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Show : ; ...oar Boys and rl$.., Eui.IZO r.Y AUNT BUSY. This department Is conducts fjle.y in ih iiiir:-.cfv iiiir:-.cfv . cur "!rl nr.cl hoy readers. Aunt Busy i p'arl to lioar ny i!mo frnra t r.tci ".nd ripphews who read this pag. and to fWi ir,r-v II Ihf advicp and help in her power. iVrftf on on side of th paper only. IJ'o not have letters too lonjr. Orielnal stories and erses win be gladly recelv?5 r-.1 cmoful'y edited. The manuscripts or contrJbutlons not accepted w!J If r -t irn'-d. i A 1 3 :?.. all jotters If. Aunt Busy. Intermour.ta.'i ret:. "!!:'. Salt I.nk "itr. AN OLD MAN'S STORY. i . ! li V '." Will. ir.v l...v. t (in vim -.van; iikcl ll:c ,;.!!. 'I W.illl .m .!c;im' Im ! -;ml;ii" ihc-- -, ln.s Th' olli.-cr uli.) v.-;is her.. :ir.!u:jm aj,J : ..v ', y; i.k- French. I'iius. who was ii!in;;' in ;n 51 nn rh.-iir i ' i'1'- Huilrd ;i ; took his pijic i'lMiii his Y-. wiio h..uM know it if lioi lV said. "I ..iir vciir in I"nm-v. ;uil nl'ii-r iluit 1 served ; : ' .H'lilY. Show me tlio iln-v.'' I :; Key l.roupht his 1( -on Look to hts.-raiil-:'. moV. Hut the Iiivli,t!'lif was f a-t waii'iiir. ; ; : :i-' had flimim-cl tin- old man's sijj'lit. I "' h:'Vf Jiot 111 v daes. J .; J tile lilies to me, ; i he h ..v o y. ,. I -'. ', lioin. de Marie-dans ion eoeur et rr.ve. ; J'"' : e' r!' rin. n"oiihle. de lar salner ' un Ave!'' : I i,e old man listened a 1 win i vely. aiil made th! ' i r jHa! ihe lines two or three times, correet iiiir .;. j."..!ii;i.ciatioii. Then he said: ' "Tiio-e words soem familiar to me. I nin-t liave ! r , h in somewhere at some 1 ime." Aiul lie i:isse i slowly over hi- wrinkled l.row, as if Uiore- : 1 awaken iiK'nmries of days oiir iat. "Ah, I i.: it !" he exeliamed presently. lt was Ion;? ; j. . lo)fr iipi; hut lliere sire things which it is im-1 im-1 ihie to j'ormt. It was iu Jaixcnilnir-, at the ' r n r ' a sin'et in the upper rt of the town. A ! image of the JJles.-ed Virgin si there in : nl. lie. with a lamp always hurning hi fore it. l"n-: l"n-: niea'h tlio.M' words were iiiscrihed in gold letter.- i a slali in marlde. L well rememher standing-. standing-. ye once at midnight villi the friend of niy hoy-j hoy-j 1 "I. Anthony AI illT on the eve of our departure in li.ime to se k our fori lines in France. We T-v d th-' motto under the statue so much that we v.i-ote ii down and learned it hy heart " "llu! what loe.s it mean '." interrupted the hoy. liis g'randialhcr male him read it again, slow- .-tid carefully. Then 1h said: "Thi- is what, it means: ''!:' the name of Holy .Mary is graven on thy heart, v an Ae. lions pilgrim, wheresoever thou art." "A heautifnl inotto. is it not? And 1 advise you my l.oy to lay it well to heart. 1 have never for-g"M!! for-g"M!! it. ami my friend, Anthony !Miller (iod - iii- soul! lie died two years ago held it all 1 life in high esteem. And 1 ruly he had good jo do so; for t" the constant manner in , vhich lie oheyed the exhortation conveyed in this 1 Miiiful and expressive couplet he owed his de-'. de-'. ranee fr in inimiueiit danger of death, his life ; i hi- -nh-equent. good fortune. You know that i'ie Miller".- are well-to-do their husiness has '-"V -d a very lucrative one. ut you are too young car. to underhand. 1 will tell you the motto s;.'Ved the life of my friend. Again t have heard 11. -tory from hi own lips."" " ! eil it to me now, grandfather!" ihe hoy (.uerly exclaimed. "Do please do." The old man tilled his pipe afresh, lighted it v':! gnat deiiheration. -eitled himself com fort -;.: !y in his arm chair, and hegan his tale. "Ii was in Luxeinhurg', us my friend, Anthony !.her. raid myself were strolling through the -nil- one dark night we were attracted hy the (.Primer of the lamp which hung lxfore the imaire ( i' ike Madonna. AVe approached nearer and read :;:e :i-crijtion which made so dyp an impression in our hearts. We were hoth young, merry and ' 'vht-hearied ; hut young people are very different ; ' u'ad.ty- from what they, were ihen. We were 1 r in ihe goois f this world two itinerant ar- :i-;.us. 1 Ik- whole of who-e possessions were -on-t.i'i ed in two closely-packed knaj'sacks. and who-e -n 1 : i sum of money was carried in their pockets, my friend heing merely a cooper, while I was a i ek-mith. Hut when we left our homes we hore vT'i : pricele-- treisur whi-h we inherited from : .ioii- mother. I mean sincere and earnest relig-ie-u- i'e.hng. and tender devotion to .Mary, ihe l:;ed Mother of (uul. It lirought us many bless- , : anl ir(:servel us from much that was evil v hieii one cannot but ?ee and hear in the wide, wide e-ld. delivering u- from many perils that ihreat-. :he young- and inexieriein-ed in the course f ';r v,,V;!ge over the stormy ocean of life. Ik-fore ..