Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-21
LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS,
THIS is THEIR DEPARTMENT. OF
THE PAPER.
Quaint Sayings and Doinss of Little Ono.
Gathered and rrintcl iicrs .ur. Otl.cr
Little Folks to Read.
The Three I.lttl. Cl,ickcn..

The Three Little Chickens.
Three little chickens went out one day;
their mother was scratching they hid
= away.
Said the little black chicken to the little
white chicken.
siAct you and l and the little gray chicken
All keep out of sight
TIL the coming of night.
Anu give our fussv old mother II fricht,n
So the three little chickens started and run
Through the grass and bushes. nnd thou,ht
1T was fun.
Said the little gray chicken to the little
black chicken.
AS they stopped to rest with the l:ttlc white
chicken,
elf II great big cat.
Or u fierce gray rat
SHOULD eat us up, what would ma think of
that:n
When night came down. the poor little toes
these naughty chickens were almost
"iecp. Peep, peep" said the little black
chicken;
r'Icep. peep. penp!n said the little gray
chicken;
ssoh. dear. dcar..n said the little white
chicken;
s1f ! were the king.
ia give everything
y had to be unGe.. mothers soft wings
Then Il great Wild hawk Went sailing by,
High up in the red of the sunset sky.
!"Alas! alas.!n said the little white chickens;
"My soul! my SOUL" said the little gray
chicken;
"Oh, dear. dear.." said the little black
chicken.
Then they fell on the ground,
And made not II SOUND
While fhp btnpvrv liz tvly S,tlDJ ,,,,,1 o.xl
round.
"Clnck! cluck. clurk!. they heard it plain;
"Cluck! cluck. cluck!s it sounded again.
ella. ha! ha." said the little black chickens;
"Ira. In. la" said the little white chickens:
sHurrah. hurrah..n said the little gray
chicken;
"Motlicr's calling. nm! run! run.
=. Mother says Come, chickics, come.
You bad little biddies. come right straight
hOmc.'n
Clara Augusta, in Farm and Home.
POlitcnesS Pays.
The old saying, ut pays to be ro-
lite" has been illustrated again in
the Tacoma Postotficc in favor of
Miss Margaret j. Reese, the stamp
clerk, a pretty young woman of 81.
says a Tacoma correspondent. l.. O.
Landcrs, a grizzled, Grabbed, onc-
legged old fellow, has a fine farm on
Nashon Island, near Tacoma. AL
though he lives the life of a hermit,
1T is believed that he is rich, for the
Nashon fruit lands are among the
most productive i'm the State, and
his farm has been under cultivation
for Il number of years. He visits
the Tacoma office every week or two,
and he always asks Miss Reese to get
ais mail. for she went to considerable
trouble i'm looking up Il letter for him
once, and he thinks no one else i'm
the office is is he trusted.
Some months ago. after she had
handed him his mail, he laid 5000 i'm
gold on her counter. saying THAT'S
for YOU" Before the astonished girl
had comprchcnded the act he was
gone. She was so indignant that She
wept, and when Landers returned
she gave back the money, telling him
she supposed he had forgotten it. He
was much hurt, but later he left at a
local jewelry shop an order for a dia-
mond necklace and earrings for her.
and in explanation he said to the
shopkeeper that she was the only
who had ever spoken a kind
word to him.
The jewclry was refused also by
Miss Reese, but Landers was not to
be thwarted in his desire to make her
his gratitude, for a day
Or two ago he stumped into the post
office, and, thrusting a paper into
her hand, remarked that it was so1ne-
thing she could not return. Miss
upon opening the document.
found that it was Il deed for five
icrcs of land, which, she has been
told, is worth 5000 an acre. She is
ut present in a quandary as to what
course she shall pursue.
An Eloquent Girl Preacher.
Fannie Edwards, the little girl
preacher who is creating such an ex-
element at Gosport, and who is but
IL years of age, has been preaching
for the past four years. Her home is
1t Louisville. She claims to have
received her knowledge of the Bible
BY close study and prayer, and is con-
'cded to s,rpass many divines of ma
jnre years. While she is a Methodist,
Ter father and mother belong to the
denomination. She enjoys a
'omp with the children during her
eisure hours, but is a power in the
and the church cannot accom-
nodate the crowd.-Indianapolis
News.
A Working hoy.
AS ] write. a coal cart has driven
Up to the house opposite, inchargc of