The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-04-23
AUNT BUSY SAYS
ID. z. Doty.

Lear Nieces and Nephews:
aunt Busy published little story LAST rrnek
"Ooul 4 cat that came back This zreel- ebo ,4
you to read about boy who ~came bacl D0 wants
aunt Busy thinks it a pretty story, and holm,
true my ; 0he Is sure IL Is
James Whtcomb Riley in his inimitable way
ulis me story OF a 'much-aggrieved and unappre-
oiated lad who made up his mind that he |.could
"o' stand the tyranny of home longer" and so
carry one morning he put long-contemplated plan
into execution, and ran awav
AN day long he played down at the old "swim-
lnlhg-hole with the other boys making raid ON
an orchard at to stife the pangs of HUNGER
At night, when his companions went home he was
lett alone, with lump in his throat which hurt
worse when he didn't notice it than when he did y
AS 1t grew dark, he "oozed" toward home He
climbed the back fence into the back yard which
had such "homely" look that he had never noticed
De1ore. After roaming around getting acquainted
with has home that he had left so long ago-about
twelve hours since-he wandered into the sitting
room where has father was reading the evening pa
per and his mother was sewing. They took no no
tee of him, and he sat down on the remote edge of
a chair and waited to be recognized He could
hear the boys playing out III the commons. their
nightly games OF town fox but he didn't want to
JOIN them. He just wanted to stay right there at
home forever. The clock licked oh, SO loudly but
otherwise the silence was deep that it was pain
ful. Finally, when it became more than he could
bear, he cleared his throat and mustered ND courage
enough TO say: We'll, l see you've got the same old
cat
God bless the boy who, finding that he has made
mistake in his valuation of home is brave enough
to 60 back and prove just how much the same old
cat Is worth, as compared with no cat and home
less life"
Aunt Busy hopes that her dear nephews appre-
ciate their homes and good parents.
Things may go wrong many times at home, the
world may seem almost upside down. but it is
home" The three most beautiful words of the
English language are mother father and home.
They sound more beautiful as the years pass by,
and they never sound so gloriously beautiful as
when they are only memories. Aunt Busy fears
that sometimes the boys do not fully understand
what "home" means. She only wishes that she
could do her small share towards making boys ap-
preciate the happiness of a good home and good
parents.
She hopes that they realize the depth of love and
affection that Is given them now in their youth
the love that will increase with the years-the love
that viii follow them to life's close.
Dear boys, Aunt Busy is not preaching; she is
only reminding you of the duty YOU owe to home
and the dear ones who make it beautiful. A lit
tie thoughtfulness now will save many a heartache
in the future years when you will long for the love
and tender care Of your boyhood days and it viii
be too late
1T isn't the thing you do dear,
It's the thing you leave undone
That gives the weary heartache
At the setting of the sun"
Leave nothing undone, dear boys that will make |
home the happier for your presence; then there will
be no heartaches, no heartbreaks, when the final
summons comes and the 'boys" enter the eternal
sunshine of the Heavenly Home.
AUNT BUSY.