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JUNIOR STORIES.
! FAITHFUL FIDo.

Little Fido's master had to go on
a long journey, and he took her with
him. He rode beautiful horse, and
Fido trotted cheerfully at the horses
heels. Often the master would speak
a cheering word to the dog, and she
would wag her tail and bark glad
answer. And SO they travelled on and
on.
The sun shone hot, and the road
was dusty. The beautiful horse was
covered with sweat, and poor Fido's
tongue lolled out of her mouth, and
her little legs were so tired they could
hardly go any more.
AT last they came to COOL shady
wood. and the master stopped, dis
mounted and tied his horse to tree.
He took from his saddle his heavy
saddle bags. They were heavy too,
because they were filled with gold.
The man laid the bags down very
carefully ein shady place, and point
ing to them, said to Fido, watch
them" Then he drew his cloak about
him, then laid down with his head
on the bags, and was soon fast asleep.
Little Fido curled up close to her
masters head, with her nose over
one end of the bags, and went to sleep
too. But she did not sleep very
soundly for hey master had told her
to watch, and every few moments she
would open ner eyes and prick up
her eyes to learn If anybody were
coming.
Her master was tired, and slept
soundly and long, very much longer
than he had intended. At last he
awoke and Fido was licking his face.
The dog knew that the sun was
nearly setting, and knew that 1T was
time for her master to go. The man
patted Fido, jumped up much troubled
to find he had slept so long.
He snatched up his cloak, threw it
over his horse, united. his bride,
sprang into the saddle. and calling
Fido started off in great haste. But
little Fido did not seem ready to fol-
low him.
She ran after the horse and bit at
his heels, and then ran back again
to the woods, all the time barking flu
riously. This she did several times !;
but her master had no time to heed
her foolish pranks, and galloped
away, thinking she would follow him.
At last the little dog sat down by
the roadside, and looked sorrowfully
after her master until he had turned
the bend in the road.
When he was no longer in sight she
sprang up with a wild bark and ran
after him. She overlook him just as
he had stopped to water his horse in
brook that flowed across the road.
She stood beside the brook and bark.
ed SO savagely that her master Iode
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THE GRAY CATS STORY.
CHAPTER l.

On chill, gray day in autumn a
beautiful black kitten sat at the win
dow of fine house The maid had
opened the window to allow breath
Of fresh air to enter, and the kitten had
hoped upont he window sill to look
out on the world beyond. This kitten
was the darling of the little daughter
of the house. He was petted and fed
the choicest dainties and allowed to
sleep on the handsomest Of cushions.
lis young mistress was the only child
Il a wealthy banker, and there was
out one law in the house-the law of
"Mlle. Louise" as the servants called
her. Mile. Louise was a much nicer
girl than this fact would lead you to
expect. and Jet, the kitten was think
ing of this as he sat summing himself
on the window sill Suddenly he heard
dismal and pathetic mellow" Now
Jet had heard a great many of such
sounds, even if he did live in an arts
tocratic neighborhood He knew that
some fellow cat or dttie was in dis
tress. Again the sound reached his
ears, although this time it was more
pathetic and hopeless than at first,
Ioe's bright eyes followed the sound
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Once when a little squirrel had been
lazy all the fall and had not gathered
anr nuts. he went to his cubmoard,
but 1t was empty. He went to the
oak tree and said give me an acorn,
but the oak said, have no acorn for
you. And then he went to the Chest
nut tree and asked for chestnut.
But the tree said. have no chestnut
for you. Then he went to the hickory
tree and said give me a hickory nut,
but the tree said I have none for you.
Then he crept down to the hazelnut
bush and said, give me hazelnut.
But the bush said, / have no nut for
you. Then he saw the farmer coming
and he asked for some. corn, but the
farmer SAID < haven corn for you
So he went down the rosd and saw a
little girl coming. aipd before he could
speak she, tossed hlm handful of
nuts that her grandma gave her.
Desmet, South DAKOTA.
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THE ELEPSANT.

