick, and baby's cross with her teeth, so someone has to be happy." Susianswered. "You are a little streak of Sun shine," said grandma. (Honorable Mention.) Marion's Snow Baby. B.v Hanel Benson, Aneil 12, Silver i.'reelt. Neb. Marion Mas a little girl who al ways had lived in the south. She had never seen snow until she came to stay with Uncle Henry. Marion's parents, went abroad on sonic business matter and left her with her uncle and aunt, as they wanted her to go to school in America. Her uncle and aunt lived in the northern part of Illinois. A few mornings after Marion had ! been there sh awoke to rind the j ground covered with snow. After' she hid her breakfast she and her : cousins went out to play in the snow. They made a great snow man and a Utile baby snow child on'' the porch. They playxd crimes, too. She had a good time playing in the snow hut soon got told. j That nicrht after she had cot into her own little bed she began to think how cold the snow baby must, he out on the porch. Soon she got up and. took a blanket and went out on the porch after the snow baby. She brought it in and put it into bed. Soon she dropped oft to sleep but in about an hour she woke up cnhl nnd shivering. The bed covers were wet. She turned on the light and found that there was a pool of water instead of the snow child. She called her aunt. When she found out what the matter ,was she was very amused and laughed a great deal. N'ext morning when Uncle Henry heard about it he, too. thought it a great ii'ke. After that, Marion kept her snow babies out of the house. gone she would brush up the house and then go down to tbe seashore ,v:d watch the ships come and gj. Each day she went home at '2 o'clock and would welcome her folks, who came home at 1, with a wanp-dinneT and a pleasant smile. Qiie day they came home and no Ann, and no dinner welcomed them. They hunted and hunted for her. But they thought maybe she had gone to see her cousin, Lucv'. al though it was very tmich unlike her to do so without permission. AC night when they cante'honie from work she was not home. They wait ed until late for her and then they both started out to bunt for her. No one had seen her and her parents were in despair. At last, after many days, they had to give her up to be drowned. They won der to this very day what really became of Ann. worth $5,000,000. for Ifer rich uni hen, bad lett her the money V 1 , .- I ."saionev .' as a verv seitisii man an he wanted the money. Louise said. "What is the matter," .n a very low tone, fearing that he "might' whip her ftir speaking. "Come," answered Mr. Maloney then he took-her by the hand and led her to a beautiful room w hich had a beautiful bed and other furftiturc and then he spoke,' and said: "Tnis r-oom is your's." "Mine?" answered Louise. She was so shocked that she fell and hit her head on the end of ihc iwiivtlow sill. This nearly kill ed Louise, and the doctor sad there was not any hopes for he- She then died, and with" a happy, heart went to heaven. p Bats Are HumiliatedBecause They Are Neither Birds Beasts Nor.'Fjsh. By MARGARET M'SHANE. A Young Skater. ; fly Tm Parnvk. U. Omaha, Nb' Dear Busy Bees: This imy lirst j letter to yon I would like to join your club. I have one sister and one brother. My brother is, in the 12tl) j A class and he is 17, and my sister is 14 and she is in the cigthth B class. I have been skating' out at J Miller park nearly every day. This j is the lirst year 1 have "been on the ice. Hoping that my letter will be ; in print. 1 will close. By Bernic From Colorado. By Hazel .Parks, Aged 11, Stratton. Colo. Dear Busy Bees: This is my tirst leter to the Busy Bees. I just fin ished reading the Busy Ree's page and I thought I would write. 1. am 11 years old and am in the sixth grader My teacher's name is Miss Myrtle Smelker. I have live broth ers and one sister. My sister is married aud has two children. My -oldest brother is married too and has two boys. I have one brother wlm served in the army 1.3 months. We have one dog, one cat and we had a pair of pigeons, but they went away. I will close. Hy Selfish Mr. Naloney. Ted.iy Wtnnard, Ag . Nnrth finite, Nb. Dear Busy Bees: I will now tell you about a little girl who loved to work. -Louise, who loved to work, lived all alone in a little cottage, at the foot of "Mount Mami. Near by was a citv named St. Chester, Mami. Louise, who had no money, had to work for a' very cruel man. His name was Mr. Xaloney. He was very cruel to