Show WHY WE GIVE valentines long ago there lived heed a priest named valen tine this good man wait waa noted in all the country round for hla his kindness lie ile nursed the sick comforted the borrowing rr 0 w ing and was always ready to CO give help to anyo antono e who was waa in need valentine ahn dearly loyed doted the e children and those who went to bamfor him for food or clothes were never nev er turned away after this kind priest became top too old to go among his people be was very sad mad because lie thought he be could no longer be of any help to them then he remembered that he could write loving messages to tha th sick and sorro yng soon his friends began to watch for the kind words that were surp sure to come whenever joy entered their homes even litte children would say when hen they bertt sick 1 1 I think father valentine will send me a letter today to day but after a time no more letters were received and soon the news went abroad that good old valentine was dead then every one said that such a man was good enough to be called a saint and since then he be has been known as aa st valentine it was wa not long until people celebrated his bla birthday by sending loving messages to their friends the notes find and letters lettera containing dese messages were called valen tillos this oil all happened years ago but good st valentine ts Is still remembered oil nn the fourteenth of each february rebr uary |