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Show 1 xsliMt- j LETTEH-WEITIKG DIRECTIONS. I I wriio on one side of paper only. I .. nut h.-ive. letters too long. j ,w: nr.-s nil letters to ,-Aunt LJusy." In HiiiiJUi.tain Catholic. i j I BOYLESS TOWN. ' . ul,i unman of long- ago ; ! 1. . lrn' fl that shv liKte.l nnisi: fit ' '! :i. iiwn would bo ,o ideasant. you U I !'. 4 i; i.nlv ill. re were mi Imvs." -? -eo'd.-d HV..1 fi-ttod ai.ioui il till I :)! .vis civw 1,,-avy as lead. i tiH'ii. nf a sudden, the town grew -,!!: j f..i :.U tli.' bows had lied; ' 1 5 Ati.l all through the lmijr snl dusty j street Th- i.' wasn't a boy in view; I Tii.- iiasi linll lot where they used to meet ! Was a mkIiI to make one bin-. Tii. mass was growing on every Uase. And the l.ttli that th- runners made: t there wasn't a soul in all the place j Wiin knew how the game was played. I 'Hi,- I'iicriies lotted and went to waste i : il. !.- was 110 one 10 climb the trees; I And nobody had a single taste, f S;ve onlv the birds and bees. j Th.-re wasn't a messenger boy not one ? I., spe. d .as such messengers can: J .:' f.- 'ple wanted their errands done I Tin y sent lor a messenger man. 1 1 i Th.ie was little, I ween, of frolic and ! noise; j 1 a.'!-, vas jess 01 rneer ann mirtn: 'I n.- old town, .since it lacked the boys, ! Was the dreariest place on earth. ! ''"! poor old woman began to wee)), ; Th. t! woke with a sadden scream; A ' J." ar m :'' she cried; "I have been i aslerp. I Ai:ii O, what a horrid dream V I St. Nicholas. I AUNT BUSY HASHER SAY. Hear Nieces and Nephews: Aunt Tiusy is anxiously expecting' some re-iii.s re-iii.s to her ciue.stion of last week, J "What I would do with SI ,000." ; She bus received one reply and it is a wry nice reply, from her dear niece i T.ssje r.eiV-hle of Willis, P. O. ( '' the way, Tc-psde commented on the I "S'ien boys. She wrote "that Aunt j Hnsy had to coax a sreat deal in order I ( ,n make tin-. ipden boys write to her." i We'!, tliis is so. little Tessie, but their ! !!;! are worth the coaxinp. Aunt Busy vxpects some exceedingly imvrwUnsr letters from them soon, be- ! cause they can write on two excellent I M.!n'e ts.What I would do with J1.000. .ir.d they will also write about the fini celebration they had on St. Patrick'? lay. Now, just wait, young people. I r those letters, and in the meantime Aunt Husy wants to hear from everywhere every-where about what her dear girls and b..vs would do with Jl.Ooo. But be oTipii a': write exactly as you think, j and do not ask any help from any one. 1 .lust remember the question, dear chil-l:,ii. chil-l:,ii. "What would I do with $1.(mi0?" I Your loving A I NT BUSY. LETTEKS AND ANSWERS. Salt Lake "ity. March 12. !"ar Aunt Busy: I am thinking it !s tisne that I should write to you. 1 au 7 years old today, and 1 go to sch. ml. Aunt Busy 1 love you because s.-em so kind and loving to all the children. My mamma has been very si.k. I have a brother and he and T fad The Inttrmountain Catholic. I lv-ss I will close, with much love to you, auntv. From vour niece. AMY V. JOHNSON. 0:11c her little Salt Lake niece, Amy. S:'e is that you wrote your tirt-t 'tt-i- 011 your birthday, and. by the a. Aunt Busy had a birthday yes-t'tday, yes-t'tday, but she will not tell you how old she is. Aunt Bury hopes that your I. hi- mother will soon be well. Write oon again. Salt Lake City, March 16. T'ar Aunt Busy: I thought 1 would nt" a few lines to you. I have been vadins? your letters from your nieces m l nephews. I go to the Oquirrh "-'!). ioi; I am in room eight. When I on:o home from school I play jump ;' e rope and 1 have a very nice time. 1 would write a longer letter but T e come lessons to learn yet. I send i'" to vou and all vour friends. Good-1' Good-1' . LOUISE K. HOEFEK. A ry nice letter from a very dear '.:': Aunt Busy particularly liked : line hi eh reads. '! send love to o;; and all your friends." This is the ! ' ' 1. true spirit to have, little niece. A s : r i l of love and kindness to all. a 1 i ! Busy hopes to bear from you : y .rtcn. 1 )iamond iile. Wyo.. March 36. My Dear Aunt Busy: I guess you 'Link I p.m forgetting you because I ' w not written for so long. I ran a i-O'lifork through my shoe last week ar. i 1 have a pretty sore ankle. Father Hendricks has been here preaching and ' - a cring uuestions about the church. He has been saying mass here every ey. Well, Aunt Busy, 1 guess 1 will r:v- to close. Please excuse this writ- j l'ig. "live my best love to Uncle Busy, i Your bivinir neidiew. MOBC.AN J. KAVANAUGH. util Busy would feel very sorry, in-if in-if her dear nephews i;i Diamond-i''e Diamond-i''e should forget her, but she hopes '"'it they will not. She also hopes that '"u will lake better care of yourself. Morgan. Only imagine one of Aunt 1'aisy's dear nephews jumping around with a pitchfork in his foot! Brookside. Colo.. March IT. Hear Aunt Busy: I am writing to vt you know that I read the letter in . 