The size of the elephant Ii from
eight to ten feet high and his weight
Is three to five tons. His legs are
thick and straight. His eyes are small
and lively and his ears are long, broad
and pendulous. He has two large
tusks and trunk He uses his trunk
to take his food with. His color is a
dark ash brown. The elephants often
assemble in troops and as they march
in search of food. the forests seem to
tremble under them. They eat the
branches of trees, together with roots,
herbs, leaves, grain and fruit, but will
not touch fish nor flesh. In q state Of
nature they are peaceable, mild and
brave. They always kneel to receive
their riders or the loads they have to
carry.
Elephans are found both in Asia and
Africa. When they are tanned they are
gentle and brave.
Mabel Hollenbeck. age IL,
Bldon, Iowa.
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Keosauoua. iowa,

keOSauqua, Iowa.
Dear Editor: May / have little
space in your paper. am little girl
z years old. live with papa and
mamma and have a sister and three
brothers. I have never written any
letters to your paper, but love to
read the letters from the little boys
and Girls. have four dolls, one of
them my aunt sent me from Ohio, one
Of them my aunt sent me from OF
tumwa. / go to school. The school
is only one block from my home. My
teachers name Is Miss Grace Pear
son. / am in the second grade room.
There are forty-two in my room. I
go to the M. b. Sunday school. MB'
teachers name is Mrs. Walker. l
have a cat. Her name Is Primrose.
She has q box for her bed. We have
three large white Pekin ducks. We
have some chickens also. I wish
some Of the little girls who write such
nice letters in the paper would write
to me and will answer them. We
have some nice house plants. would
like to exchange slips Of plants with
some of the Juniors. As / cannot
think Of any more to write I will
close. Your friend,
Mary Bell, aged z.
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THE CIRCUS.

Once upon time there was q little,
girl and boy whose names were Ella
and Walter Green. They were sisters
and brothers. So one morning Mr. and
Mrs. Green woke up bright and early
as they had been planning the evening
before, and Sadly
Children, do you think you can
keep house while we go to town this
morning?"
"Oh, yes, yes, do let us stay" was
the quick reply.
They finally decided that they should
let them stay. But said Mrs. Green:
ella, If you don't mind it, would
like you to wash the dishes for me, as
we live quite a way from town."
.sAll right, mother, we will do as you
bid u.s."
It wasn't very long till they were
started for town, and as they were
starting off their mother said:
eff YOU children are good, might
bring you something"
AS Mrs. Green had left them lunch
prepared for them on the table they
would not have to bother getting any
dinner. Well, that forenoon slipped
away quietly and in the afternoon they
were to have circus, and what a cir
Gus it was. / could not begin to tell
you all the plays and odds and ends
there was in that circus, but it was
fine. They had no sooner got the
things Strengthened up in the rooms
when they looked out Of the window
what to their surprise did they see but
their father and mother coming. What
do you suppose their father and
mother brought them will leave you
all to guess.
Edith Vawter, age IL.
Charlton IA r r D. No K
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PAPA,s PICTURE.

OttumWa, Iowa.
Marold loved to look at his fathers
picture in the pin that his mother
wore. Papa looks right at me" said
Harold. 'T wish he could talk to me.
Did see him before he went away?"
Eyes, Harold, but you were only q
baby and too young to remember"
when he will come home mamma?'
"He will not come to us dear. Papa
did not choose to go away from US.
But one day he became so very sick
that he could not live. And the Heav-
emily Father thought 1t best to take him
to heaven, that beautiful country
where his children are not sick any
more"
Harold loved to look at his faths
er's picture and think about the time
when his mother and he would take
the journey to that lovely place to
live forever with his papa when may
we go?' 1--WE cannot tell dear; we
must wait until the Lord calls for u.s.
Yours truly,
Edith Williams.
SIT West Fifth Street.
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THE NEXT CONTEST.

. -
ar Juniors: It has been a very
task to decide the prize winners
is time. because SO many Of the
lniors sent in such nice letters and
5oriss. However, the ones to whom
ie prizes are awarded are fully en-
tied to them. each one having care
ully complied with the rules of the
contest.
The next contest is for the Juniors
under ten years of age, and the prize
will be awarded to the Junior sending
in a nice letter and the longest list of
words made from the words, Courier
Junior" Write on one side of the
paper only. This contest will close
Tuesday, Feb. s, 1906. Next week we
will have an interesting announcement
to make for the Juniors over ten years
of age.
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A CASE OF NEED.

