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Show (J MFm l-4tK7 stvv W'tyb I ; LETTER-WKITIN-G DIRECTIONS, j s I Write on one Fide of paper only. I j lo not have letters too long. j Address all letters to "Aunt Busy," In- j . f -i urnioui.taln Catholic. j 1 SO VERY QUEER. j j t think it is so vt-ry queer ' i lh.it when we little children here , ,j vr,. f,,st as!t-cp oarh curly head , Tii'iied MUJ-rly in his dmvnv bed j Sum' children living far away I ; .r. uy ;md unt of doors at play. , Alii then my teacher .'ays the sun, j. w '.1. 11 all his shining- here is done, 1 1;.., s down to China ;md Jajian f f -bine as l.rifhtly as bt- j i So vln n I lie down to my rest i ! Tin- lit 1 !" JfpK an1 beinpr dressed. I Tlf Chinese girls are poiliR to bed. I 1 Hut. nil, it seems tn me so queer I S Tin y ili' not do as we do here. j 1 AUNT EUSY HAS HER SAY. I li.nr Nieces and Nephews: J Aunt Husy -will only write a few 4 words this time because l.er letter to j ihe Rden nephews occupies the spare ! she is usually allowed. Be good chil- I ilifi;. Mudy hard and don't forget lo I leport reg-ularlv to your loving, ! AUNT BUSY. ' I AUNT BUSY'S OGDEN BOYS. ' A I Dear I il Boys: Aunt Busy onec I km v a little boy, who, after some fla- t stunt breach of good conduct, would ' I !-'".y. "'Now p'ease let me Vplain." fo in ?j the languase of that wee lad. Aunt j Kusy wants to " "Villain" something to is tlie ngden nephews. IAs you grow older you will learn that women folks in general always explain by saying, "because," and Aunt Busy, even with her extreme old age and ex- i Heme amount of flesh, is no exeep- i I tion. She wrote that dreadful sentence I j "lii-cause'' you did not write to her for I 1 so long, and knowing how very dear I our Father Cushnahan is to you all. I'i she thought it the quickest and surest 5 ' way to make you write. And was she I net successful? Do not fTTe excellent I litters from her three nephews show I that Aunt Busy knew what she was t f about? "Mean it?" "Well, no, indeed! When i Aunt Busy first beard that there was . I a possibility of dear Father Cushna- :, han leaving, her "heart nearly flew out nf her mouth," as the little girl said. ? B!i-ss your young hearts. Aunt Busy i has known the father for many, many i years, and she realizes what a blow it 1 u-nnl.1 1ia to evevv one if be should 4 -would De to etry one n ne nuouiu j ever go awaj Now Aunt Busy anx- ' ; 4 iously hopes that her explanation will I ,-atisfy her dear nephews, because it i. I 1s a "really truly" explanation, and she j j understands fully how she shocked her j j dear boys, but she will never, never i I, write any such terrible thing again, no ?"J matter how great the provocation. j t I A good result of her letter was the It pri-mpt demands from Ogden for an j explanation, and the letters containing the demands were so beautiful, so en f thusiastic and "so sincere that Aunt I I Busy feels a wee bit glad for her share I j in the affair. Your opinions, expressed f 1 in your honest, boyish fashion, testify I I to the warm love, affection and con- I i;Jenee that fill the hearts of Ogden j young people for their well-beloved t pastor, Ucv. Father Cushnahan. 1 Much love and earnest good wishes I to you all and to Richard. Clayton and i Timothy particularly. In the expres- I sive language of Clayton Keenan, Aunt Busy thinks you are of the "right in- t gredients." Your loving. '. AUXT BUSY. 7 LETTERS AND ANSWERS. ! 1 lln T'tal, tin IT t 1 tigaen, t tan, j.in. i. I l.ar Aunt Busy: Your lecture to ' I is boys in the Intermountain Catholic V.i i1 lis read with pleasure and a little ; ? i' lir. "e are not hurt at your "little talks, as we know you intend them i for our good. Now, please excuse us ; and ue shall try to do better in future, i 'Be sure we love you dearly even if we ; do in -i asionally annoy you. But that ; is thi- wav with boys. They seem to tak" a pleasure in annoying those i yh.i:n tiv y love. You say it serves us i'is.ht i-i h.si- Father Cushnahan. Aunt ;. i;i:sy, we w in riot forgive you if you f I sav that acain. Ve could not get along f v.