little Louise. One day as Louise was scrubbing the floor Mr.. Naloney came in panting as though he had run 1(10 miles. Do you know what he was panting for? Well he had heard that Louise was Sleigh Bell Song. SSnengel, Afed 10, Pmuivtw, ! Nb: f Dear Way Bees: This is the sec j ond lime I have written to you. I like your paC very much and enjoy reading it. 1 an. in the sixth grade. , My teacher's name is Miss LowffTT ! like her verv much. I have three i brothers and two sisters. I would be very glad if some of the Busy ; Bees would write to me. 1 would j be glad to answer the letters: This j time i ant enclosing a poem of my own writing: I THE SLEIGH BF.I.L SOX(i. Christmas is coming, Hooray! With jolly St. Nick in his sleigh: W'o'll all i--iiappv that day When Christmas conies along. j - Hooray! i Oh. can't you hear the sleighbells ! ri:ij. And can't ymi hear the little snow birds siutJ? Now see M. Nick come down the j slid . . And "ee how many presents he can ! hide. (THFiil.v-tliiril St.ir) f the MifM.) Moonbeam never ran so fast in her life, as when chasing after the Bat wi(h Father Owl. lie darted so quickly in and utrt of the dense wood, that soon Mr. Owl was on t lie wrong track, aud thc--.la.st thing Moonbeam saw oi him was when he dropped, gasping for breath, ou the projecting stump of an old Oak. x He was there but a few minutes, however, when he let out three weird w ho-who-who ooo-ooos. This calf was for Moonbeam, bur by now she and the hat were far ahead, flying in the opposite direc tion. Suddenly Billy Bat swung onto a naked branch and Moonlvam Hopped down in the center of a spreading leaf. The rapid flight through the woods made them boih breathless. mm w SILLY SAi!i3i::u FSOU 1HE TRS3 ll .-'"crcd siii- il a run for reckon his I;, hard by is the swift- 1 decided .. : there was ,oods who but soon Billy Bat liciently to exclaim: "Old Hooty Owl his life that time. I sides arc beating mij; I now- I looty thinks he ! est thing - on wings. -I to show him tonight U i another around these kcotild outshine him."' I "Well. 1 am glad ou reached j home, whole, my dear. Bats "arc ! delicious owl delicaric": . on know." spoke a voice from the branch above. Moonbeam looked up ami saw a i Bat, exectly like Billy, hanging to the same tree. Both were very I small, ouly about three inches long. , and they were dressed alike in soft coat of dark brown fur, tipped with silver whitf. They hung from the branches with their heads down. , and they ! were suspended by their heels. Muk denly Billy turned about and-bung 1 ; to the branch with his thumbs. " These are two very queer lookiitg creatures."' said Moonbeam. "They , are so much like Birds but tney . f cannot be birds, for they have long! tails, large ears, teeth and they wear' thick fur overcoats. Ar'nt they 1 , funny !" I It was all she could do to keep . I from laughing, they seemed so anx- ' lions l 'appear like Birds. She put her hand over her mouth to hide her tit she saw Mrs. Bat draw her I together in a worried frown, j pause, and then, nod Her head with assert. Turning to Moonbeam lit' s.ml: "W hat ; nil have asked is a m personal question. If vou beioneed to earth. I assure ou, it would never be answered. But since you are. who vou are Moonbeam, a child o! Olympus, it will do no harm tor you to know our .story. But it 'Ceiiis very strange that you do no) -know it already. M oonbcatn -at silently, thinking how foolish she was to have asked the question.. Maybe she had been I rude. But the gods had endowed' her with the wt of tact, and she ft.-- ' plied with tb.' most pel feci urace. ' "You must pardon me ii I have , seemed rude, hut both of vou inter- 1 est me grcatn, inure so, in fact, : than anvone I b v met on earth. "Well," began1 Bill) Bat, "to re semble a bird the daintiest and the most perfect being on wings -and' then to he only a Bat - is it not a hard fate to bear? The Bat's Story. . "Ages and ages ago. an ancestor of ours, a Mouse, did an act of ; heroic kindness to one of the eagles of JuiiTter. !. "The bird was deeply grateful and promised to give the Mouse in re turn anything that it desired. i ! "'Mention any recii st," said the I , Eagle, 'aiuL in. the name' of my .Master. Jupiter? I will give it to you.' "Great waH the joy of the Mouse, j for there was only one tiling stand- i i ing in the way of its perfect happi- ne ss. . "Well, aid the Mouse. All inv I "Well," aid the mouse. "All uiy j life ( have loathed living among the beasts. To. me they are coarse aud 1 low-born. The enllure and re- , finement of the birds 1 have always j envied, and. not a dav or an hour i place in hie we ai c to I. "I h:(ve thought anout U well ami long." said the Mhiim, "and I am poseur that if I had but wings I could at leas' live aiming these cut tivaleii winded people of the air." "Well, il the l.agK. " lld iiiiw Bat. "tiii.se g.