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Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
when My Brother Herded Sheep

BY Agnes McDermott, Aged 10 Years, Oak
Street, Casper, Wyo. Red Side.
Our brother Charlie, age IA, was very
anxious TO go to work in the spring. So a
sheepman gave him a Job helping him dur
ing Landing season. Mamma at last con-
sented to let him go. He left home Tuesday
morning and returned Saturday evening,
This is what he told when he got home:
when l got to camp the boss told me
to chop some wood and get supper. 1 did
this. The next morning he told me to get
breakfast. 1 told him l was not hired to
cook.
He told me to go out and herd the
sheep and let, the other herder come in
to breakfast. 1t was a cold morning and
l did not like to leave camp. 1 was angry
and started to walk TO town. which was
forty miles. l walked about a mile and a
half to the road. When l got to the road
] met a man who worked in the livery
stable at home. He was going to town,
SO 1 got in the wagon and came home. This
was the last time l wanted Togo sheep
herding."
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28

and began to cry, wiping the water from
her poor face.
Never mind, little girl" sympathized
Sissy, You are all right now. 1 know
you must be almost frozen though, so put
on this Jacket and go with US 10 the house
at the top of the hill. Wen soon get there"
Where do you live, little girl?' asked
Tom, whose teeth were chattering from
the cold dip he had suffered.
up at Mr.. Grey's place" explained the
hid MY ma works for Mrs. Grey, and
they are expecting city company for din
ner and ma wants to have a very fine
dinner. So she sent me to the neighbors,
down in the meadow, 10 get some chest
nuts TO stuff the turkey and when 1 got
almost home with the chsstnuts l saw a
funny little animal running along the
creek. l started to run after It and slipped
on the bank and fell into the water. Oh,
boo-hoo! l lost the bag OF chestnutsI'
Tom and Sissy could not refrain from
smiling at the hid grief over the loss Cf
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
Little NAV

BY Helen Carmen, Aged 5 Years, Auburn,
Neb. Red Side.
Little May stood for a long time watch
ing her sister until Alice looked up with
a smile and said:
What makes you look so sad, little
May2"
"Oh, because 1 want so much to be blgl
How did yon get to be so big, Alice?'
ooh, no, it is not" said May, shaking her
golden curls.
1T is dreadful to be little, for when you
are little you can do nothing. 1 say to
papa, If you please. papa, will you take
me with you on your sailboat today And
papa says, No, the wind is too strong. You
cannot go for you are too little And 1
say to mamma, If you please, mamma,
may l go with you to walk? And mamma.
says: No, you cannot go. l am going for a
long walk and It would tire you. You are
too little And l say to grandmama, May
l go to drive with you, If you please, grand
mamma? And she says, 1 am going to
take a long drive. You cannot go, you are
too little And II 1 should say to you,
Alice, il you please, may 1 paint on your
picture? You would say, No, you are too
little And 1 do not know how to grow
big, for maps are Of no use"
But l will not say, no." said her sister.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
Harold's Queer Present

BY Vera kackley Aged 8 Years, Moor
croft, Wyo. Red Side.
Once there was a little boy whose name
was Harold. He liked to have his own
way and found It very hard to obey his
mother. The next day was TO be his
mother's birthday. She found several pres
ents under her plate at the breakfast table,
but she said that she liked Harold's the
best. So you want 70 know what It was.
Very well, l will tell you. II vas only a
slip Of paper on which was written. Dear
mother, / love you and / am going to obey
you quickly ever after"
One day soon after that the sun was
shining and Harold was at the brook catch
ing fish. Pretty soon he heard his mother
call, Harold! Harold"
"Oh, dear" said he, Il am going to pre-
tend not 70 hear. But I promised I would
obey her quickly, and will"
Away he ran; he fairly flew. He said
What Is It mother? Here ! am"
Harold. there Is smoke on the railroad.
Go and see II anyone Ia near" she said.
IAN right, mother" he said, and away
he went TIL bridge under the track was
burning and nobody was there. The near
est neighbor was two miles away. He did
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
Kitty's Revenge
By Alta KILLER, Aged II Years, III West
Twenty-first Street, Kearney
Nnh Rlln Glan

BY Alta KILLER, Aged II Years, III West
Twenty-first Street, Kearney
Neb. Blue Side.
Kitty and Marie had been c~oasting and
Marie had fallen from her sled and had
just said that Kitty had pushed her off.
Il did not said Kitty. II was at the
top Of the hill when you fell"
You were not" said Marie.
Il was. 1 guess 1 ought to know" said
Kitty.
Have your own way, baby" said Marie.
A right, I will. Goodbye and off
she flew.
1.-THE mean thing" said Marie to herself.
The next day was an examination and
the teacher had promised a book to the
one who got the highest grade.
Marie took her book home, but some way
Kitty got into Marie's room and hid the
book. That night Marie could not find her
book, so could not study.
In the test the next day Marie did not
get the prize, and Kitty was revenged,
and not a person ever found out who hid
the book.
Kitty has now made up with Marie and
they are good friends, and there is not a
girl in school>that dares to talk Of either
Of the girls If either is around.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
The Minister'S Thanksgiving