-ii siatuc of our 5h-ed Lady wi- both iromised ': : -rcM-at the Angelic Salutation at least once v. ry day. and never to pa-s by an image of the JT donna without greeting' our Heavenly Mother ; ' !: mi Air Maria. ' "Tiie i(-oliitiou was a wise one; it broujrht us : d fortune. As we failed 1 find eniploy-! eniploy-! in Luxeinhurg. we went on straight In l'aris. I -.,: there two years, worked hard and learned I ; , t deal. Then the love of wandering awoke i . . h- .--ah;, and we went on farther to the south ; : France. In Ihu-deaux we separated. 1 wished ; -., Lo im i.vons and lh"Hee to ("eneva. beeatise in ,-iti.s ',!).. loek-mitli's art had attained a hitih of -perfection and I desired to learn many -: ' of which 1 was as yet ignorant, ami 10 (pnd- l ley-, if to return to in v beloVc.l lioinc in Oer- ! ;.;;d -el u in biisiiie-s for myself in my na- ? J..V.H. It was for me that I did so. My - i.ioi, wandered farther afield: he wished to - . ! Spain and behold the beauty of ihe fair laud. F wouid iiave been betier 1'or him if he had o: ;,. rv i-e. for the times were troublous just :.. ;..,d ,,,. lioriheri! provinces of the Spanish .,-uh-. ihrougii whi.-h, In- took his way wore a . i.. ii o-e-i and civil war. No work was to be ,: , .! a- he wa- totally ignorant of ihe lau-,., lau-,., oouiiiry he found himself confronted :.'.:: -ui; i. - ( every kind. On one occasion h-; h-; o -, pi-i-oner by the troops of the govern-1 govern-1 : ;, ;, u;,, p. wed spy. and would in all prob-j;ave prob-j;ave been shot if at the la.-t moment, an r -.h. was eoiiver-ant willi llw1 dennar. . e !e .d ,,01 saved him from this terrible fate . ,;.-i.h,i! his papers, which were all in order, . ; e.vim-iug- him-elf of the inoffensive char- : f ihe voinm- (ierina'i artisan.. II" was ad-, ad-, onit'as soon a- possible such dangerous ! : : ... i and make iii wav'with all speed over Hi.-! Hi.-! . ; front i. r. ' J Jul this was no easy undcr-' undcr-' - f..r it was in the liasque irovinc's that i'l war "was ragina- most fiercely; .deadly .,.. ,,f ( very-day occur-(-n-e, and ail ; , h teemed with soldiers belof.frinjr 1 both ; ii., evhau-tei. tircl to death, penniless, 1 liahie ih'-ough ignoraiiee of language, to I. -on,.", kiihhla arted individual to be.-tow 011 . t t . - 1 ' ; , ; v him wherewithal to apicase his hunger, his footsteps foot-steps led him to a small town in the neighbodhood of Victoria an unlucky road, as it proved to be. In this town the rebels had strongly intrenched themselves, and the troops of the government were pressing oil along the roads; shots were freely exchanged ex-changed in all directions, and bullets constantly whipped by the ears of my poor young friend. In order to protect him-elf as far as possible from the murderous cross-fire, he sought shelter at the fool of. a high garden, wall, where an image of the Mother of (bid stood in a niche. Faithful to tin habit he had formed, he stepped up to it, and saluted sa-luted his Heavenly Mother wilh an Ave Maria. Von will understand that the prayer was a very heartfelt one. considering- the dangerous circumstances circum-stances in which the suppliant found him. 