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Show I ,; A TB.TJE FAIRY TALE. Do you know of the house i Where ginger-snaps prow? i Where tarts for us children March out in a row? . - ' Where wiphlng is having, i Where isn't it grand! j i ' Just up in the garret ' i ' Is real fairyland? f "Where youngsters ran caper ! And romp and halloo. I ' , For they always do right. Jy y Whatever they do? . 1 Ton don't know the house? l s Then, oh deary me. I I'm sorry for you! j i Why, it's Grandma's, you see. I AUNT BUSY HAS HER SAY. Dear Nier-es and Nephews: ; A dear Ogden niece and another dear ' niece from Montana and two very dear nieces from Colorado came to their old Auntie's rescue this week, and you can read their very nice, interesting letters. Aunt Husy thinks that most of her i children like to be coaxed, don't you? Where are the dear Ogden fellows for , M long. Are the little Dorseys in America? Are there any boys and j piiis in Park City any more? Perhaps ! only grown folks. The Eureka ohil- 1 dren do not write nearly as often as thev once intended. ' Where is little 5 Miss McPhee of Eureka, and the little f 1 Hanley children? Where is a dear rjf niece in Evanston. who has not writ- ff ten for ever so loner. Her name is V"f Nellie. There is a dear nephew in ! I Kemmerer by the name of Morgan. ! Aunt Busy would like to have some I nieces and nephews in Rock Springs j, and Cheyenne. i ? Send some stories, dear lads and las- f sies, and write often. Aunt Busy would r " njoy hearing from every 'one of you i I everv week. Your loving. f AUNT BUST. ! 1 1 LETTERS AND ANSWERS. ; Willis, Mont., Oct. 24. f! Dear Aunt Busy I will write to you ; ' again, and also send you a story. I hope you are not tired of my letters ; and stories, because I try so hard to fj make them interesting. I am going to be confirmed on Nov. 10. Then the new Sacred Heart church will be finished, and consecrated by Bishop Brondel. I : will close now, with loce. your loving j - niece, TESSIE REICHLE. l) SELFISHNESS. i One day I visited my friend Beulah I Hanson, and as I entered the door I heard some one crying, and after a few I moments I saw a little girl with a tear- i stained face enter the room. The little . T one was about 6 years old. ( r I asked Beulah why her sister was j ; crying, and she told me, as follows: j j "My sister Daisy is a very selfish I little girl, and has often been whipped j and lectured for this fault. A few days j ago she would not give me any of her f candy which mamma had given her. i t She promised never to be selfish again. But what do you think? Today she .t broke her word, and in this way: i "Papa brought from work two par- i ; eels. One contained some chestnuts, ji and you will soon hear what was in j the other. She refused to share the chestnuts with me. anI papa was very if angry. He then brought the other ' bundle, -which, when opened, contained j the most beautiful book I ever saw. j f Turning to Daisy, papa said: s ' - "Don't you think this pretty, Daisy?" j Daisy looked at it and then said: ! i "Oh, papa, who is it for?" I "I intended it for you if vou kept j your promise, but you did not. so it is I', for Beulah." papa said, turning to me. ' K Now, this is why Daisy was cryiny. ; "I hope she has learned a lesson," Beulah said, showing me a very beau- j tiful book. I Now, Aunt Busy, I have written you j l a story just as I heard it. (1 TESSIE REICI1LE. j . Aunt Busy never could get tired of your interesting letters and stories, little Tessie. Your litttle story is ex- celient. and carries such a good moral. : Selfishness is one of the most detest- r ; able of faults, and one that every child j Phould avoid. Poor little Daisy had a f s hard lesson, but let us hope that she I I was cured forever. Aunt Buy hopes to i hear from you often. Tessie. She really i j thinks you one of her most regular and clever little correspondents. Jt s Ogden, Utah. Oct. 24. ' My Dear Aunt Busy Another one of i your nieces wants to write io you. I ' have just come here from Kansas City. r, " I go to St. Joseph's church and to the J iJ Sacred Heart academy. I like the sis- j ) j ters very much. I read the Intermoun- j 1 f tain Catholic and like it. I think it is 1 a splendid paper. I live with njy aunt find uncle here. Your loving niece, i MARY AGNES FERRIS. I J The dear little new Ogden niece saved I poor old Aunt Busy from going quite i I distracted. .When the Ogden postmark I struck Aunt Busys eye she gave a j I shout of great joy indeed. Aunt Busy f I gladly welcomes you, Mary. Write often I I and try to induce a few of your friends to write, too. Thank you for your kind j I words for the paper. All Catholics. ! I both old and young, should take a I warm interest in a good Catholic jour- I nal. j Carr, Colo., Oct. 26. , Dear Aunt Busy 1 will write you, a j I letter. My papa went to Greeley; last 1 month and brought back a load of po- j .1 tatoes, parsnips, chickens, honey, beets I and iickles. He was gone for three i X days. Aunt Busy, Joe and Leo were S out 'lUnting one day not long ag-o. Joe I lpft Leo to get a rabbit, and while he j was gone the gun went off and Leo ? got shot in the leg. He could not go to I school for three weeks. My papa and ; Martha tried to take a walk on tne I bluffs, but it was too windy. I am about through my reader and M geography, and am in addition of frac tions. Leo, cannot write this time. I an; sending you some of our quotations. I remain, your loving niece. I AGNES MANTEY. ' OUR QUOTATION. Be kind and be gentle To those who are old. For dearer is kindness. And better than gold. Little drops of water. Little grains of sand. Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land. Th best kind of luck For all kinds of weather, Is plenty of luck And cheerful forever. Didn't think is a heedless j And never takes the lirize. Remember well wins every time. For he is quick and wise. Aunt Busy is always delighted to see the Carr postmark. Tell Leo that Aunt Busy thinks it quite time for him to write to her. Success to you, dear niece, in your school work. The quotations quo-tations are interesting and instructive. instruc-tive. Write soon again. Carr, Colo., Oct. 24. Dear Aunt Busy I will write you a letter and tell you all that papa brought home from Fort Collins. He got chickens, squash, honey, potatoes, cornmeal, flour and cheese. My birthday birth-day came on Oct. 11. Nora made me a nice cake. Your loving niece, ANASTASIA MANTEY. I have written a little sketch. Aunt Busy, called, "It Won't Come Rijrht." IT WON'T COME RIGHT. There was once a little boy who was seen studying very hard. He knit his brow and looked completely lost. I think he should have put his slate down and taken a rest. A short run would be good for him and then he could come back fresh and try ae;ain. Perhaps the poor little fellow had never learned his multiplication table right. He may not know that arithmetic arith-metic will always seem hard until it is understood." The tables seem tiresome, tire-some, but they are worth the trouble. I would advise all my young friends to learn them by heart as soon as they can. If children only knew what a comfort it is through life to be able to reckon easily and quickly they would take great pains with their arithmetic. Perhaps the boy I write about was careless over his study. Arithmetic requires re-quires great attention and patience. Your loving niece, ANASTASIA MANTEY. Aunt Busy thinks her niece Anas-tasia Anas-tasia a very wise, thoughtful little girl. Your ideas about arithmetic are very sensible, and Aunt Busy is sure that all the nieces and nephews will appreciate your advice. You have a dear, good papa to provide pro-vide for your comfort. He certainly takes care of his little folks, and Aunt Busy hopes that you will repay him by studying hard. This will please him more than anything you can do. Give Aunt Busy's kindest regards to the good papa and mamma. Alphabet of Success. Attend carefully to details. Be prompt in all things. Consider well, then decide positively. Dare to do right, fear to do wrong. Endure trials patiently. Fight life's battles bravely. Go not into the society of the vicious. Hold integrity sacred. Injure not another's reputation. Join hands with the virtuous. Keep your mind free from evil thoughts. Lie not for any consideration. Make few special friends. Never try to appear what you are not. Observe good manners. Pay your debts promptly. Question not the veracity of a friend. Respect the counsel of your parents. Sacrifice money rather than principle. Touch not. taste not, handle not Intoxicating In-toxicating drinks. Use your leisure for improvement. Venture not upon the threshold of wrong. Watch carefully over your passions. Extend to every one a kindly greeting. greet-ing. Yield not to discouragement. Zealously labor for the right and success suc-cess is certain. Tommy and the Ditto Mark. Tommy was delighted when he learned in his grammar lesson, not long ago, about a pair of little dots, which, as the teacher explained, meant "ditto." How his soul a curious mixture mix-ture of laziness and thrift thrilled at learning that if he were to write a "cat" or "five boys" or "$10" on one line and wanted to repeat the same words on the next line, all he had to do, 1d-stead 1d-stead of writing the words in full, 'was to put the ditto marks, and everybody would know that it was a "cat" or "five boys" or "$10" (as the case might be) that he meant. Not long after this Tommy went off for a visit and was forced to write home. He made use of the newly discovered dis-covered ditto in this wise: Dear Father: I hope you are well. " " mother is ' Dick grandma " " I wish you were here. " " mother was " sister " " ' Dick grandma " you would send me some money. Your affectionate son. Patron Saint of Altar Boys. On vthe last day of August the feast of a staunch little hero, St. Dominic de Val. who suffered martyrdom at the age of 7 years, was celebrated. He was born in Saragossa, Spain, In the year 3243. about ten years after the canonization canon-ization of the great St. Diminic de Guzman, Guz-man, and in whose honor he was named. He was remarkable for the devout de-vout manner in which he served at the altar, and hence he is venerated as the special patron of altar boys and choir-isters. choir-isters. On Holy Thursday of the year 1250 little Dominic was passing from out the cathedral of his native city, when he was seized by an infurated mob and was nailed to the very walfe of the cathedral. His heart was pierced with a dagger and the pool little martyr expired, as did his master, mas-ter, amid the jeers of the frenzied mob. His body was taken down and cast into the river Ebro. An unusual splendor played on the water, and thus war, marked the spot where the body-lay. body-lay. Many miracles were wrought by his intercession. |