-itbout F -.!!:.: -cushnahan. To whom J f could wv t - i all our joys and sorrows, I 1 ;'"d who .i.;ii,i take such an interest in ; them as h dues? Why. we would die I without inn- beloved pastor and we know our holy fath-r will not take him 1 l away from us. Beside, I don't think j it would be fair to take Father Cush- nahan away from Ogden now after all 1 Ik- has endured in trying to finish our 1 beautiful church. 'While we would love 't tn see him bishop ami even cardinal. still ue will not let him go. I wonder what Nellie and Bobby Dmsey will ! I thin); of this? 1 wish tin y would' v. rite, j I 1 had a grand old time Xrnas. We had Vi a lovely Xmas tree. Each little girl ! and boy got something from dear San- f l ta riaus. I am tired and kind of wov- ' tied for fear things may not go riebt. I i X, I will Vii.l von "th.. Pmnlim..nti if j j .--o j win tna you me compliments or I ; ib.e season." 1 fear 1 am a little late, I but better late than never. A whole I j lot of love from all the Ocd n boys, i I "the genuine old stuff." From your f loving nephew. j BB'HABD MOHHISSEY. 1 believe I will sign myself "Dick." i i Dear Bichard, Aunt )Jusv hardly i J knows how to tell you hmv sh apiii'?- j eiates the ln-antiful holy picture you j I kindly s--nt her. and also your high- s 1 l.v interesting letter. You see. your t letters are always bright and Well : i written, and no wonder Aunt Busy ; misses hearing from you. How beau- j tifully you write of your dear pastor: ! Indeed, well may Aunt Busv be proud f her "dear old pal," Richard Mor- nssey. She fairly longed to hear from ynu. PerbRps Nellie and Robert Dor- I I p"y will write now that they have r -id j the Ogden letters. C.ood-by, near Dick, and thank you again for your pretty j j ''cmembrance. j I Ogden, Utah. Jan. IT. ! -ly Dear Aunt Busy I read in the h I'drmountain Catholic that you , j 1 thought the Ogden boys were forget - i J 11 n?r you. Indeed they are not. How 1 ''ould j-ou think of such a thing? They ! I shall always remember their dear, good, j 1 tat Aunt Busy. Even when I was liv- I ing in Black Buttes I could not forget for-get you. I am afraid you will make some of 'the other boys jealous. No, Aunt Busy, boys do not get jealous; but girls do. and 1 know it, for 1 have seen them pucker up their mouths. I now live in Ogden. and am glad, for I love it. especially dear old St. Joseph Jo-seph school. The boys have some big times here. I tell you we manage to have a liM? fun. I wish you would come and see us. You would be astonished to see the beautiful new church. It is almost finished, and I expect with Cod's help to make my first holy communion there this year. My parents are dead, but Father Cushnahan is good to me, and that makes me happy, for I love him ueau.. i nave a nine sister. Mie goes to the academy. I wish Nellie and Bobby Dorsey would write. I know they remember me. I trust this letter is not too long. I will write a shorter one next time. Love and best wishes for a happy new year. From your loving lov-ing nephew, TIMOTHY HOWARD. Dear Timothy, Aunt Busy was pleased to hear from a real old friend like you. How very kind you are to write that you never forget your old Aunt Busy. She is so sorry to hear your opinion of the little giris. Are you not a little hard on them? Aunt Busy unites with you in hoping that you will have the great happiness of mak- i itig your first holy communion in the beautiful new church. Surely the dear mamma and papa from their home in the skies, are happy, knowing that their son is on the right path, that will unite them some day in the beautiful forever, and, dear boy, you cannot select se-lect a finer model than your beloved pastor. Give Aunt Busy's love to the little