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two poor children going by They look
ed so cold and ragged that she thought
that she would have a party and ask
the poor children.
When her mamma came in she said
Mamma, may have a party and
ask the poor girls on my birthday "
Her mamma said, Eyes you may II
you help them to have good time
and instead of expecting presents you
must give tAem some" Maebelle was
delighted and She said she would
give them some books and toys. "You
must as kyour father about it." said
her mother.
| When her father came home she
asked the poor children. He told her
that she could and gave her some
money to get them nice book apiece
The next day she invited ten Of the
poor girls. The day before her birth
day anniversary she went down to the
| book store to buy each pretty book
| While she was gone her mamma bah
| ed nice cake.
The next morning she was up bright
and early. About 9 O'Clock the chill
dren began to arrive. Some of then,
were poorly dressed but each was
greeted by pleasant smile and kind
| words, and soon felt herself at home
Theyfwere soon playing games and
did not think 1t was dinner time until
Mrs. Morris came to the do GRAND call
ed them. They we're soon seated al
the table, eating the good things and
laughing and talking.
After dinner they played several
games and then started for home, each
carrying nice book that Maebelle
| had given her
Mabelle said: e, what a splendid
birthday"
| Anna Carnes, Age IL.
Eddyville, Iowa, R. r. D. No. 8.
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JUNIOR STORIES.
PROMPT OBEDIENCE.


One dav May and her mother cross
ed the little stream that came from the
pond The stones and sand We're
white and smooth. May / play In
the water?" asked May. ooh, yes, II
YOU turn up your dress so that 1T
will not get wet" said her mother.
BY and by there was noise like
thunder. 1t seemed to come from the
pond Quick May come here!" said
her mother. May did not stop to ask
why. She ran to her mother. Then
she turned to look back.
The stream was pouring. down over
the rocks. The great water gate by
the dam was OPEN eff you had watt
ed" said Mays mother, you might
have been carried down into the
river. am glad you obeyed at once.
There is not always time to ask why"
Estella Egbert, age IA.
Melrose, Iowa.
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ing Billy had ceased to be so ill., Per-
maps you will observe between us a
bit of that heredity which should have
made us very intimate comrades. For
neither was inclined to unbosom until
time should do its perfect work in
showing him his folly. But the fact is
that had about reached that point in
my temperament / knew now that I
could have Billy's love back for my
confidence, and I knew that he was
waiting for it. But was not yet sure
that he-little Billy-was entitled to
this from me-big William-his father.
But then, that sensation-have you
ever known it?-that your little boy
is at your side, but that you must not
touch hinl-to understand that he is
probably wondering whether you have
no courage, to have the suspicion, fin
ally, that he may bet better and bigger
and Drawer in his little heavenly I'M
wisdom than you with all yours of the
world.
Said Billy one day, just to show how
clairvoyantly he understood: Papa,
we haven't confided much lately, have
WEI"
Whats that?" I asked, cunningly,
knowing perfectly what he meant, but
exercising the convicts wariness.
Don't you know how you used to tell
me that must tell yo,i-or some one
all my troubles?
EYES,"
..And that then I would always feel
better?"
Eyes"
And that it hurts the heart to
keep nasty things In it?"
Eyes. What have you to tell?"
Nothing, papa, dear--I haven't any.
thing"
We were not walking close as of
old on this day. He still was not sur,
How could he be? He must still nave
felt that barrier between the convict
and the judge. suppose he had made
1t clear to himself that our hearts must
be cleaned out by my initiative-ac-
cording to my own teaching And the
whole case-the purpose, the repent
ance, the forgiveness be put in
to direct words for his pure young
soul. Certainly he could not ask me
whether lin his own understanding
of it--fn cant to go on numbering little
birds; whether this were only a tenn
porary cessation of my criminal in
stfnct!
The fact is that Billy at first made
many of these opportunities for me.
But then, when failed of advantage
in them, with the temper of the Just
Judge considering the case Of a loved
but stubborn culprit, who must reach
happiness through sorrow, he no long
er made it easy for me.> Though / do
not say, Of course, that Billy reached
any of those conclusions by argument.
With him / think it was that intelli-
gence from above with which chill
dren are born, and which we would do
better to let alone to go to its natural
death in the holocaust OF the world
rather than hasten to it's destruction
because it is Childish"
ITO be Continued).
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BILLY BOY.
[By John Luther Long.l
CHAPTER w.