Once there lived In a town a. lady
who was very poor. She had small
store. One day she was sick and the
children had to take care of the house
and store. They had to call the doc
tor in to see her and he said she had
orange and other things which would
give her strength. They did not have
any money in the house. The little
girl had doll which she thught very
much of. She decided to put an adj
vertlsement in the paper. So one
morning she got ready and took the
advertisement. 1t read: !.
For sale-My dear little Jennie"
Call at Mrs. j. T. Smiths"
The editor was amazed at this, but
said nothing. She went home, dressed
her doll in her best dress and put her
in the window. Her sister was in the
kitchen baking some cookies for she
had just received some ORDERS When
she got them baked she said she and
her brother would deliver them the
next days.
So the next day her sister and broth
err started to deliver them. They said
they thought the little girl could take
care of the store. No sooner had they
started when carriage stopped at the
door. A young lady came into the
store and asked to see the doll. She
said Size saw the advertisement In the
paper. She showed her the doll The
lady was very much delighted with 1t
and said she would get it for her niece.
She gave the girl two dollars for it,
and she said she wanted some but
| tons, pins and some hair pins, for
which she gave fifty cents, and she
| went away Then another carriage
came. The woman came in and said
she would like to look at the doll. The
little girl said, am very sorry, but
a lady just bought it for her niece.
The lady bought quite a number of
things, her bill amounting to five dol
lars. More and more came until she
had begun to think everybody wanted
| pins, buttons and other things When
| her sister came home she had sold all
| the things in the store and had made
| twenty-five dollars. She told her
mother about it and she was very
| much surprised at .aher making SC
much At night there came rap at
the door and the lady put box in a
note was in the box, which read:
my little niece said that dear
| dollie was homesick, and she wanted
to come home. Your Friend"
Her brother picked the doll up and
| said, Where has your doll been. She
said, / sold her so as to get money to
buy mother something's to, eat.
| In a few days her mother was ul
and around DON'T you think she was
a fine little clerk?
Bussey, Iowa. ~
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THE CIRCUS.

There was circus here last sum.
mer. went to see the parade and the
show men told all Of us boys if we
would work for them that day we
could go in the show free. So we de-
cided we would. We worked until
noon, then we came home, had our
dinners and then went back to the
show. 1t was good show. They had
lots of little ponies, big horses, too.
They had three big elephants and a
little baby one. 1t was an ugly baby
too. A big roaring lion in a cage, bears,
tigers, zebras, birds, camels, oxen and
other things. | cannot think to men,
ton.
Now, afterward. when the circus
was over, the show man told us boys
each one to come back that night and
for them all to bring a nickle, SO we
all asked our mammas for a nickle to
go to the show at night. Some got
one and some did not. got mine,
and gave 1t to the man that told us to
bring it.
He laughed and told us he wanted
the money to buy an old woman a
cork leg. So we soon found out he
had joke on us and he had the mon
ey. He called us all up to him and
put our hats away for us. After the
show we all had to work carrying lit
tie tfmberB and such ttllff things DIS we
could until everything was loaded.
Then he gave us our hats and we went
home. Now think / have learned
something. The next time I will pay
my way to the show like a man then
nobody will have the laugh on me.
Your little friend,
Ahsel F. Hem, age 8 years,
Eldon, Iowa.
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and fell on a miserable, sick looking
and old gray cat.