sister. Ogden, Utah, Jan. 15. Dear Aunt Busy I can tell by your letter in the Intermountain Catholic that you love your Ogden boys better than any of your nephews, or than all your nephews together. That is right. Y'ou are, almost as good to us as if you .were our grandmother. I have ouen heard of grandmothers being fond of boys, but seldom, if ever, have I heard of an aunt being as good as you are. I hope your heart .ache is better. We will do as Father Cushnahan told us last Sunday, make everything bright, happy and cheerful for .those around us. By the way, Aunt Busy, I am kind of mad at you. You said it serves us right to have Father Cushnahan taken away from us. The only way I can make myself excuse this is to say taat you did not mean it. Now. did vou? Please tell the truth. You must remember re-member that we Ogden boys are as loyal to our beloved pastor as he is to us. And if you want to know how loyal that is, you can find out from that man who wrote the article In last week's Intermountain Catholic. I would Hke to know his name. I believe be-lieve he is made of the right ingredients. ingredi-ents. When he Writes again I hope he will sign his full name. I would love to have a little talk with him. I am afraid my letter is too long, but I cannot finish it without telling you we had a bis time this noon over the remains re-mains of Mr. Smith's dog. The procession proces-sion was of military type. The orator of the day was Willie Dean. Goodness, but we had fun. Your loving nephew, CLAYTON KERNAX. Dear Clayton, Aunt Busy laughed most heartily over your letter, and the crack in her "old heart" is entirely healed since hearing from Ogden. She knows that you are all too sensible to become conceited when she praises you so much. Aunt Busy agrees w'ith you, Clayton, in wishing that the Ogden correspondent would sign his name. Aunt Busy thinks that you are also "made of the right ingredients" when you write so truly of your dear, good pastor, and your tribute to him is well worthy of a signature. Write soon again, Clayton. In Our Elementary Schools. A school teacher once said to her rlass in mental arithmetic: "Now, boys, I have a few questions in fractions to ask. Suppose I have a piece of beefsteak beef-steak and I cut it into two pieces, what would those pieces be called?" "Halves!" shouted the class. i "Right. And if I cut each half into two pieces?" "Quarters'." "That is correct. And if the quarters quar-ters were each cut in half?" "Eighths!" "Yes. And if those were chopped hi two?" "Sixteenths!" "Very good. And when the sixteenths were cut in half, what would they be?" The answers had been growing fewer and fewer, but one hoy meditated a moment and answered: "Thirty-seconds!" "Very good," said the teacher. "And now we will chop those thirty-seconds in half. Can any boy tell me what we shall have then?" There was a silence in me ciass, oui presently a little boy at the foot put up his hand. ! "Well, Johnny, what shall we have then?" "Biease, mum." chirped Johnny, con-i con-i fidentlv, "we shall have hash: I've seen it done." And he went straight up to the head of the class. An Effective Remedy. A little boy and girl. were at opposite ends of a long room, pretending to talk ever a "make-believe" telephone. "Is this the doctor?" called the little girl. "It is, madam, it is," answered thu little boy. "You had better come over at once and see a very sick lady I am nursing," nurs-ing," said the little girl. "Ahem! What is the trouble?" he asked, and she replied: "She swallowed a whole bottle of ink." "Very serious case," said the little doctor. "What have you done for her?" "I gave her two sheets of blotting paper," replied the Ingenious little girl. "Was it red or black ink?" inquired the young physician. "Red," replied the nurse. "Then," replied the doctor, "a plaster of white blotting paper on the soles of her feet will cure her completely. |