The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-08

help, for the reason that Aunt Amy had
told Emma, the girl who waited on the
children. not to go.
Il can't find my brush" came an
otner call: Emma, you come here
Emma did not go.
think you're mean. Emma in a
Ifetful tone. You can leave Harry as
Well as not. Bring some warm water
win you" But Emma still played with
little Harry.
Emma" called another voice, won't
you, please" Emma jumped up and was
half way up stairs before Jessie had
nnlshed, saying: tell me where my
slippers are?'
That was it. The mother of the chill
dren had been i'll for a long time. Now
she had gone away for help, and Aunt
Amy had come to take charge of them.
She found them pleasant and we'll dis
posed children, but sadly lacking in the
small graces of speech which take all
the care of strong mother to form
into a habit.
Il suppose it's because they're the
little things, said Jessie, as when
they finally gathered at the table, Aunt
Amy talked to them about it, assuring
them that no children could ever hope
to get along agreeably in the world
without a good supply of such nice
small change as IF you please"
Thank you,'' Excuse me-" and the
like. You see," she went on, 1--WE
wouldn't any of us tell lie, or steal
or slap Harry. or say bad words, be-
cause they're big things. But please
is so little we always forget"
And so poor Aunt Amy has to keep
dmging away at u.s. said Harold.
90" said Jack, bursting into laugh,
II had the funniest dream last night. I
dreamed there was garden, o, beauti
full All flowers and grass and trees.
And you never could guess what grew
on those trees
Apples, pears?"
Peaches, cherries? Or chestnuts?"
Oranges, bananas?"
Now. l knew you couldn't. It was
all sorts of toys. You can't think of
thing that wasn't there. There was
top tree, and bat and ball tree, a doll
tree and a balloon tree. There was a
jumping jack tree and tree full of
dogs and cats and elephants and
monkeys that would wind UP and go.
There was a candy tree and a lemonade
creek. And then there were boys and
girl1 running about and picking things
all they wanted"
mo, 1 didn't. 1 was outside. Lots
of other boys and girls were outside,
and we all wanted to get in
Il guess sol"
Ct saw some of them going up and
asking if they could go in, And they
came back and said that the man at
the gate-he looked fierce and grim
said no one could go in without a golden
key, and anyone could easily find one.
So we all hunted and hunted, but we
couldn't find any golden keys. Then 1
saw a boy go up and ask to go in, and
the man looked as pleasant as anything
and let him right in. But hadn't seen
that he had any key. And as I looked
after him l saw tree full of cars and
steamboats,, and 1 was wild to try 1t
again. and 1 went right up and said to
the man: %. please, please, mister, let
me go in. I've hunted and hunted for
the key and can't find it And he
smiled like everything and said:
please is all the key, you need to get
in here And I was just going in when
the rising bell woke me up. Mean old
noise!''
All laughed at the dream.
'I think" said Aunt Mary, that my
dinging and dinging must have done
some good if I have made you dream
about the golden key. You will keep it
for everyday use, am sure; not only
for dreams"
THAT'S what I'm going to do" said
Jack
For his dream was a very true one
in the fact that this golden key and
the other little polite words will open
to you a great many of the pleasant
things in the world.-New York OBJ
sarver