and fell on a miserable, sick looking
and old gray cat
BY poor friend" called out Jet, you
look very much the worse for wear.
Won't you stop and share my dinner?
It is in the area, and no one will dis
turb US. 1t is a capital dinner, / can
assure YOU, and my Mistress Louise
told me that l should have feast to-
day OF turkey and giblet gravy. / am
the darling Of Louise and allowed to
do exactly as please. In your case
please to invite you to dine with me.
I'll go down in the area and mellow
You follow the sound and you can then
squeeze through the grating. If you
were e fat and we'll fed cat you would
have difficulty in getting through.
Looking at your sides. can see that it
would be pretty thin bars that you
could not get through"
The tramp cat understood that he
had founda friend in the handsome
black kitten and the prospect of a
good dinner. was at hand.
Concluded Next Week..
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go to a circus and she went to almost
every one that came to town.
Her mother told her she did not
know whether they could go or not,
but expected they would
Josephine went to school Friday
morning and told all Her playmates
that she was Going TO the circus Fri
day" They said they might go. too.
Saturday came and Josephine woke
up with the sun and dressed herself,
without her mothers help and went
down stairs.
Her mother was very much surpris-
ed In seeing her daughter up SO early
and said:
why Josephine! what are you up
SO early for this morning?" "'Cause
It's circus day and then thought I'd
Just come down stairs all dressed and
surprise you and did too! Oh, mann.
ma, am up before papa, for he is
Just coming down stairs now!' "Why
Josie dear, what are you up SO early
for this morning " asked her father
in surprise. "'Cause It's circus day
and I'm going.
They had breakfast and Josephine
helped her mamma with dishes and
made her dolls beds, (Which she did
every morning), combed her dolls hair
washed their faces and then put on
their dresses and took them out in her
tent that her father got for her. and
made up little circus of her own.
She had twenty dolls. all sizes and
colors, (but most Of them were white
She had three spitz dogs, a canary,
dove, and two Shetland ponies. She
thought she had very fine circus,
which in fact, she really had.
Her biggest doll she dressed up in
her finest dress, which was of white
silk, put on her white shoes and stock.
ings her white coat and hat, and her
white hair ribbons. Then she named
her Barbara, her second biggest was
all dressed In green silk and she
named her Genevieve. But she did
not know what she could put on her
pets, so she went and told her mother
all about 1t. Her mother told her to
go up In the attic and look in the cor
ner closet and for her to bring every.
thing down stairs that was in the clos.
et Josephine did as her mother had
told her to do.
Her mother told her to put the bead.
ed blanket on Mollie and the other
one on Prince. Then her mother told
her how to fix her other pets and how
to arrange the performance, which was
a. very nice one, indeed.
Mrs Carter went into the house and
called up all of Josephine's friends. At
1890 o'clock everything was ready
Each little boy and girl had fine
time.
Josephine went in the afternoon and
had very fine time. She had chew
ing gum and everything else, and then
after that day she had circus Of hel
own
g.i: Lila Hawls0rsz4as
Alhia Ia boy 57 800
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When / was only years old went
to the circus. I saw many sights. /
saw lions, monkeys, elephants, hippo
potamus and many other animals The
elephants are very large. There we're
clowns which / thought were very
funny. There were many different
kinds of birds. saw some little mon
keys. l saw woman in with some
snakes. do not like to see the snakes.
They did a great deal of jumping. /
saw zebras, which had yellow and
black coats.
saw a big elephant, which had a
dinner basket. 1t was carrying It's din.
ner. will close.
Manda Mcdowell, age 8.
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back and called her to him but in
stead of coming to him she darted OFF
down the road still barking.

back and called her to him but in
stead of coming to him she darted OFF
down the road still barking.
Her master did not know what to
think and began to fear that his dog
was going mad. Md dogs are afraid
OF water and act strange when they
see 1t. While the man was thinking of
this Fido came running back again
and dashed at him furiously. She leap
ed upon the legs of the horse and ev-
en- jumped up and bit the toe Of her
masters boot, then she ran down the
road again, barking with all her little
might.
L Her master was now convinced that
she was mad and taking out his pistol
shot her.
He rode away fast for he loved her
dearly and did not wish to see her die;
but he had not gone very far when
he stopped as suddenly as IL he had
been shot. He felt quickly under his
cloak for his saddle bags. They were
gone!
Had he dropped them or had he left
them behind him sin the woods? He
felt sure he had not picked them UP
when he left the woods. He turned
quickly about and rode back again as
fast as his horse could go.
When he came to the brook he said
Poor Ffdo!" and looked but could not
see anything OF her. After he had
crossed the stream he saw some drops
of blood upon the ground and all
along the road.
Tears came in his eyes and his
heart began to ache for he understood
now why little Fido had acted so. She
was not mad at all. She knew that
her master had left his precious bags
of gold and she had tried to tell him
In the only way she could.
Oh how bad her master felt as he
galloped along and saw the drops Of
blood by the roadside. At last he
came to the woods and there all safe
lay the bags of gold. And there be-
side them with her nose lying over
one end Of them lay faithful Fido
dead.
Oh! how her master felt.
Rhoda Davis, Age IA.
Charlton. Iowa.
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Violet Nelson, aged Q.
A CIRCUS.

I will write a story for the Juniors.
We went down early in the morning
to see the trains unload, but when we
got there the train had come and was
unloaded, SO we went to the show
grounds and watched them put up
their tents and watched them cook the
dinner. When we had dinner we went
back to the show grounds and saw the
parade. When the parade was over
we got our tickets and went in the
show We looked at the animals and
went on In and got our seats.
Soon the show started and we saw
the same animals>and men and sew
eral other things. There was some
soldiers and they marched and then