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Show jur Boys and Girls.. EDITED BY AUNT BUSY. department is conducted solely Jn the Inter-' 0 our girl and boy readers. CtAunt Hupy is glad to hear an; timo from th-rnd th-rnd nephews who read this pajre, and to 1t " , all dv,oe anfl helP ,n power. TTfite on orie F,de cf the PaPer only, no -rt have letters too long-. i ortfi-ial Ftories and verses will be gladly received I JjcBrcf-ry edited. i ' the manuscripts of contributions not accepted will M returned- ifldrcss sH letters to Aunt Busy. Intermountain Aff" Clty" LETTERS AND ANSWERS. Salt Lake City, Aug. 24. prar Aunt Busy: I am going back to school TfrT foon now and I am very glad. I intend to ..jjv rral h-r to' an1 make a grade. I -will U-e to v01 roa ftra Aunt Busy. Your lovine Xe. NELLIE MAIIAN. "unt Busy trusts you will have a successful t ool vcar. little girl. She is pleased to hear from J,ne little pirl who does not "dread'' returning to i-b1''!- . HERO. Xho .-rv begins away out in Montana, where Prd Harris lived with his father and mother and jliio. Hero was th-3 aog which Mr. Harris had l-eucht tuVrc Mrs. Harris and Loyd oame to join j.;ra in -If-tana. When the stags jrhich brought ('it!3 to l-. wistown stDpt-cd at the door of ihe new liir-cth'e Mood Mr. TTrris with Hero dose be-bn- The first Ihing Loyd kns he and his jiPtber were hugged in in his fathers arms, while jjer.i ci'tlo'l around them barking joyously. Before they were really settled in the new home fr r.mi? was taken ill, and in a fe-v weeks was U:wi in the new frontier gravevnrrL During .:lC?i vi.ks of illness and afterward Hero seemed j , x that he must slay fins by Mr. Harris and Leytl : comfort them. On the day of the funeral l.;cou not be eoax-i out i the carriage in which ' jl?v v,:tv to ride to ihe cmtery. rr.de Ziiohard M-.t i:. .t had come out from Sew York, objected at first to Hero's being allowed to ride with them, but Mrs. .Harris replied ger.tly, 'Jly Kr wants Hero near for comfort and so do jr' I'm-le Richard choked down something like a f.ib sad na-le no further objections. Lps than a year later Mrs. Harris was laid be- : ;;de hrr hubajid and Uncle Richard came out from ew York again to take the lonely boy home with Lira to live. He made several efforts to tell Loyd at Hero mu M be left behind, but always a pic-tre pic-tre of the lad's mother came before him. and he wd almost hear her saying again that her boy reed.d Hero for comfort. He simply could not f-rarate thorn, but he wondered what Aunt Gertrude Gert-rude would say. Mrs. Mann hated dogs. She was it particularly fond of boys, either. It seemed k her duty to let Lovd return with Mr. Man., ht Lad she known about Hero this story might i?tc: have been written. "When the three travelers arrived at the Xew York home Mrs. Mann met era with the bitter remark, ''Does my duty extend V d tr. toof And then, remembering that she mtf weloome the orphan, she hastened, to ask about b health arid said she hoped the trip had not tired him too much. Loyd tried to reply, but the hrh words about -Hero had brought such a lump Sr. hi? throat that he could not speak. The house was big and roomy, so large that t-try one had his own room and stayed in it most c: time. There were no stoves, but big, gilded r.r full cf hot water. The ones in Loyd's room t:ped with .team in the mornings, reminding him the way ihe tea kettle sang in his home out vt. Poor. Hero could not even .hear the sizzle. He