More talk on my part and more pen.
8Atence on Biily's part, and we once
more went out together But it was
aow so plainly a matter of duty on the
part of Billy that we both recognized
the folly Of concealing It. And / CON
Tess that, for the first time in Billy's
short life was impatient with him.
He knew this and was piteously exact
in his attention to, me and the birds.
He even tried once or twice to take
my hand But he never succeeded in
more than getting the tips of my Gn-
gers-and that for but an instant at
, time.
Two birds rose before u.s. The rage
of the hunter came They were within
good range. threw up my gun and
fired. One fell and fluttered on the
ground q bit, then lay STILL. The
other, evidently hit, gave piteous
little cry, circled blindly for an instant
then flew lamely toward the sea. /
fired the second barrel and the bird
dropped heavily into the surf and fiut.
tered i1npotently there.
Two more came into range.
Billy" cried, with my eyes on
the two, emptying and refilling the
barrels, "get the one In the surf!"
fired at the other two-both bar
rels-and missed
Billy" | cried angrily,
II can see lovely little Billy now! He
motionless, with his hands tight over
his eyes! His pretty pink legs had
been made bare for the surf! But the
rage Of the hunter was upon me-and,
added to that. was the rage of fair
miss.
BILLY" I cried with brutal ferocity.
! ssGet that bird before 1t goes out! Co!
1t will get away"
Billy drove himself into the surf
and brought me the 1luttering little
creature. He put it into my hand with
his two-so tenderly, with such chok-
ing pity, that for the first time be-
gan to, perhaps, understand
And, again, have a picture of my
Billy, where it will never fade-where
1t will always make and keep me gen
tie. The spray had dashed upon his
londe head and sparkled there like
arls in the diadem of some young
nd very fair god. 1t dripped from the
.Wo small hands which held the dying
bird. cannot tell you of his eyes.
But see them now!
AS took the throhbing creature
from his hands I knew that had lost
Billy forever! Yet did not know
why, quite-I di$s not understand
why was field in his pure intelli-
gence,
What is the liter, Billy-Boy?" I
asked guilty. ~ do you tremble?
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know little girl that lives in a
little brown house. Her name is Mary
Snow. Her papa works In a canning
factory. They live in little house
by the Missouri river. One night be-
fore New Years night, they heard a
rap at the door. Her mamma went to
the door and there stood a little girl
with shoes that you could see her toes
through and had on dress that was
Old ana ragged. They took her In and
gave her some supper and put her IN
Marys bed In the morning they
would not let her 20. and kept and
kept her. and at last adopted her.
Jane Fllmer, aged 8.
David CITY Neb.
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The Courier Junior
Published by
THE COURIER PRINTING CO.,
oTTUMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA DEvEREAux.
EDITOR.
ROLL OF HONOR.

NARY ELIZABETH WELLMAH
MILRE SCOTT,
BERYL DANIELS,
JENNIE PREvo,
MAE CHAMP,
ZULU M. TAYLOR.
GEORGE ROLAND.
FLORENCE PATTERSON.
EMMA DAVIS.
JESSIE SCOTT.
RHODA DAVIS.
AGNES ASKLOF.
ADDIE CHENEY
EDITH VAWTER. :
ARTHUR SWANSON.
AIDA GAME.
BERYL DANIELS.
CHLOA MULHOLLEN.
EMMA DAVIS.
DOLPHIE LAIN.
JULIA WARREN.
MABEL SPRAY.
ANNA CARNES.
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HER DoLLIE.
1875 James street.

In Boston, there lived little girl
whose name was May Lindon. Mary
had just got new dolly from Lon
don. The first thing was to name
her. Her mother told her to name it
Mary Jane; her sister told her to
name 1T Sarah Ann. and her brother
told her to name 1T Alga, but she said
I shall name it Laura.
At night Laura went to bed with
Mary In the morning when Mary
awoke her dolly was lying on the
floor with a broken head Mary cried
and cried, but her mamma told her
she would give her dime If she
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would not cry. Mary took the dime
and bought a coffin to put her dolly
IN. After dinner all her little girl
friends came over to the funeral The
doll was buried In the corner of the
cellar. The children decked the coffin
with flowers and then they went home.
That evening MaryHs mamma wrote
to her Uncle Tom In London and told
him about the dolly. A week after a
bundle came to Mary from London.
When she opened 1t, there was another
dolly Mary named the dolly Laura
after the other one. And from that
day to this she has Laura.
Alice Lea, aged 10.
Alba Iowa
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HOW cLARIsE SAVED HER PER,
PARRISH

