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Show I 1 i wmKM -if I I NP ! WHEN JOHNNY SPENDS DA. I V hn Johnny spends the day with us, i . .11 i:vvT the beat S ,,,1 i!if things a-happenin' in this ole s " liunso :.mi' street. yi,, k- Ih'biiis by loi-kin' ur the pantry J ' .l.x.r an" foliar ' i Mi" 1 rv place that's like as not to in- ! ' n-n'st. :i felh-r. v. I jj;,' hiT chiny ornaments a-stickln' t ' t .juiki l lie wail f f . ts as lilph as phe tan reach, fer j ; ' ' f.-ar they'll ge t a fall. y, then nhe pits the arniky an' tUt-kin J ' i,!astT t.'i't . , I v.i' sivs, ' When Johnny's visluu , ' ' tiu v'ro pood to have about." 1 t. l! voti what, there's plenty fuss f : W'li-'ii Johnny spends the day with us: i i ... i h n Johnny spends the aay with us, pa ! nuts his books away ! An' says. "How Jung, in thunder, is that I nnianrp Roin' to stay?" Ho hriiiKs the new lawn mower up an' ; locks it in the shed .n" liids his strop an' razor 'tween the f i ' rovers on the bed. 11 savs. -Keep out that liberrey, what- f ever else you do. f ys !i have a settlement with you an' t 1 .loiinnv. too:"' S;ts he. "It makes a lot o' fuss 1 To have him siend the day with us'." ! j AUNT BUSY HAS HER SAY. j I Vh-vr: Nieces and Nephews: I 5 Aunt Busy is beginning to fear that I ! h r children nre forgetting" to write to i h"i. "What lias become of the dear I little Mantey children from Carr sta- I t:on? Aunt Busy wotild really like to hear fiom Eureka in the near future, ! and from Park City also. She has I been thinking that, for a change, she w.-uld afign a eubject for you to write about. The first one is, "What I Would Do With $1,000." Now, Aunt Busy wants to hear from 811 her dear girls and boys on this I (jufMion. She wants you to write just what you think. Do not ask for any hflp and do not copy from other let- trrs. Be strictly original. Now, Aunt v Busy wonders who will send the first uer. After she hears from you all she will then tell you what she would do with $1,000. Hoping to hear from you all very soon, she remains jour loving j AUNT BUSY, j LETTERS AND ANSWERS. ! j -. . . 1 ! Dear Aunt Busy I wrote to you i r.brut a Meek before my brother did ami sent you a story, but you did not print it. so I think it is not much use : ; to w rite to you. What is the matter j l with the Ogden boys? I hope they , " are not all dead. Aunt Busy, why don't you write any more stories for hoys, or any kind, so it is a story. J : From your nephew, j ROBERT DORSEY J v, ! Aunt Busj- is very sorry, Robert, j r " t ahcut your letter and story. Both were : 1 in last week's issue. Aunt Busy an- I I swered your letter as soon as she re- (rived it. Are you sure that it was J promptly mailed? I No. indeed. Aunt Busy's dear Ogden ) boys are not dead. They do not write very often, but when they do, anyone I -wil1" ( -(.include that they are very much "t aiive. Aunt Busy did not know that her I stories pleased you so much, Robert, j She will certainly write one right away. Write soon again. ; Brookside, Colo., March 9. t T. ar Aunt Busy I am going to i write you a letter. I have never writ- : ii -ti ri you before. I read the letters Vt in The intermountain Catholic and my -, iniher told me to write to you. I am . : years old and am in the fifth grade. I My teacher's name is Mr. Morrison; he i i is very good to me. 1 i Hoping to see my letter in print, . - Briiid-hve, dear Aunt Busy. Your lov- ?1 :r,g v.ieee, MARY VEZZITTI. I -M nt Busy gladly welcomes her new '.v.' from Colorado. She is pleased to 1 that your papa takes an interest i in lir department. Aunt Busy hopes io h-ar from you very often, and be t sure that you write about what you j I "' ";! .1.) w'ith $1,000. Aunt Busy wants j t" kn-iw. TO LITTLE KNITTERS. 1 . h'tle sisters, Mily and May ''-c-e ,,(!t their books and their toys I -v r!l v now sec as they quietly sit ! u 'i..it :!.(' arc doing; they're going to f 1 -;n- ,; mitti tis for dear mamma j ; ." 'i a p.iir of sor-ks for kind papa, j X--'...-;.- knows what they are about, i 1 ' - a set-ret they won't let out. I i Ni i .mj weeks shall have passed ) :::y; f -ifti-r bn-akfast. some sunny day, ! -i t.. the parlor they both will tr, 1 ' i with a simile and courtsy low. I M::'y aii.i May will speak and will say. . "A ( pt these" presents from us today." New- Game of Blind Man's Buff. : W e had such a Jolly time one even- I i-'C last week at a seven steps' social !v n by the Neighborhood club, says i writer in ths Constitution Junior. idea was now to us. and. as we " all devoted to lively game, it ! - I instantaneous success with I jr party, and judging from the I laughter, with everyone else as well. I Tit-haps other hoys and girls in -' -.'