Show o 0 t 4 s ia UNCLE TIMS f 1 VALENTINE t i tho beautiful island of Green eyes IN it waa the custom for children to pretty and loving valentines to their parents and also to one another in the primary school tho teacher explained to the pupils what ANNA HAS A IDEA valentines day waa all about she imald day was celebrated quite years aco by the pagan people of times but they did not call it day they had a that on the alth of february the birds chose their mates for the coming year the paeans of ancient italy adopted ahta bird custom for po tar as people can follow bird fashions on each feb 11 they had a great festival on that day they put the names of young women all in u box then their young men marched up in pro cession and picked a paper with a girle name upon it out ot the box any name lie happened to get hold of that eirl name he drew was supposed eup posed to be choeeta hie valentine for the next year though it must be said that both tb girl and the man probably did as they pleaded about it after the people 0 italy were con averted to the fathera of alie church found it almot 16 svea up their old holidays so they turned abe heathen festal day into a christian saint day and thus to draw the minda of the common people from their pagan BU 1 in tio reign 0 the emperor claudius the erly were persecuted and dahy of them gave up their lives tyr gilr faith ono of aliese was a holy man named pu to death atillio i ear lie was ao noble lovane orad that lie wn fiade a saint of by the church arld hl day of observance tell on fa U that waa good reason additional dit ional v hy people should ope another 8 of lore and friendly grce une on thia date thenceforth da at valentines day after hearing thie true etory the resolved onoro than ever tp bend handsome valentines to the loved beet the teacher YOU SIT told the pupils that pretty ahey fiade were the fi fact ct they had alj been n the kindergarten and knew how to make pretty out oc paper and other el n pie but an idea struck little anna Greene yea six years old she oved her uncle tini who was mr timotheus Timoth eua Greene yea the fancy painter better than almont anybody else she would choose bilm m her valentine and sho would give him beautiful surprise clapped hr hands and her bright green ayea spar kled ehe thou glit what brilliant idea she had one that not even the teacher had ever thought of uncle tini was away at work her aunt nan away on ual nese nobody was at home bettor thought anna bhe ran to the ched where uncle tim kept ht mixed laljia lal nia she found a bucket 0 the fin et white nani elliff all ready or she it snatched up a large brush and hurried to the front door which was of a color uncle tim KM krisht proud ot that front door lie had expended est 0 his art idea upon it well across the whole front of handsome and door reaching us high up as she could anna in white he words adu valenten VALENT Wn then ehe her name anna beaw and ran away as fust a she could for fear uncle tim or her aunt would come doroe and find her in the act 0 the pleasant euri irlee put neither ducle tini nor hie wire camo home till after so neither saw annas valentine in the morning hey were indeed surprised but not quite aa anna expected uncle tims fine mahogany door coloring was ruined by the big daring white lettera it had every bit to come oil and made mr timotheus no end 0 trouble still he knew the child had not meant to do mischief only to send ot affection fec tion so he did not scold her all he said was my dear anna next year send me a valentine through mall 1 shall know just aa well that you choose me for your valentine and it wont cost me much |