-e.il gr,,t: longed t,.r pi ill . I'tev. vv all; ii g on '.callv iu "Why the splii him in. " s it lis s, , Ml eoiiipi'llii nvth l1 1' lie done, 1 1 phei v mi six, w tut on Bill; wings that our ;reat r.ihi'l'ajlicr Mi-ltsc most or iii-'cnl of being his ev i uteri In in and ,Us ft oiu on the ground vv In i e we long. . was In- inn, satisfied with re l ot In r ill hi e placed is these w dig s have mad ii j' birds In n we ai e not, ;j us In appear false. Ing that i- ta! a : h, i lalse a piness. "Our humiliate! father M ventin t il al Night. talse ii. '.me earane e ever l oou false lilt. brings hap ton goes on to say that so (1 was gretl. great grand i-e, that lieueelorth he ut into the world onb vlieu al! other Vreatures had retired. Ned Board the lie was only a tramp of the vard" bl'nee. With no pcdjfiee or -st vie. But his eves weie bright, like stars at 'debt : On Ins face there was a siyile. So 1 stopped patted his ineven Cel.ll Of yellow .Tid black and tan And m a sort oi a way he seemed to sav i lu right soil ot a "You're man. list ' amusement, aud said: !pases, that 1 do not long to live ; "Please. Mr. -Bat. I would like to : -inuxig them. If vou could but give ask you something. Arc you Birds, ; we wings, this, the greatest wish oi : or are you not?"" my life, would be fulfilled, for, at i Billy Bat's eyes opened w ide. He j that moment, I too would be a I looked at his wife, who was hanging Bird." inside him on the branch with her) The Kagle spoke soloniuly; "Ke I w ings half spread as if conteniplat- j fleet well," he said, "wings alone ing flight, lie leaned over to her j will not make you a Bird, and re- and whispered something in her ear. member also that Mother Nature i Moonbeam could not hear what he ' has formed each one of Us for the1 ii he I'ollo-vn a mil . h'ighij.ip in home, 'twas over the 'i ci v gat en in Well Did I lei ,rrlu, ! didn't co n he 1 gave him i n't Claek'i-. tin Nnd made hi u ; M -ill and n e h ve give li:m up A II d teillli Ti O .v '! - Ned. J I r. if . B. itate. milk and some nice little bed. he pup ami won't 1 christen him Rutherford. By Comstock Booster. Iota Oxford. Agfd 11 Tea re. j' j jiii-m-piti ipy y.aniwa aliifk, NVb. Dear Busy Bees: I have been a constant reader for fbout two years, ' hut have not seen a letter fr.'iin Comstock yet. This is a beautiful little town cm the' Loup river. Our community church is putting on a program for C hristmas. We have 150 members in our church. Well, I will close for this time. I hope some little girl would write to me. OUR PUZZLE GYM.' A TRAINING FOR NIMBLE WITS Director SAM LOYD Cop Lend DREAMLAND ADVENTURE By DADDY. Rnlln, the Wandering Mo!;U"y, wih a Drt'Hin Ht ifk. t urns I'ejssy, Hi 1'y . Smiling Teaclit-r and all fV-fctfy's S'-h"o!irartis in:o monkes. Th Jump thmulfh a cin-ln on 1 lie b1a-kboan! ami find ihemnelveK in Monkpy-imnJ. There they are surrounded by real, wild niunKe: s. 8 1 - CHAPTER III. Captured by Wild Monkeys. Shrieking and "chattering, the wild monkeys swept through the treetops and about Sinilyig Teacher and the children. They were as numerous as a flock of blackbirds in a field of wild rice and they were as scary looking as scores of large spiders. Indeed so much were they like spiders with their long arms tnd Ices and tails, that F'ckkv had Unselfishness. ! to look at them a second time to By H i Siioiiriifl, Agnii is. Kuiiertoii, make sure that they were truly . , i . , -monkeys like Hollo, ami not a fuzv VI H IVUVI'lll'l IIIIU? Ill v-lil cago stood looking over the smoky -treets at a crowded thoroughfare where hundreds of busy, happy Christmas shoppers hurried to and fro. Tomorrow would be Christmas, but to the little girl the thought of Christmas brought no happy antici pation this year. She hadn't even a penny with which to buy a gift tor her overworked mother. That afternoon she went down town she met a woman with a small child.- The woman stopped the lit tle girl and asked her if she would care for her child for the day, the little girl said that she vyonld and she would be careful with her. .