.'( h of fun will welcome the idea and J a hill.' description. As sonn as lite t-ntire company had t come together we cut cards to decide I iilf-h player should le blindfolded, as 'V- blind man is ajt important figure i:i the game. The person drawing the i lowest card was duly bandaged, j We were then informed that, after i bo bell rang, we would each have J seven steps for use in escaping from j 1he "buffer," and were obliged to take our positions in portions of the f room where we would judge ourselves ; a safeFt from his attacks. t ? Corners, curtains and recesses were i ''Hi legal as hiding places, but stand- lug upon chairs, tables or other furni- i ' 'ure was vetoed under pain of forfeit- !iiig points. The seven steps, as I said, were to j ''e used in escaping when the buffer j approached our retreats. The player ; captured, we were told, would be foived to become blindman; and he or' she w ho. w hen the game ended, should ( have served fewest times in the capacity capac-ity of buffer, would win the price. After this explanation a bell rang and away we all flew to take up our positions. A minute later another bell gave the buffer permission to set out upon his hunting expedition. The next moment the room rang with the gayest sort of frolic. The . buffer played his part capitally and kept us all quivering. It was thrilling to feel him fumbling around your retreat, re-treat, but maddening to waste one of the precious seven steps unless one was in positive danger, since, after the steps were expended one would be obliged to stand perfectly still and take his chances of being caught. When it came to close quarters we bobbed, we dodged, ducked, swayed this way or that, did everything, in fact, to escape ! except take a step. But sometimes his i attentions became so pressing that a step or rather a spring become necessary. neces-sary. When this occurred we made the step as long as possible in order to get as much as possible out of the privilege. This continued for fully ten minutes, but at last one unwary player who had rashly expended her quota of steps was captured. She became the buffer exactly ex-actly as the first person and the game began anew, each having a fresh sup-ply sup-ply of seven steps. I forgot to say that being blindman by lot the first time did not count against the player or disqualify dis-qualify him for the prize. There were six buffers and six games or rounds. All those who were never captured drew for the prizes. Riddles From Russia, Here are some riddles which the boys and gns in Kuss.a puzzie their heads over. See how many of them you can guess witnout JooKing at the answers: i am blind, but show others the way; deaf and dumb, but know how to count. A milestone. People pray for me and long for ray company; but directly I appear they hiae themselves. Rain. I have four legs and feathers, but am neither beast nor bird. Feather bed. There are four brothers under one hat. Legs of a table. Four brothers run side by side, but never catch, one another. Wheels of a cart. "What walks upside down overhead? i Fly. Who are the two brothers that live on opposite sides of the road, yet never see each other? Tour eyes. A pack of wolves ran by; one was shot, how many remained? One. Too Smart for His Papa. The 12-year-old son of a Topeka (Kan.) fond parent recently became the proud possessor of some guinea pigs. A day or twcKafter they were baiely corralled in a cage he went about bragging of his new acquisition among his playmates. Now, it seems, these youngsters knew of a "sell" in which guinea pigs played a prominent part. They started to "hook" the youngster, and they caught him hard and fast. He felt so badly about it that he started to "sell" some one else. His father was the victim. "Do you know, ppa if you hold a guinea pig by the tail that its eyes will drop out?" His father laughed outright, i "Why, who in the world told you such stuff as that, Louis?" "The boys all say that," answered Louis, sober as a judge, "and it's so; yes, sir." "Oh. nonsense:" said the father, still laughing. "Well, you go to the cage and hold one up, and you'll see." Just to humor the boy the father went out. In a moment he came back, looking well, looking just like a man who has been badly sold. "The little rascal got me that time," he remarked to a friend. "But I don't see the point," said the friend. "Don't you?" "No." "Well, guinea pigs have no tails." Naslrville Christian Advocate. |