'Ave j Maria! .Mother of .Mercy, help ine!' he cried aloud I in distress. At the same instant a bullet struck I him and laid him low at Our Lady's feet. Severely j wounded, he sank pros! rate on the ground. A mist j swam before his eyes and there was a sound in ! his ears like a muttering; of distant thunders. But j as bo fell ho folded his hands, and his trembling I lips repeated once more, Ave Maria ! How" long he lay at the foot of ihe wall, and what befell him, he never knew; for he fainted dead away. When he recovered consciousness he was lying iu a spacious room, and a grave quiet lady was sitting by his bed and tending him with maternal kindness and solicitude. She was the pious wife of a Spaniard, the owner of a vineyard vine-yard whose garden was inclosed hy the high wall at the foot: of which 1 ho young German had sunk down when struck by the murderous bullet. There he had been found at the feci of the .Mother of Dolores, severely wounded and lying in a pool ot blood. On the self-same day the afflieied pair had lost their only son through the fortune of war and with true Christian charity and compassion compas-sion they took the stranger in and cherished him as if h" had been their own son until he had perfectly per-fectly recovered. "In order in some measure to show his gratitude grati-tude for their kindness, he remained with the bereaved be-reaved couple, worked hard, and in his capacity of cooper, made himself very useful to then). And. like the patriarch .lacoh of whom you have read in Scripture, in process of time he married the dauglHer of his benefactor, and. in conjunction with his father-in-law, established a most prosperous pros-perous business. When ho died two years ago his wife having preceded him to the grave he bequeathed to his sons besides his business, a considerable con-siderable amount of property. And whom had he to thank for his great and unlooked for good fortune; for-tune; Mary, the ever blessed .Mother of God. whom he never forgot to salute whenever he passed hy an image of her. Do you. my boy. imitate his example, and lay !o heart the beautiful motto. Head it out for me once more."' "That is not necessarv, grandfather." proudly returned ihe boy. "for I know it by heart already: "'If the name of Holy Mary is graven on thy heart. Say an Ave, pious pilgrim, wheresoever thou art.'" In the meantime darkness had set in. From the lower of the church near by sounded three solemn stroke- of the bell. Henry's mother entered. placed a lighted lamp on the table and said: "The Angelus is ringing; let us say it.' And the Angelic Salutation had never 'been more devoutly rotated by the little group than it was on that evening. Ave Maria. Sing a Song. If you'll .-ing a song as you go along. In the face of ihe real or fancied wrong; In spite of the doubt, if you'll fight it out, And show a heart lhat is brave and stout; If you'll lauch at the jeers and refuse the tears, You'll force the ever-reluctant cheers That the world denies when a coward cries. To sive to the man who bravely tries; And you'll win success with a little song; If you'll -ing- ihe soiig as you go along. If you sing the song as you go along! You'll find that the busy, rushing ihrong Will catch the strain of the glad refrain; That the sun will follow ihe blinding rain; That the clouds will fly from the blackened sky; That the stars will come out hy and by; And you'll make now friends., till hope descends From where the placid rainbow bends; And all because of a little song If you'll sing ihe soiig as you plod along! Canceling the Unkind Words. Some of the older boys and girls doubtless ha.Ae sludied cancellation in school. ut there is another kind of cancellation that can he used by b HY- and girls of all ages. For example, two boys were speaking of another hoy. "He is so slow in games." said one. "Yes."" replied ihe other. " but he always plays fair."" "He is so stupid at school!"' said the first boy. "IJut he always studies hard.'" answered the second. Thus you see every unkind word spoken by the first boy was cancelled by a kind word from the second. Suppose the next lime we hear an unkind word we try to- cancel it by putting- a kind one in its place. Nuts to Crack. Tere are some good riddles that we hope will delight our young readers: When is a newspaper like a delicate child t When it a pi tears weekly. What tree is of the greatest importance in history his-tory ; The date. Why does a man's hair turn gray sooner lliati his nnislachef Because it is about twenty-one years older. What is alwavs behind time; The