The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-04-26
story about them. 1 thought 1 would
write one. Your loving niece.
MARY VEZZETTI.
THE lion AND THE Mor-sr

THE LION AND THE MOUSE.
once upon time lion was asleep
In his den, when a little mouse came
along and made so much noise that
the lion woke up.
The lion put his huge paws on the
mouse and was about to kill her
Please let me CO." said the little
mouse. Il will never trouble you
again, and perhaps some day | NAV
help you. The lion felt good natured
that day and let the wee mouse go.
Some time afterward the lion was
caught in a trap and his captors were
! TO take him away TO IL big city to be
! Gagged.
The little mouse happened along, and
seeing the sad position of the lion.
came TO his rescue. She set her small
teeth into the ropes and gnawed them
through. Soon the lion was free and
running into the woods.
Goodbye, dear little friend" he
! said. Il will never forget you"
MARY NEZZETTI.
! Aunt Busy was very pleased to hear
from you, Mary. 1t is long time
since Aunt Busy heard from you. The
story of the lion and the mouse has an
excellent moral. 1t shows that kind
ness always brings good fortune and
happiness to every one. The lion
treated the little mouse kindly and the
mouse finally repaid him. Learn to be
! Kind and gentle to everyone, Mary.
Eureka. Utah. April Is, 1902
Dear AuEs Busy-I thought l would
write you this little letter If l had
$1,000 / would become a priest which
I intend to become, anyway, If there
is any way at all that l can. 1 would
give some of the money to the poor
The weather has been very change
able. but today it is very pleasant
l go to st. Josephs school, We have
about twenty pupils in our room. The
pupils of the public school will have
their concert Thursday and Friday
nights. They viii not close school till
some time in May. My seatmate, Cyril
McPhee, is writing you letter also.
As ! have no more to say at present,
| viii close with love from all your
nephews, l remain your loving nephew,
PATRICK DOWNEY.
How very pleased Aunt Busy was to
discover another dear nephew in Eu-
reka. She has often wished that the
Eureka children would remember to
write to her. So you want to be a
priest! Well. you must keep this beau
tiful wish in your heart every day
Patrick You have Aunt Busys good
wishes. too. Only think what grand
and beautiful vocation is that of the
priesthood! You should say little
prayer in honor of your patron saint,
the holy St. Patrick, for your inten-
ton. St Patrick is Aunt Busy's favor
lite saint. God viii always open the
way for any fervent Catholic boy who |
wishes to serve him, SO do not worry |
about the $1,000, Patrick. but study |
hard and pray fervently every day to |
be a good boy.
Eureka. Utah. April 16.
Dear Aunt Busy-As this is letter |
writing day in school, l thought 1 |
would take the opportunity to write |
you a short letter. l wrote you one a |
few days ago and addressed it to Den |
Yer, Colo. so, of course, il did not
reach you Well, if l thought / had |
81. 600 would go to college and study |
to become priest. Eureka is very |
dull now My seatmate is writing to
you now, Pat Downey. He is a very
good boy.
1 will close. Hoping TO see our let
tiers in print, l remain, your loving
nephew, CYRIL MPHEE.
Aunt Busy received your other in
teresting letter Cyril and it was pub
lshed last week. She is answering
this one on account of the nice words
you wrote about your seatmate Pat
rick Downey To be a priest, you must
be an exceptionally good boy, and
Aunt Busy thinks you are starting out
right when you talk so we'll about your
neighbors Best wishes. dear nephew,
and Aunt Busy hopes that some day
the holy church will have among her
devoted apostles two bright young lads
named Cyril and Patrick. How Aunt
Busy would enjoy writing to her young
nephews: REV. Father CURL McPhee
and Rev. Father Patrick Downey used
to write often to Aunt Busy many
years ago"