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Show tr : ? . ' 1 i DIRECTION'S TOR LETTER WKIT- . . ING. ' i" I Write on one side of paper only. ' Do not have letters too long. Address ail letters to "Aunt Busy, lnterna.ourita.in Catholic ' St. Louis, Mo., July 20, 1900. e My Dear Auntie: . I have a nice time rea3ing the letters s! In the paper every week. They are I very nice, but why do all the boys nd J frirls write the same thing? They do not 1 often write something new. Dear Aun- tie, I do not want to complain, but I be- , lieve the St. Louis boys and girls can do better than some of your nephews j and nieces, so here goes! Alter this I you will get some letter from our j beautiful city. Your loving nephew, y ARTHUR 1IAYDEN. )' Dear Nephew: ;5 t Aunt Busy is very sorry that you do J not approve of the correspondence in I her department. Perhaps "after this I her boys and girls will try to do better. j Aunt Busy, like all loving aunties, may L be blind, to the falling's of her dear I nephews and nieces. Perhaps the Ict- ters are a little the same. Xow she will t be anxious to read the St. Louis .t- 5 ters and see how different they will be. ! 'j Aunt Busy is very pleased to 'receive iS letters from so far away. She likes the if letters she receives, and thinks her I nephews and nieces the dearest, bright- est and best boys and girls in America. I She hopes you will think the same. 1 Write soon again. , A LITTLE WORD. A sneer, a shrug, or a whisper low. They're the poisoned shafts of an ambushed am-bushed bow, Shot by a coward, the fool, the knave, They pierce the mail of the great and brave. Vain is the buckler of wisdom and pride To turn the pitiless point aside. The lips may curl with a careless smile. But the heart drips blood, drips blood the while. Ah, me, what hearts have been broken What rivers of blood been stirred By a word in malice spoken, By only a little word. |