FAHI III.
Then they had supper and Charlse
was tucked In her little bed. The
night before. this little one had gone
to bed with a troubled heart, but to-
night all was happiness and peace.
The next morning 1t was yet very
early when Charlse arose, for she knew
that this was the day that the cattle
buyer was comingl and right after
breakfast, Charlse bnce more took her
hat and went out to play with Snow.
For while they played in the meadow
and then went to the old cave and
stayed there. Charlse watched for the
coming of her father and the cattle
buyer. Finally she saw them slowly
walking across the field toward the
meadow.
She was so afraid that her father
would find them that she did not
know what to do. She was Just go
Ing down into the cave again, when
she stumbled and fell down to the
bottom. Her ankle was sprairied so
bad that she could not stand OH IT, SO
she sat very still and listened. They
were quite close to the cave. now and
she heard her father say, well. just
let 1t go. If you want to buy this
lamb you can come some other day.
guess that Charlse would be lone
some without her pet anyway" They
had not thought to look In the cave
because the opening to 1t was covered
with vines and they did not notice 1t.
Charlse heard more OF their talk, but
finally 1T died away, and she knew
they were gone.
The next thing to do was to find
way to get home. But she did not
know how to get home because she
could not walk, and there was nobody
tnere 70 help her, nobody knew she
was there. Moments and hours went
1zTy Il nkA L. -, - a.. q 4. -.
knew now that 1t was long past din
ner time and she was getting hungry.
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A NEW YEAR BIRTHDAY PARTY

Mabelle Morris birthday came on
New Years and she was 10 years old.
She had always had birthday parties
every year and invited her little
friends. She lived in large city
where there were many poor children.
One day as Maebelle was playing
she looked out of the window and saw
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Hartiine, Wash,
Dec. 8. 1908.

Dear Editor:
AS have been reading Junior let
tiers, which think are very interest
ing, thought wouic write one too,
and If I see this In print will write
again. went to Naples nublis school
this fall and am in the sixth grade.
My teachers name was Miss Crowell.
We came from Iowa in April to Naples.
Idaho. and lived there all summer. It
is pleasant place to live. The
mountains and scenery are grand. The
different qinds Of timped are pine, fir,
spruce, cedar and tanarac, and some
trees are 200 feet high. We came to
Maritime, Wash, about SIX weeks ago
and like it real well and will move on
n,,r ranch soon. AS my letter is get
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JUNIOR LETTERS.

~. n,. Ottumwa, Ia.
! go to Walnut Grove school No. L.
flIteen scholars go to school here.
! STUDY reading, spelling, language,
geography and arithmetic.
My teachers name is Miss Nettie
Russell.
! am in the fourth reader.
My playmates are Alice Donley and
Susan Foster.
We play ball together.
My birthday was December 8.
MY playmates' are the eighth and
eighteenth.
have a piano.
| take music lessons.
! have one brother and one sister.
Their mes are Anna and Orin.
Your friend,
R. R. No. 5. Ne0 =
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Hedrick, Iowa.
Dear Editor: It has been verv cold
Today and showed some. / go to school
NY teachers name is Miss Mccormick
She is fine teacher. / like her very
we'll. Well, I Will close.
Emma Eva Young, age IL.
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ting long will close #ishiMg; the pa
per success. Your friepd.
Mae Burnette, age IL.

.xs,s. OttunhWa, Iowa, 4
Dear Editor: + thouEbit L would
write you letter about what we had
for Thanksgiving. we had chicken
and pickles and bread ana pork ana
oysters and crackers, assorted cake,
salad. dressing, peaches, and / cannot
tell you what else. After dinner Pearl
and Stella and Wend'sll and I went
out doors and we plasfed ten step I'M
TIL Pearl got mad ARID broke up the
house and we laughed and laughed and
laughed until We nAarly laughed our
selves to death. I guess I will close
FOR this time. so goodbye.
Yours truly,
Daisy May Crhmp.
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Charlton, Ia.

