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Show ; lV-V-- )&y'v- BY Autt? BUSY ) - .;.;:;A TCVT P' F LETTER-WRITING DIRECTIONS. A r!te on one side of paper only. ! I'o not have letters too long. Adiirris ail letters to "Aunt Pusy," In-tennou.:tam In-tennou.:tam Catholic. A Beneficent Fairy. Tlx re's a fairy, I've 'been told, Who does never oivce withhold s b'lj to cither younjr' or old L ; At a task; fji.it observe 'tis always said .Man or woman, youth or maid, r ; Who would have this potent aid, i Must it ask. ; Tiimuph this fairy's help we've seen s 1:iny a barren spot made ureon; Many a jiroblem solved has been -. ' Through her might; f mil achievements have bn-n done I'.v her aid. and victories won In all lands whereon the sun . i Casts its light. i And Hie heirs of royalty. And the poor of low degree, And the bondsman and the free Still can claim. The assistance of this fay ' In the tasks that they essay, 1 rsevcranee. people say, Is her name. E. Beck. AUNT BUSY HAS HER SAY. Pear Nieces and Nephews: Aunt p.usv is "saying" a great deal about 1,,-r 'Ogden boys of late, but they are at uresent her most important nephews, though of course they have always been in Aunt Busy's good graces most particularly. par-ticularly. Aunt Busy had the very great pleasure pleas-ure last week of seeing her Ogden nephews, and they are the very clearest clear-est of boys. The Ogdenites gave a grand concert for the elegant new church. Aunt Busy thought she would like to ' ' attend, so she hurried away to her ! train and reached Ogden about twenty minutes before the concert began. Of s course by the time she reached the church it was quite impossible to obtain ob-tain a seat, so many being there, but j ; Aunt Busy fat as she is managed to crawl through the throng and finally reached the gallery, there to find, every seat occupied. But off in one corner she spied a group of boys. They were such bright-looking, well-behaved little lit-tle fellows that Aunt Busy knew at i once they were Father Cushnahan's ! own dear boys, so she went over near i them and at once every boy rose to offe- is chair. Well, Aunt Busy is pri-Uy fat, but she really only needed one chair. To her great regret all the ' lads disappeared in fact, they all i seemed to "go away back and sit down somewhere," all but one. One dear boy remained seated on the railing right back of Aunt Busy's chair. And who do you think he -was? Why, one of Aunt Busy's very dear nephews, Robert Rob-ert Gunnip. And what a dear little 1 gentleman he is'. Aunt Busy forgot all ;-.bout being there alone, so well was 1 she entertained. Robert told her all 3 about dear Father Cushnahan, all i about the beautiful church, and pointed out the dear Ogden nephews. He was a verv tired little boy, too, having as-' as-' sisted all day in the church. He will always be fondly remembered by Aunt Busy. She has never before found a f boy more entertaining and agreeable. Courtesy, to -visitors seems to be char-i char-i acteristie of all residents of Ogden, both young and old. How Aunt Busy did enjoy seeing all her -nephews! They are just like she imagined they were. She had a very uuiet laugh all to herself, too, about j some of the boys. The poor fellows were very good, and it is hard to keep real quiet, so a few of them were ! whispering and soon one lad was taken with a fit of well "giggles"-is the ot.iy ord Aunt Busy knows. Sitting in 1 front of them were a few cross old ladies, who failed to understand he whispers or the "giggles," so they turned around most unexpectedly and s .ol.Jed the dear chaps pretty severely. severe-ly. Aunt Busy felt it her duty to s l"ok shocked, too, and she was almost s i ressful, when one of the nepn-vs ! l "ke,j at her solemnly and .viiik.?d. so ! :e.iiish old Aunt Busy laughed also, ; m-l the scandalized old ladies "looked : at her instead of the boys, thereby saving them from more scolding. Well, Aunt Busy must bring this '!'' to a close. She must ask all ' ;-th-r nieces and nephews to pardon '.- r for giving all her attention to the 1 : -n boys of late, but if they knew -.'m as she does, they would think 1 l,e boys merit all the attention given f 11n1 Busy has several letters from I 1 .gd'-n nephews yet to publish, but I t ! will appear soon. She hopes the 1 !" will have perfect success in their I v,,vk lor the dedication of the church j 1 iii-e. 4. Aunt Busy hopes to tell V : ' 'he nieces and nephews about the '. ri md ceremony. Your loving AUNT BUST. ,j !' S. She nearly forgot to tell vou ! -"'oiii, --thing very important. She asked '' v friend Bobert about "Dick" llor-'ss,-v and "Bob" Adams. "Oh, said ';,,"!t, "they are big boys now; there ''' "re, down stairs." Aunt Busy I ' 'i and saw two tall young gen-' gen-' ' tie n, wearing dignified coats, with s collars that were surely six inches i li-.sb. -"Oh, the dear fellows," mur- fii-iii-d Aunt Busy, and she looked a ")"'.' id. because she at last knew ' dear old "Dick" and dear old "I5"1'" never write to her any more. ; T" y are big boys now! Well. Aunt i.usy says "God bless them, always," h--,iuse they were dear "little" fel-4 fel-4 '"ws. and she is sure that they will i pv-r i.p Rood, brave, true, manlv "big" UI'Ws. AUNT BUSY. LETTERS AND ANSWERS. I Ogden, Nov. 27. -iJy Dear Aunt Busy; I read your ; lf;i"'' to the altar boys. I think rou Rn: '"'Rht. I hope I will be an altar ; ly till i am 21. Were you ever an -y , i!!,ar ,Mjy"' It is not much fun at first, j 'nr 'u get rattled. Goodness, but I I aK o rattled the first time, I did not j i ow w here my head was. I thought t"at I had lost it. After mass Father j Cushnahan said