hack of the clock. Whal melancholy fact is there about a calendar; calen-dar; There is 110 time when its days are not numbered. On what day of the year do women talk the li-a-t The shortest, day. Why is a washwoman like Saturday? Because she brings- in the close (clothes) of the week. Wiiai is that which occurs twice in a moment, and not once in a thousand years; The letter "m." Why is a watch dog larger by night than by day; ix-cause at night he- is "let out'" and by day he is "taken in." lioin, presumably before the world, destined to live about as long as the world, and yet never five weeks old. The moon. i Popular Game of "Cutting." A game of "cutting'" always finds favor with boys and girls. Provide each person with an old magazine, a pair of scissors, a small cup of homemade home-made paste and a brush made by folding- a piece of paper many times and then finely slashing one end. Besides lliese things give to each player several sev-eral sheets of plain paper a little larger than a magazine page. Kaeh person is to cut out any picture or parts of pictures he chooses and mount them on the plain paper to make new pictures. After half an hour all of the pictures should be placed where they may be seen. Simple prizes should be given to those making the prettiest, the most comical or the most original sheets. In the Nuns' Garden. In the nun's garden leap the lilies slender; In the nun's garden crimson roses blow. Ami many flowers, old-fashioned, fair and tender. Along the paths in rich profusion grow. But. sweeter than the roses and the lillies That fill with beauty all the gay parterres. The virgin flowers whose joyous duty still is To waft to God the perfume of their prayers! In the nuns' garden, weary of his vagrance. Often the wanderer comes his woes to plead. For in that place of purity and fragrance Are gentle hearts responsive to his need. There mercy dwells amid the crimson roses; There no one knocks upon the gate in vain; For. like the door of heaven, it never elyses On human sorrow or on human pain. In the nuns' garden lcar. the lilies slender And many a flower adorns the gay parterres; Bui sweeter far the souls so pure and tender Who waft to God the perfume of their prayers! Dennis A. McCarthy, in New York Sun. A Guessing Luncheon. Girls who want to give clever midday feasts to their friends should try a guessing luncheon, in which all or many of the dishes are given names. F'very guest is given a chance to find out what the good is before the feast is served. Cards are handed around ad small pencils. There are a dozen or more sentences for a food. The one who guesses the most of these correctly is awarded a prize. It is not necessary to serve the food; it is only necessary to guess it. A jumble would result if the hostess served the luncheon which is on the card. One of the best of these is as follows: First Emblems of silence. Oysters. Second The penalty of looking- backward. Salt. Third Made keen by its mother. " megar. .Fourth Boston diet. Beans. Fifth Forbidden to Jews. Pork. Sixth Emblem of stupidity. Goose. Seventh Universal crown. Hare. Eighth Largest part of the foot. Sole. Ninth To shrink from danger. Quail. Tenth Ludicrous situation. Pickles. Eleventh Tailor's tool. Goose. Twelfth Country of the "sublime porte." Turkey. Tur-key. Thirteenth One of Noah's sons. Ham. Fourteenth A woman's weepon. Tongue. The Only Way. "Why did he leave all his money to the black sheep of the family.;"' "He said the other children were too good to go to jail." "Well;" "Au'd he wanted to fix it so the black sheep would be too rich." Tender-Hearted. A kind-hearted little city girl observed during her first day in the country a mother hen about to gather her little brood of chicks under her wings. ' The little girl rushed up to the hen, shouting: shout-ing: "Shoo, you ugly thing! How dare you sit down J on those beautiful little birds;" Overtime. "Richard." said the letter carrier's wife, "will you walk the floor with baby awhile;" "Oh. I suppose so,'' grumbled the man; "but this night male carrying is fierce." "Never mind, dear." was the comforting response: re-sponse: "it's a short route, you know." |