-' The little girl went home with the child and told her mother what die was to do. Night came' and she took the child home to its mother. The good woman handed the little girl a ?0- xent piece. The little girl paused to ; kets. take it but Uie woman said take I'eggy. Billy, Kollo, Smiling it and spend it in seune useful, way. Teacher and tlje school pupils who The little girl turned and went had been turned into monkeys by away. , j Rollo's Dream Stick huddled close On her way home as ahe went bv ' together among the branches of a a store she noticed some presents Marge tree. The wild monkeys gath- holder monkeys crept nearer, and lashed at them with long switches. ! When the children drew ifi their j legs, the wild monkeys lausrhod with I glee. ! One saucy young chap swung close and gave I'eggy a sharp cut I with his switch. I "Ouch!" screamed I'eggy. - That was too much for Billy to istatid. lie gave a leap to a vine above the-head 'of the saucy wild ' money and in another second his i long tail was twined tightly around' the neck of the surprised young I chap. Then Billy swung the monkey back and forth, making believe that ' he was going to dadt his brains out j against the trunk of a tree. All the , time he squeezed the monkey's neck- harder and harder until he squeezed -,11 !, i.,....u ....i r i.:... ' Am m He's j ' They Were Like Spiders. ! "We-ee-ek! We-ee-ek! Here's a ' strange band of monkeys on our hunting grounds. Drive them into : the river!'' shriektd the wild m'on- an me oreatn out ot turn "Wee-ee-ck! Weeee-ek going to kill Cheeky, the ,son n Chief Chatter-Chee!'! screecfied the monkeys, and thry promptly scram bled back to a safe distance, chattering- angrily, v'TII not kill you if you go. away and leave us alone." answered Billy, "Wee-ee-i-k! You've come to our hunting grounds to take our food," screeched the monkeys. "Wcc-ee-ek! Wc are only friends passing through your hunting grounds. Wc intend you no harm. We are peaceful spider monkeys like yourselves," answered Bollo. This answer seemed to satisfy the monkeys., for their angry chatter died away and they grew ipiiet as one old monkey spoke for them. "Wee-ee-ck! If you are friends, set free the son of our chief, and go in peace. I, (Tinging Tail, promise that we will see you safely on your way." "You speak well. Clinging Tail." answered Ivollo. and Billy, not wait ing to hear . more, swung young Cheeky up to the safety of a tree branch and let him go. "Wee-ee-ck! My father wilt pay yo!n for squeezing my neck." chat tered Cheekv, but all the lr . Jw W till t M D 1 II M J I I fir 1 r aitc1. n i v i j . : ' i , i 1 Ann Hathway's Puzzle. KIUHTE!(.TH WlfiKli I'l'ZZI.Uff III Ann ' Hathw av's cottane. sti btunding near Stratford, is a window, of 25 squares, as shown in the pic ture, and history tells hove on one occasion the Lnglish maid confused the mighty intellect of hc Bard of Avoi0 with the following problem: "A square is always a rectangle, but a rectangle is not alwavf'a square. Now. William, how many rectangles can you count in that window of 25 panes?" Elevator Boy's Puzzle. Said Billy Binks, the diploniatic ele'vator boy "You'll have to draw lots for tb--ty-t trip. I can carry live ladies and eiglit gents, or six ladies iin.t 0,ler ! twelve kids, or ten kids aud six It an a fc- in the window. She" went into the -tore and bought a present for her overworked mothet. What Became of Ann? HulMa NiiUon, AgPd T4, Aurora. ered all around and above anrK be- , low until the children were Tn the center of a big, living globe of mon i keys, without a chance of escape in : any direction. Wc-ce-ck! Wc ee-ek! They have Dear Ens? Bees: This is my tirst 1 come into our hunting grounds i letter. 1 am in the flight h grade t school and J have six teachers. ("he story J am going to tell you is anout a little girl. Ann's father aij mothers were very poor: They worked very hard iu a mill nearby. -All that they earned went for clothing, fond and fuel. While Ann's parents were seeking our food! We-ee ek! Wc-ee-ek!'' chatterei'. the wild moii kejs. showing thtir teeth. At that they began to break off sticfrsrom the trees and to hurl them at the children. "I he children covered their fae.es. with their arms to protect them selves, and seeing this some of the j monkeys just grinned in the, friend- best sort ot a ' way. I heir anger I turned to kindness and instead of ' urging the children to go away, they begged them to stay and visit a while. But Clinging Tail, looking at Smil ing Teacher, did