I did pretty well. That j ! Eave me courage, and I do nicely now. I Your loving nephew, HARRY CAKLAGHAN. f Aunt Busy is so deligkted to hear j f ironi you, Harry. And you are one - - ., of . Father Cushnahan's altar boys! Aunt Busy is glad to know that you agree with her about serving on the altar. She only hopes that you will not change your mind about remaining remain-ing an altar boy until you are 21. If you adhere to this resolution, Harry, you may remain in the sanctuary for good. Who knows?? Surely no boys in the world have better example to be eood than your- good Ogden boys have, from your dear pastor, Iev. Father Cushnahan. Aunt Busy thinks his example is a positive inspiration to every one. So you were "rattled" the' first time you were on the altar. ! Aunt Busy had to think for a long time what you meant, and she finally concluded that it was the way she feels when the dear Ogden boys forget to write to her. Write soon a-ain, dear nephew Harry. Ogden, Nov. 27. My Dear Aunt Busy: If you have not received ten letters from the 0j-den 0j-den boys, write and let me know and I will fix them. Last Friday I made ten of these chaps promise that they would write you. One fellow asked me what I was going to do, and I told him that I was going to write to Aunt Busy sure. If you come to the dedication dedica-tion of the new church I will have my father's carriage and spirited horses at the depot to escort you to the new church. Then you will see. to your surprise, what the people of Ogden Og-den can do, with the assistance of God and their devoted pastor. Love from the boys. Your loving nephew, WALTER SMITH. Aunt Busy deeply appreciates the efforts you have made, Walter, to make the boys write. She has received a number of letters from Ogden, and of course they are interesting. How could they be anything else, coming from Ogden? Your own letter is charming. Aunt Busy thanks you for the offer of your papa's carriage. She has already experienced the kind hospitality hos-pitality of one of her Ogden nephews. She thinks your church is simply beautifula beau-tifula credit to the state. She thinks the Ogden pastor perfection; she thinks the Ogden people perfection, and last but not least, she thinks the Ogden nephews are the very essence of perfection. She sends her best love to you and all the other boys. Park City, Nov. 19. rcar Aunt PSusv: T thought I WOUld write to you. I go to school every day and so does my sister and two little lit-tle brothers. I love to go to school and study. Well, I guess that I will close. From your loving niece, MARIE BERRY. Aunt Busy has not heard from you for a very long time, little niece. Do you think it right to neglect her so? Poor old woman! She has worried herself her-self almost bald over the neglect of the Park City girls and boys. Why, oh why, little niece, do they neglect her? Can you not induce them to write? Aunt Busy thinks you should have considerable influence. She remembers re-members you as being a very dear little lit-tle girl, with dear brown eyes and dear brown curls. You are a very dear girl to remember you loving old Aunt Busy. Write to her often and try to induce you friends to write, too. A New Employment For Dogs. There has been a recent exhibition in one of the European cities for the purpose of showing that dogs can be trained to wander over battlefields and find wounded soldiers who lie uncared for in secluded places. Men were sent to hide themselves in nooks of the country side; but as soon as a dog was released and ordered to "Search!" he trotted off, his nose to the ground, to find the apparently lost persons. Then he returned to the officers and led them to where the men were in hiding. The experiment was repeated many times and never "failed once. A Poet's Present. Longfellow, as you know, is . often called the children's poet. One day, the story is told, a little boy was visiting visit-ing him in his library, in which, of course, there were quantities of books. The little boy asked Mr, Longfellow if he had a copy of "Jack the Giant Killer." Longfellow said lie had not. The little fellow appeared very much distressed, even when he went away, at the poverty of his favorite fa-vorite poet's library. The next day he appeared with 2 cents shut up in his little hand, which he presented to Mr. Longfellow with' the request that he should buy a copy of "Jack the Giant Killer." A Puzzling Inscription. .One warm day in summer three travelers trav-elers met beside a cool spring, which welled up by the wayside as pure as crystal . Beside the spring was a fiat rock bearing this inscription: "Imitate this spring." The travelers read the inscription and wondered what it meant. "It means this," said one a merchant: merch-ant: "The spring feeds a stream which, flowing away, receives the waters of other streams and finally becomes a mighty river. In the same way, men should attend to their affairs, and they will then have success and amass riches." "No." said the second traveler a young man. "In my opinion this inscription in-scription signifies that men should preserve pre-serve their hearts from base passions and appetites, and keep their souls as pure as the water in this spring. This water now refreshes all who, like ourselves, care to stop and drink: If it had traversed the universe and if its waters had become muddy, of what use. would it be?" The third traveler an old man-smiled man-smiled and said: "The young man has spoken aright. This is. the lesson: the spring gives refreshment to all who thrist; so men should do good to all alike, without thought of recompense or even of gratitude." |