BY Arthur Mason, Aged Ii Years, CAS- North
Garrison Street, Fremont, Neb.
Red Side.
It was the day before Thanksgiving, and
the minister sat in his study. He could
hear his three children sliding down the
b~anister. How happy they seemed, and
how different today was from a year ago,
when they were without a home and he
didn't know where he was going to preach.
As he wrote his sermon for Thanks
giving day he went over the last year in
thought and wondered IL he had been able
70 satisfy and crafty in every way the
members of his church, as well as build
up and refine their characters, and, most
Of all, had he pleased his Maker.
Just then the door bell rang and in
walked Mr.. Jones, who said: II have
brought you a load Of wood to show my
thanks TO you for your work Of this year. e"
As he was leaving Mr.. Black came in
with a big turkey and before the morning
was over others came in, each with a gift,
until they had enough to supply them Of
clothing, fuel and things to eat for the
whole winter.
He called his family to come I'm and see
the good things and after they had re-
joiced over the things he said, Let US
sing Praise God from Whom All Blessings
Flow"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
(Second Prize.)
Their First Thanksgiving in the
East

By Helen E. Morris, Aged 8 Years. McCool
Junction, Neb. Red Side.
Sidney and Harry were born in Cali
fornia. They had never seen any real
snow, only the occasional flurries that
melt as soon as they touch the ground.
So when their cousins from the east
wrote them What jolly times they have at
grandma's house on Thanksgiving they
were very anxious to go.
The 18th Of November was set as the
time when they with their mamma were
TO start for Indiana, where their grand
mother, aunt and cousins lived. The five
days journey seemed endless to the two
little boys. But after they started they
found plenty to amuse them enroute.
On the fourth day they reached Chicago
and it was very cold and cloudy. All in
dications were for a snowstorm. on the
next day they reached Martinsville, Ind,
where their uncle and cousins met them.
They were glad to meet their new relation.
with whom they were to stay all night.
They were all going out TO grandma's to
eat Thanksgiving dinner the next day.
The children went to bed early, being
tired from their long journey, and were
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28

the chestnuts and thinking 80 little about her
own narrow escape from death. Wen make
the matter about the chestnuts all right, %
promised Sissy, You see, we are the city
company expected to dinner at the farm
house. And it's lucky for you, little girl,
that we came along just as we did. Ny
dear brother saved your lifo-if he did not
save the c~hestnuts."
And that day there was much rejoicing
In Kitchen and hail. over the saving from
drowning of little Minnie Bacon, the good
cooks little daughter. And also there was
much laughter at Toms expense as he ap-
peared at table in an Old suit OF Mr.. Grey's,
for Tom was too large to wear Georges
clothes. You are the hero OF the day"
declared Mrs. Grey. And the laughing
stock OF the crowd" laughed Tom. "But l
shall always regret not saving those chest.
nuts"
And then he had to respond to a toast
drunk In fine old cider.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
Kindness to Others
BY Harriette Dixon, Aged y Years, North
Platte, Neb., 46 West Vine
Street, Blue Side.

By Harriette Dixon, Aged y Years. North
Platte, Neb., 416 West Vine
Street, Blue Side.
There was once a little girl whose
parents were dead, and she had not a true
friend. Ever since she was a baby she
lived with an old woman who pretended
she was Bessie's grandmother, but was
not. This old woman made Bessie get up
early every morning and sell newspapers
till late at night, and made Bessie give
her all the money and then she would go
very cruel. One day Bessie went by a
school for girls. The teacher was out in
the yard with her scholars and they were
studying nature. That was what Bessie
loved. AS she watched them the teacher
noticed the poor little girl outside the
fence with ragged clothes and a bundle Of
papers under her arm, and the teacher
called to her to come over and study with
them, and she did. The girls were talking
about birds and became very interested in
the sweet face of Bessie and asked her to
go to their school. And she told them
her whole life and how poor she was.
And one Of the girls who was Of a wealthy
family said that she would write her father
about Bessie, and her father wrote that
he would buy Bessie some new clothes and
pay her way through the school. and when
school was out she would go and live with
him and his little girl in Florida.
Was Bessie not q forunate little girl2
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
The Family Pet
By Blanche Ball, Aged Il Years. West
T~wenty-socond Street, Kearney,
Neb. Red Side.