1iie Tiuermountain Catholic and l! Hiought 1 would write, too. My papa is si.k at the hospital at Pueblo, but in- is getting better now. I am 12 years "'l. This is all 1 have to say at this time. Your loving nie:-e. JENNIE DALFI. A sincere welcome, little niece! Aunt Busy is very fond of her Colorado girls a'il boys. She hopes to soon hear that V"tir dear papa is quite well. .Write "ten. dear. . WHAT I WOULD DO WITH ?1.0(0. Willis P. O., Mont.. March 16. My Dear Aunt Busy; 1 thought vh.-n 1 rf.a,j the Intermountain Catho lic that I must just sit down and write to you, telling what I would do with $1,000. Well the first thing, 1 would have a beautiful ehurch built, and the j rest I would give to poor people. This 1 I guess would take all the $1,000, because be-cause I would want a very fine church, and I would give the poor a lot. too. Aunt Busy don't you think the Ogden 1 boys need a great deal of coaxing to ' write to you? But they do write bright ; and cheerful letters. Did you ever take ; cod-liver oil? I have to," and I don't j like it one bit. I will close now as this I is quite enough. With love and good j wishes I remain, your loving niece, 1 TESSIE BEICHLE. j You just did w hat Aunt Busy wished I you to do when you replied to her question of what you would do with $1,000. Aunt Busy thinks you must have a very beautiful spirit, little niece, if you would Fpend your $1,000 in such an excellent manner. You could" not spend it any better, dear, than for God s honor and glory and for his poor. You are the first of Aunt Busy's children chil-dren to reply, Ttssie. Write soon again. BAMBOOZLING GRANDMA. "There never was a grandma half so good!" He whispered while beside her chair he stood. And laid his rosy cheek. With manner very. meeg. -sainsi ner clear old tace 111 loving mood. "There never was a nicer grandma born; I know some little boys must be forlorn, Because they've none like vou, I wonder what I'd do Without a grandma's kisses night and morn? "There never was a dearer grandma; there!" He kissed her and he smoothed her snow-white snow-white hair; Then iixed her ruffled cap, And nestled in her lap, While grandma smiling, rocked her old armchair. "When I'm a man what things to you I'll bring: A horse and carriage, and a watch and , ring. I All grandmas are so idee I (Just here he. kissed her twice), j And grandmas give a good bov everv-I everv-I thing." Before his dear old grandma could reply. This boy looked up, and with a roguish eye Then whispered in her ear. That nobody might hear: "Say, grandma, have you anv more mince ;pie?" Orange Peel Trick. According to a Chinese legend, there lived in Canton 200 years before Christ an artist named Lim-Kao-Poung. who j won an immortal reputation owing to the fact that he was able to fashion out of a bean pod a boat, complete with t udder, sails, mast and all other nee. ssary appurtenances. Moreover, on the exterior of the boat were engraved en-graved various maxims by Confucius. For th's masterpiece, it is said, the Emperor Tsi-Fou paid him 1.000 taels. In these days pretty baskets are made out of hazelnuts and chestnuts, ! and heads of peacocks and parrots are ' deftly fashioned from the stones of apricots. ap-ricots. It is with orange peel, however, that the most attractive, though not the most durable,' work can be done. With a few skillful incisions of the penknife the eyes and nose and lips of 1 a man or woman can be cut out of I such peel, and by placing a suitable I cap on top the oddity of the counte- j nance is remarKaoiy increased, .f urthermore, ur-thermore, much fun may be obtained by placing this head on a handkerchief which rests on a. tumbler: for, if one of the four corners of the handkerchief be then gently pulled, the head will wag most comically to one side, and as it has no neck, the effect produced is most ludicrous. Lions and Florida Water. A small girl writing to Our Dumb Animals, tells an amusing story of a lion delighted with the perfume o Florida water We had often heard that animals were very fond of perfumes, so Mamie and I paved our pennies and bought a botttle of Florida water, which we took with us to the zoo. You just ought to have heard the racket in the lion house. It was very near their dinner time and they were all hungry. The old lion and his wife were prancing round their cage, roaring with all their might. Their noise started the puiia, and when he started the panthers, it was, 1 assure vou, pandemonium let loose. So Mamie poured half of the Florida water on a piece of cotton and threw it in the lion's cage. He stopped his noise, sniffed at it. rolled all over it. and acted just like a good-natured puppv dog. He rolled over and over with'hi.s four big. strong legs in the air He was perfectly happy and forgot' for-got' that he was hungry. Then Mrs. Lion came up and had a roll, and he never once snarled at her as he so often does They both were as nice and quiet as two pussv cats. Mamie and I didn't regret having spent our money on the perl u me. |