vas away out in the stable tied with a chain. Tht chain was the hardest thing Loyd had to en-av. en-av. P.y.r Hero! He had been so used to the vide shefp ranges and the freedom of the hills! Day by day Loyd could see that Hero was pin-::x2W2y. pin-::x2W2y. Aunt Gertrude disliked him; the stable 'fj often kieked him. Loyd had seen this from br.roon) window and worried about it so that a cfuid r.r.t hh-cp at night. Hero was getting thin, end the pitiful way he would snuggle up to ya nd try to gpt beyond the chain's length was e::urh to b.-r-nk anybody's heart. One early morn- Lord thought it all out. Hero was suffering 2 -ac. "iyii.g. Something must be done for him ''fr-cr. It wfs quite dark that evening when Lovd Hiu from a secret trip, unnoticed by Aunt ".rude and Vncle Richard, who were entertain-f- c'Pany. Among the guests invited was Dr. f Tr "ho. with his family, had just returned Eurp-. I)r. Howard was a rather eccen-coid eccen-coid cai;. but was such a famous physician that tnd Mr?. Mann were greatly pleased to have "r- their hospitality. On the evening ha -t:?'d q:tf late and took the opportunity during .eonrr-riatir-n 8t thp dinner to explain his tardi- "'tor c-K'o hours this evening," he said, "I fi;i: r;.v rnail and chatting with little Dor-w:;f-n i; maid announced that a boy was at t;: Tn,. Xv o::.re w0rk is over for the day," I re- -."'Tif-rj, ., 1 "'- i returned to fay that the lad refused rj'Jkh? had said he must see the doctor, ,-.pu;d s.ri tl;cre all night if necessary. r v ;t t send word that he must call to- - r"thy interrupted me with 'Grand- i-syi. - : a n(. ,0y jn trouble." f 5"''r;d it. The boy was brought to mv t'Tr r'J ' up to see a slight, nicely-dressed ly'V '"' Iding tenderly in his arms a sick v. .-f 1 ' ' !.' iincd, in surprise, 'I'm not a dev uj i:r'',v' t" hid replied, pathetically, 'but '.'.'.J:.!'; it'.y'.u would help kill a dog.' ,.. .r j ,.(.(,0(i ju amazement. ji, f'K' '"' : inucd the lad. "We live with people Cd'v'ru'1 '!':' ''n's- Father and mother are ! 'jy ' r i- 'lying, too. His chain hurts him : -' ":1 him a11 the lime and n is h'-f-t. nd mine, too. He is sick be-- ;tU' 1 f' '"" k to Montana. Father always yoing to die anyway he should be i- V-' r!';! . doctor, I will miss Hero so, ''-on'" ''" " ''"P ?0 Hard please help him to 'V'l ' 'r.,r ! ':i ! -v',!' 'Io Mrs. Mann interrupted the ')' j'"T;ih : :n a quick, strained voice. I h X;J h 'i the lad to leave his dog in my care ' -r' '"!1 "orae and see me early tomor- . Vr r' 'l'-'Clor. " k er''; v;' rf- much interested in the "case, i V:'t""v-Vly 1iir' conversation changed to other V"! the party left the dining room no - tcr1-'".1 the hostess slip quietly out into the k- ;,,!t!,f'1s:r toward Lloyd's room Mrs. Mann I '-"-k !''I,'K'.V- Tf-ars were running down her 1 :lt;K ;h" ';!'t saying to herself: "Poor little j r ba h"y 1 IIe is dying fur jove, too. I Have I been 8o heartless Dear little lad, I will make it all up to him! He shall not lose his dog! Oh, will he W TSle 1 wiU try so hard to mke him love me yet Poor little boy! Poor Hero!" - old the lad to leave his dog in mv care for tonight and. to come and see me early tomorrow," tomor-row," replied the doctor. nn?UbT thJ3 time Aunt Gtrude had reached the t ydSr- To ber knock he answered, qi, ?dT W voice she knew he was forward Ut ter armS and went eagerly A,Jthr a the story 1 can not tell hen a! K v !iU?e Cntrod d's room she closed the door behind her.-Ora Pollard Parkinson. |