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Show . 1 mM I THE RUNAWAY TOYS. 1 Th- H.ibliy Horse was so tired that day, I With never a bit to pat. f Iti it he whispered th Doll: "I Ehall run j away!" n.l hr galloped out to the street f w:'.i thi curly-headed Doll on his back: ;i hard ;it his heels went the Jumping! I Jack: I j Mill 1 In' little lioy he never knew. I Th-.snih the 11ttl steam engine blew and j llrw! I 7'r. .; the humming top wont round and I round. f A m! crashed through the window pane, i And the scared tin monkey made a bound i- I'ur the little rerj railroad train! I Tin- painted duck went "quack! quack! J quack! ' K it the railroad train just whistled back! I 'Till the elephant saw what the racket 1 meant . And packed his trunk and away he went. 1 The little toy sheep in the corner there ? Was bleatiner lontr and loud; put the narrot said "hush!" and pulled his hair. .j .n.l he Kolloped off with the crowd! ' And the tin horn blew and the toy drum'j S beat, I V-c away they went down the frightened ! street. ! I 'Till they all caught up to the railroad ,5 train. j I And they never went back to their homes ( I Hcain! j I The blue policeman and all the boys 1 Wfi.t racing away away; I F"r a l'ic reward for the runaway toys Was cried in the streets that day, I i r.nt they kept right on round the world I i so wide. I V.'h.ile the little boy stood on the steps and cried. , Where :id they go to, and what did they - lo'.' r.nrcd a hide to China and then dropped i through! F. L. Stanton. ; pear Xieces and Nephews: I Aunt Busy is patiently waiting to hear from you all about the $1,000 proposition. prop-osition. The answers are not coming I in as fat as she thought they would. Several of her real old chums have not ; yet answered her. Aunt Busy would also like to have you send stories about animate to this !;'?. rtment. Do not have the stories ' too long; just short sketces. Aunt t flusy dearly loves animals and she is 5 sure that you nearly all know some-? some-? th'ng interesting about them. Hurry, ill of vou. and write fon to : AUNT BUSY. LETTERS AND ANSWERS. Salt Lake City, April 4. Dear Aunt Busy: If I had $1,000 I would buy a farm away up In Mon-. Mon-. tnna and I would ra'se chickens. Don't j you think little yellow chickens are j fine? I have nearly fifty now and j when they get big I can sell them, and 1 liana says I ran kep all the money, so j P'-rhaps I will have $1,000 some day. Voud-bv, Aunt Busv. Your loving nephew. FRED DILLON. Aum Busy was pleased to hear from such a business-like nephew. Your plan about a chicken farm is excellent and she hopes that you will some day have a line ranch. Butte City, Mont.. April 8. D'-ar Aunt Busy: I would like to go to Africa to tight with the Boers if I j had $1,000. I am always wishing I , "uld get in a war; I would not care if 1 I got killed, so I could see one battle. ', I bn..v.- Iwn fdlmve ivlni were killed at Manila. I go to school and am a pret-iy pret-iy good boy, my teacher says. I hope yu will print my letter. Your affectionate affec-tionate nephew, FRANCIS H. DORSE Y. Aunt Busy is pleased to hear from you, Francis, but she is sorry to know that she has such a warlike nephew. !) at little lad, every one admires it brave, noble boy. who would willingly di - for his country, but in the hearts of all true Americans there should be prayers and hopes for peace, not war. Think this over. Francis, and Aunt r.usv is sure that vou will agree with h-r.' Salt Lake City, April 10. iH-.ir Aunt Busy: If I had $1,000 I .vould get a big box of dolls for little u.' !s who can not have any. It must awful not to have a real doll of ir own. 1 don't like rag dolls. Do :. Aunt Busy? My mamma is writ-1:1 writ-1:1 ir this for me because I am only 5 :..,rs old and can not write, but 1 am king up th" letter. Good-by, Aunt ;.;.-. Your loving niece, FLO R E N C 1C M AH E P.. Ad.-ar letter from a dear, wee niece! A :ut i:u-.-y thinks you have a sweet. !v mus "nature. Florence. Yes. it ".if t be awful not to have a real doll, ' 1: h t us hope that there is no little i'i ;:i the world without some sort of i"l!. Aunt Busy once had seventeen -lis. and one was a big. fat rag doll. name was Nellie and Aunt P.usy !.. 1 her very clearly. Aunt Busy I k. M-d with dolls until she was a big i l. over 12 rears old. but the time ai,,.. when the dolls had to be given ir..;,v and old "rag Nellie" went into the Vtove. she was so battered and torn. Write soon, again, little niece. Smallest Dog- in the "World. "vcr in Japan, where the people are : d of everything in minature. the smallest breed of dogs in the world has home. They oeiong to the family ;' spaniels, and are black and white or ll.'ny and white in color, and the smaller they are the more money .nev will bring. A pup of one year, weighing five pounds, is worth $-n. If '-he breeder is f.utunaie enough to raise a spaniel weighing only three pounds or less he 'an get almost any price, he wants for it. Sales have been mac. to the sum ", $.".urt. One of these qur-r little dogs can easily lie on a man's hand or find 1 comfortable nook for sleeping in a l""tleg. They are very delicate and tender t'nl they have to be watched and cared "oi like" a baby. If elven proper attention atten-tion they wili sometimes live to the a;e of ten years. - |