Show CHILDREN MEANT WELL BUT their present must have been some what embarrassing little mary and ben had been greatly exercised over the approach ing anniversary of the parental wed ding day they had overheard so much discussion ot the subject that they supposed that numerous pres ants would be quite the order of the festival and ben with the response res ot his eleven years proposed that they secure their own pennies and buy a nice present for mamma and papa mary gladly agreed and with great secrecy they made their preparations with a dollar they ran away one day and with much excitement made their purchase which was safely hid dpn until the important came off when the presents were cited theirs proved no less interesting than the more expensive gifts there was a beautiful picture as they both assured their parents sure enough there were two splendid lions in a large cage and under them the inscription A lite sentence achl cago decol d herald |