not join in these tirgings. Instead lie called Billy and RoJJu aside and whispered a warn ing' "You'd better get away as fast as ou can before Chief Chatter-Chee " .i.. .1 r..: i... i I'tdl 3 lllrtl (IICIC 19 A Idll VUUII lu monkey Villi you. He is looking for I a new mate, and will be sure to i choose her. That would be a sad. ' sad fate," s Before they could pass on the warning to Smiling Teacher, how ever. Cheeky set up a loud chat I tering : "rather! Here comes father! Vow vou'l! pet it for squeezing my k." ' - ' ;ents. Of course, the ladies went lirst: so who can tell just how many fair passengers Billy Binks was able to "take up". on one trip? A Rebus. You cat me, you drink me; Describe nie'who can! t I am sometimes a woman, And sometimes a man. How Vit Wins. A good story is told of a quick witted Irishman with an aptitude for arithmetic. He was working in a field with a Dutchman when they unearthed a box of silver coins. The covetous Dutchman at once laid claim to the he . was first "tor the whole business is mine is a bit of money left me hy uncle, and 1 buried it here for ? keeping. There was f t.UtMl." "All right with that," replied the Dutchman, as he caught onto the bait. "If you tell me how much money there is in the box it's yours, if you miss she's mine." " That's faiivand you have the in stincts of a gentleman," replied Fat. as he made a quirk mental calciK lation from the weight of the box-;' that it contained something between $50 and J.550. "I sent $b42.5.i to my -mother tn the .old - country, so add that amount to what there is in the. box." "That -is done so quick, 'Vsaid the Dutchman. "Then deduct that amount from the sum of $1,000 which was left me." said I'at. 'Miotic again." said the Dutchman. "Now deduct those figures from .-t.J57.-47. which I had to pay the lawvers. and it leaves the exact amount to one centihat vou w find in the box." "That's right to penny," said the Dutchman, after he had' counted 4t carefully," and it proves that jou are an honest man." It is not everyone that can see through Pat's mathematical trick ery, ran vou ? - Puppies and , Profits. An animal dealer benight a numbc of puppies and rabbits, an equal s posed of i!' but seven he had re ceived just iht amount of his invest- i ruent, so that his profit was rep- ! icseuted by the remaining seven aui- j mals. What arc the seven worth at ictail? Toying With Treasure. A miser vviio hoardd up a quan tity of $5, flu and $20 gold pieces used to keep the same in live bags, each of which contained similar ; coins. Wnile toying with his treas- ure he would divide it into four piles, (all exactly ;ilike; then, to he certain none was lost, he would take two .ji the piles and construct three piles, each containing Similar coins. What is the least amount ot money that the miser could have f ossessed under the circumstances.'' ' Guess This Word. Two words which denote what old Shylock wjll hold ( On your house or your land ere he lends vou his gold. i I'lnjoined, name a heiiitr who wan- I .(iers Irom home. And ill many strange climates niav sojoui n or roam. :ut wlicreer he mav lie country or. He can nevci exist in h '.ive iaiui. ANSWKKS i'O I. WEEK' VST It '.. I .MS. "Schod House Clock." A straight line across the clock hich cuts hi ween the 3 ami 4 aud ' the 9 aud II divides the dial into halves each which contains niiin ' hers footing ii VR- . ' "Pictire Arithmetic.' i BAB pluiMlT'F minus ARM pins Bl'S pit IfM.O minus BUSH : leaves BUF LO. ; W ASP ijiiiis ' plus HINGE minus .hi p't TOX leaves WASH INGTON i I "TwentyConcealed Towns." Brighton. Ilroy, Hanover, Salem. ; Weare. Bailor. Athens. Benton. ! Mrookliu. (ii imd, Deering. Dover. '"iorham Miville, "Warren, Ashton. Bethel, Lelnon. Norfolk. Orange. "Mann the Landscape.' Brow. Hid, Boston, Foot.-Arm :cck. KacJ Teeth. Waste (waist) inner. Hal, Soul. Bones, Sinews. Side and entire hooty, because j number ot each, paying $2 each for to break it open and ihr nunnics and $2 for a nair of rah- discover ihc valuable contents. bits. He sold them at an advance "Go softly" said the. Irishman, lot 10 per .rent When he had dis- KF.EP YOUR ANSWERS " liminating JR. 1 1 ar, ' I r.-e. Broom, Strand. C row. Sho. lav, Keel. Brass. :ut wliereer he may lie. m town. 1,,,,-t Wri Brand. ' country orstrai'd. - j " He can nevci exis in' his own ua- ' Afiyming Rebus." '.ive iami. 1 'I he wof PLF-DGIl. . I .. .1 ' K I'" ROM DiAY ')! i! I 3 ! I ! 1 I 1 I 1 TO COMPARE WITH SOLUTIONS ONfcl WF.l