.llH Z = 4 d.
Dear Editor:
J nave written before and thought
would write again. helped my papa
haul off Is tons Of baled hay to town
and hauled about IL tons and papa
hauled IL tons. I like to go to school.
NY teachers name is Amanda Wes-
ling. We have twelve scolars at our
school. / am in the fourth grade. I
have five studies. get the cows up
every evening and milk them. have
about a mile to go to school. / have
little sister two, weeks old yesterday.
liketo read the Junior page. Lots Of
my friends write to the Junior. won't
write about Christmas this time. We
have a little over an acre Of corn to
shuck yet. AS my letter. is getting
long, will close.
Yours truly,
Lester Foster, age 8.
r. F. D. No. s, Charlton, Ia.
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Chillicothe, Ia.
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
This is the first time have ever
written to the Courier. am glad when
Christmas comes. Last year got some
peanuts and candy and a story book.
think Santa Claus is very good.
have a dog and a little colt for nv
pets: The dogs name is Fido and the
colts name is Mollie.
Yours truly,
Thomas Streicher. age 8.
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Is Is Fido Well as my letter Is getting
long 4 will quit for this time.
Respectfully yours,
Mary Oldham age 10.

4
sr,.s. .s. Hedrick, Iowa.
name is Minnie. I ride her after the
COWS }and horses. I have one sister.
Sfer name Is Marie. age Z and one
brother. His name is Ernest. / help
go shuck corn. My school begins next
Monday. ! go to school every day. /
VIII close for this time.
Yours truly,
Forest Miller, age IL.
North English, la.
Dear Editor: I live three miles
south of Parnell / go to school,
have to go 21a miles to school.
drive, have two sisters. Theft
names are Nina, age 10, and Tia, age
6 g.. ! have ay no brothers. Papa and
Tended IS acres of corn this year, and
, we gathered 1t we had $500
bushels. This is my flrst letter, to tha
Courier Junior.
Erdice Earl Burns, age Is.
- ottumwa, Ia.
Dear Editor: 7 am a little riri i
Years old, and I thought would 1oin
the Junior. too. My mamma and papa
reacts the letters TO me, 80 | thought
paper ep ! hunt the Junior page, and
have my mamma read 1t. / have one
sister and one brother, Nv brother
Will soon be ola enough to 20 Is
school. go to school, too, and VIII
soon be through my first reader. 1
Like my book very well, because 1t has
is getting long ana / win close.
r, +. D. No. 8. ~
- Fairfield, iowa.
Dear Editor: thought would
write to the paper I have not written
before. My papa takes the Courier.
I go To- school. My teachers name Is
er, 1 have not been absent or tardy
yet. We have two weeks vacation I
Ike to go to school, have a Quarter
OF mile to walk to school, When /
come home from school, get the eggs
and wood and kindling. then 60 skat-
Ing. / have three brothers ana one
sister sister On Christmas we had az
Christmas tree at home. We We're go
ing to have 1T at night, but We could
not, and SO we had 1t In the morning.
l got a doll buggy. AT night we sat
around the stove to watch for Santa
Claus. Two years ago we had q
Christmas tree at the church. I got a
big doll and two books, one book was
about Mother Goose and the other was
fun Christmas. When we had a christ
mas tree at the church there was d
man dressed UP to make people think
that there was a true Santa CLAUS. He
had q fur overcoat on, false face and
sleigh belle, He jumped up ana down
ana mad 18Th. / will close about
Sants have two rooms at
schT aSbeard teaches tho
mi ss|5kfv 1yffHs-. uhrother
goes to MISS CIinKenbeard My brotner
and go to- Miss SappenfieId study
reading, language. arithmetic, phys
oiogy, spelling and writing. likeI
my studies, but physiology. we
q program Thanksgiving. We had itS
a week before Thanksgiving. we had
box slipper, I had box. j go to
sunday school. have not been tardy
nor absent. am going to school to-
day. am In the fourth reader.
guess will close. My letter is getting
long. From your friend,
r. r.. b M K =
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So

The prize is awarded to Little Miss
Anna Carnes of Eddyville, r. F. D
No. for the best New Years story.
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Stiles, Iowa.
Dear Editor; AS my papa takes the
Courier, thought I would write q
little letter. I am II years old. / 20
to the Stiles school. NY teacher's
name is Ida Proctor. I have two pets
an old hen and a dog. My hens name
is Beauty, and my dogs name is cute.
and he Is cute, too. I have four sis.
ters and three brothers. I will close
Lala Van Horn.
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nldon L.,

EIdon, Iowa.
Dear Editor: am a boy 10 years
old. have never written to the Cou-
rler Junior before. MY papa takes
the Courier He likes 1t very much.
have a brother and sister. Their
go to school at Pleasant Ridge. orr
teachers name is Miss Estelia Gauf
am In the eighth grade. study
reading, history, writing, arithmetics.
civies, grammar physiology, spelling
and music. ! like to go to school.
For pets ! have dog. He is a large
Newfoundland. His name is Mig. [
will close. MY name is
Guy Littlefield,
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Agency, Iowa.

