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very happy, the dear little lad, and we
must hope to meet him there some
time. Write often to Aunt Busy.


Wills L. o., Mont, Dec. 20.
Dearest Aunt Busy: l will write you
as Christmas is drawing near. and
wish you most heartily a Merry Christ
mas and a happy New Year. May God
! bless you and keep you many. many
years for us, your nieces and nephews.
SO we Will have a dear aunt to write TO
and to answer our letters for u.s.,
Aunt Busy, [ have never written any,
| thing about myself, or how l look, so
| ] will this time. l have to begin with
blue eyes, blonde hair, which is almost
white, pale cheeks but they are a little
more rosy since l am in my country
! nome; a nose which every one calls
rather long. and am always called
long nosed Tess" l have a good
brother and very dear mamma. NY
papa is dead almost eleven years. |
am II years old and am in the fifth
grade. Now little about my home
as guess you can picture me.
There are some very nice lakes here:
l was to see one. It is very large and
IN some places it is seVenty-five feet
deep and in other places the bottom
can not be found 1t is said that this
lake is from a slide in the mountain.
1t is called Browns lake. Aunt Busy,
perhaps you will laugh, but this lake
is rather deep for a Montana lake.
The reverend fathers from Butte
come to this lake in summer and say
mass. 1t is about six miles from our
nome. We have cottonwood and pine
trees here, and very many Of them.
Close to my home is a river called
the Bighole. and best of all are the
mountains. My home is surrounded
by them like a birds nest.
Now l will close, once more wishing
you merry Christmas and happy New
Year, to you and Uncle Busy. Your
affectionate niece
TESSIE REICHLE.
Dear little TeSSie, Aunt Busy en-
Joyed your very charming letter and
your kind and earnest wishes are very
much appreciated. Your description of
your own charming little self and your
lovely home is very interesting.
Aunt Busy would like to hear from
you every week, your letters are so
good. Best wishes for all the joys of
the beautiful holiday season, little Tes-
sic. Aunt Busy does not approve of
ycur nickname. Dear little Tessie' is
what she thinks Should be your name.
Omaha, Neb., Dec Is.
Dear Aunt Busy: | am II years old.
L go to Park school and am in the fifth
grade. We are going to have an en-
terta1nment at school for Christmas. I
am to sing and speak at school. My
teachers name is Miss Johnson This
is the first time l have ever written
to you. l have never seen a letter from
Omaha in your paper. 1 hope you will
print this.
THE WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS,
Once upon a time there lived some
-
daughter. One day as they sat near
the rude fire, Mary, the daughter, said:
Mamma, if we only had a nice house
like Marie Clark, and if Santa Claus
would only come and fill my stocking
on Christmas
Just then there came knock at the |
door Mary ran and opened it. To her !
surprise, in walked very queer-look- |
ing man, and said: You may have
your wish. Close your eyes until 1 count |
ten. then open them"
They did as he said, and he counted, |
one, two three, four, five, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten. But when they
opened their eyes he had disappeared. |
They found themselves in a beautiful |
house and on the table were cake, |
candy, oranges and everything one
could want
1t was then getting late enough for
Mary to go to bed, but before sne went
she hung her stocking up. In the
when she awoke she found
her stocking was full of oranges, can
dy and nuts. And for her toys were
dolls, doll carriages, games and picture
books
Ever after they were very happy, but
they never heard of the little old man
again. Yours truly,
A very pretty story, Viola. Aunt
Busy was delighted to hear from you.
Please write soon again. She wishes
that the nieces and nephews could see
your excellent writing.
You have pretty name, too, and
Aunt Busy hopes that she will see that
name very often for the future signed
% more nice stories. A very glad well
come, little Omaha niece.