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Show fSTORIES ARE TOLD; I jjjWHICH DO YOU PREfER? fy a Lover of Nature. '.fftbear is it, Teddy? or was it ifteroat protector of tlio mno- Ecat afraid that tho bears might 'MtnSt fetv Democratic votes in the i it Joolced pood for a third term. KlfLt ?ibe " mighty hunter, " went lot?1 wo'1 witb tho- l,rPc,r , 1,!,st,ru" m(v bis high oflicc and killed a ! gone of tho docs was it that, r old deer was defending her '? am the enemy, gored and then T finto the dust tho great Presi-JdI Presi-JdI the United States or some one spring, that lie, groat man as r fiti uld take a small army of men for a bodyguard as ho sallied forth into tho country of the innocent hapless deer and on the open battle field, himself him-self skulking and hiding for protection (?) behind stumps and logs, slew six of God's beautiful and harmless creatures? crea-tures? Here are two stories: One is a nature faker's story, the other is a true stor,y, vouched for by most eminent authorities. authori-ties. After we have told the stories we will leave it to tho reader to decide which of the two will have tho better effect on the minds of the young. y THE NATUBE TAKER'S STORY. Once upon a time in a benutiful city nestled close to the foothills of the Wasatch range of mountains there lived a little "black and tan" mother dog. One day in her excursions for food for her two little babv dogs sho found three little mothorless and half-starved kit tens with eves not yet opened to sec the light. Tins little mother dog thought of her own dear babies and of what might becomo of them should some cruel animal deprive them of a mother's care, and, then, from the impulso of her mother love, she took up gently in her mouth tho kittens, one at a time, and carried them to her ovd little homo and nursed them back to life and fed them at her own breast by the side of her own babies until they were old enough to wean and then taught them the lessons of independent self-support. THE TRUE STORY. One time an animal that walks on two feet instead of four, as many animals ani-mals do, and stands erect like a man, went forth tx hunt for other animals. I not .becauso it was hungry for it, as it hnd plenty of everything good to eat at homo and if it had wanted it, could have had still more. This animal did not go alone (il da'ssent, but took other animals like itself anil went forth to slay and kill. And that it might have an advantage over other animals that it wanted to kill, it wore things over its eyes called glasses so it could sec clearer and fnrtlicr than without them. And for its protection it wore things on its feet and bod" and head, and to give it still further advantage over the animals it hunted, it took a long thing made out of a hard kind of stuff. This long thing was called a gun. There was a hole in this long thing called a gnu, that held messengers, messen-gers, and whenever this animal wanted to it sent out one of the messengers. This messenger was called a messenger of death to whomsoever it was sent. Well, this animal went out and by and by it saw other animals called bears, a'molhcr bear and her baby bear Tho baby was almost as big as its mother. but not quite, for it was still its mother's moth-er's baby bear. Well, this kind-hearted animal with all the things on its feet and body and head wanted to get eloc to the baby bear so it could sec what the baby bear had on its feet and body I and head, so it sent a messenger to giit the baby bear to slop while the animal with the glasses and things on could catch up with it. It was a messenger of death that the animal sent to the baby bear and when the baby bear received the messenger it fell down dead. The messenger had kilk'd it. Then the mother bear wrung tier hands and cried as if her heart would break because her baby was dead. Then "this animal with all the things on took all its company and went further fur-ther and presently it saw a whole lot of the prettiest animals that run wild. They are called deer". Then this kind-hearted kind-hearted animal that had the things on its feet and body and head and thu glasses on its eyes and tho long thing called a gun sent six messengers out of rho long thing called a gun to six of the deer and then tho six deer that took these messengers to their breasts fell down dead. .For tho kind-hearted animal ani-mal had sent mesengcrs of death to the six deer. Then the fathers and the mothers and tho brothers and sisters of tho six dead deer cried and took on terribly, but they could uot help thgm selves, for the Kind-hearted animal had to have recreation, whatever that means, and at whatever cost. Nov; our stories are told. Which one do you like the best ? |