\
Dear Editor:
have seen SO many nice letters that
/ though | would write too.
We are having vacation in school.
1t is a bad cold day. I study arith-
metic, geography, spelling, physiology.
grammar and writing and history.
am ten years old. NV teachers
name is Miss Pearl Knedler. like her
real we'll. have little brother. His
name is Perry. He goes to school with
me.
My papa takes the Courier.
live two and half miles from Ba.
tavia in Wapello county. AS my letter
is getting long will close. II this
letter escapes the waste basket will
write again.
Your little friend,
Dec. l. 1905. Mae Thompson.
Ottumwa, Ia.
Dear Editor:
thought would write you q few
lines. I have lots Of work to do. We
have two pigs. have to feed them
every night And we have two COWS.
water them at noon We live In the
country. We have big barn. It is
painted red There Is creek back OF
us. We have a bridge that We 60
across when we go after potatoes. 1
go after corn every night. I am eight
years old. have a wagon. It is paint
ed red. haul wood every night for
papa and in the mornings. We have
eight chickens. feed them in the
morning and evening. have write
enough. Good bye.
Wendell Johnston,
421 Mary St.,
South Ottumwa, la.
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Ott1Inawa Iotna

Uttumwa, Iowa.
Dear Editor: read the Courier
Junior right along, and some OF the
letters and stories are very interest
ing. went to the Franklin school
ever since. started, but I had to 20
to the Adams to finish the seventh
grade. For studies we have spelling,
arithmetic, reading, drawing, writing,
grammar and history like spelling,
teachers name Is Miss Peters, and she
Is very good teacher. Laura Rim
mer liz one OF my best schoolmates.
She is very nice girl and / am 90
ing to ~ her to Join the Junior. /
have MI y other friends. AS nv LEFT
ter is getting long will close.
Yours truly,
Myrtle Anderson, age Is.
East Main street.
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-. Burlington, iowa.
Dear Junior: i received the book
you sent me For a prize (and / appre-
my thanks for same. Yours truly,
- Cloa Mulhollen.
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David city. Neb.
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Dear Editor: 1 go to school. [ am
IN the third grade. MY teachers
name Is Miss Nethercott. I like her
ever so much. / think she Is a nice
teacher. have a pet calf ana d pet
cat The calf Is black and white. 1t
IS g cute little calf. MY cat is Blue and
white. 1t Is d cute cat. AS my let
ter is getting long, will close.
Elrna d. Gordon, age 5.
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=. 49, FAifKsViIIe, MO.
Dear Editor: ! read the letters In
the Junior, so thought j would write.
am q little girl 10 years old. I go
to school. am In the fourth grade.
There are 81 scholars in my room. 1
have two brothers. Their. names are
Clay and Rex. ! have a canary bird.
His m, name is Tony. My aunt sent him
to me from Iowa. He Is good
singer. NV papa takes the Courier.
Lucille White.
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A LITTLE BROWN HOUSE.

Abba, Iowa.
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Dear Miss Editor: tRosSyht j
would write you few lines. / ann
we'll and going to school. like nv
school and also my teacher. Her
Iaff1e IL Hattie Bowen. 1 have two
little brothers. They are twins. Their
names are Ray and Roy. They are
8 years old now. We think they are
nice boys They say they will write
a big letter when they see my letter
IN print. My birthday was the 22d
OF November was 10 years old.
Papa and mamma and my little twin
brothers went visiting this summer.
out to Grandpa and Grandma HandYa
~ Cofvallik, Oregon. We had a nice
Visit We came home by way Of Salt
Lake City, and BY the Portland fair.
IT was nice. We. saw many sites.
VIII tell YOU Some of the highest
mountains I saw and went through.
Torrey Peak, height 1885 feet. We
thought they were pretty high. We
also was at church at Salt Lake in the
tabernacle. 1t was made OF white
granite In gothic architecture. They
had flfie music. The tabernacle cost
$6,o0o,0oo. We'll guess 1 have told
YOU all for this time.
Yours respectfully,
Fanny Davis.