BY Blanche Ball, Aged II Years, West
Twenty-secOnd Street, Kearney,
Neb. Red Side.
We have a pet horse named Nudge. She
is coal black and has a very pretty name
and tail. Her tail Is quite long and reaches
within about eight inches OF the ground.
She weighs about 1000 pounds and is 8
years old. She Is very gentle, isn't afraid
Of anything and anyone can handle her.
She can pace or trot az a good gait and
likes to eat all kinds Of grains ana hay,
but prefers alfalfa.
Midge likes 10 play very much. One day
she got anxious 10 play and broke the
hitching strap and went 70 play. She must
have got drcd Of playing and went TO
following a milk wagon, where we found
her. Whenever the milk wagon would stop
she would stop also.
II you ask her TO shake hands she will
lift up her light foot and will let you
shake with her,
One day after we had our new barn built
the hook on the door was very easy 10 I'M
fasten and so I suppose she wanted 10 keep
US busy so she would take the hook in
her teeth, unfasten It and push the door
open with her nose.
We rave had many chances 70 sell her
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28

soon asleep. When their uncle came in he
said It was showing quite hard, and the
folks knew what a surprise there would
be In the morning.
Harry being the first one awake looked
out of the window to see what kind of a
day II was going to be. He gave one shout
and said that Miss Snowflake gave a party
last night and everything was covered with
snow. Soon after breakfast their uncle
brought a big bobsled around and they
were all wrapped up and had the jolliest
five-mile ride to g%randma's house. Just as
they came in sight of the house they began
to sing:
over the fields and through the woods,
Now grandmother's cap we spy,
Hurrah for the fun! Is the pudding done?
Hurrah for the pumpkin pie!
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
.CFlrst Prlze.)
U TIC
The Land of Lost TOYS

BY Ruth Q. Ashley, Aged IA Years. Mt.
Carroll, Ill. Blue Side.
Dorothy, dear, where is my thimble?'
Il don't know, mother"
Don't you remember, l said you might
use 1t IL you would bring it back?"
In vain they searched for It. That night
Dorothy had a dream, A beautiful fairy
came to her and said, Il am the Fairy
Find of the Land of Lost Toys and nave
come to take you and Hazel with me-"
CHazel Stober and Dorothy Knight were
playmates)
They went outside wher they stepped
into an auto and were whirled away in
the darkness. All of a sudden, bright lights
flashed into view.
Here is my land, girls said the fairy.
Welcome to the Land Of Lost Toys"
Everything was so bright 1t dazzled the
girls eyes.
Finally they came to a beautiful palace,
OH cried Dorothy, that's the playhouse
l left outdoors and somebody ran off with, d"
Yes, dear" answered the fairy. Every
thing In this land is something mortals
have lost. But come in let us wait and
see If som of my men do not find some
thing"
She had hardly spoken when in came a
little man bearing a big, pink bow.
Why! that's my bow l lost ages ago, E"
gasped Hazel.
The Fairy Find smiled. Here comes one
Of my men with a paper. He's found some
thing mortals lost and he is going to have
it a week and If no one finds it then he
will bring it here. See it says, one lady's
thimble. Under piano."
Why, that's mammals thimble I lost and
It must have rolled under the piano when
l jumped up!1 cried Dorothy.
Just then she awoke to find it all a
dream.
Il guess I'm go and see If it's there,
just for fun" she thought. And, wonder
Of wonders, there it was!
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
The Thanksgiving Turkey

BY Bertha SiTberBbein. Aged Q Years, 51s
North T~wenty-second Street. Omaha.
Blue Side
It was the day before THANKSGIVING, and
there was great confusion in the barnyard
on account of hearing the farmer tell his,
neighbor farmer, Jones, that he must pick
out a turkey for dinner on the following
day.
Then one of the turkeys saIdI TITS no
use for you others to be afraid of being
eaten. Tn the largest OF you all. and I'm
the one he'n surely kill"
My" said the hen. you needn't worry
about being killed; you needn't say you're
the largest, and, anyway, he don't care
for turkeys-he said he wanted me. be-
cause 1 heard him say It"
I'm going TO run away I'm afraid, of
being killed." said the smallest of the thur
keys. Shame, shamei' called the others.
where are you goinE7 and how are you
going?"
After a while they all thought they would
All except tho large one went. and
he was killed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
The Girl Who Tried Again

BY Helen Weeden, Aged X Years. &1i
North Twenty-fifth Street, Omaha.
Blue Side.
Pearl had been reading the Busy Bee
page and had decided to write a story.
She was just starting to write when her
little sister Marjcry came in and asked
her what she was doing. Pearl told her
and soon both girls were writing. when
their stories were finished they took them
to the postoffice.
TIL next Sunday the girls looked for
their stories. The stories were printed.
but neither girl had won a prize.
Pearl was disappointed and cross, but
Marjory went to her room, took her pen
and started another story. She mailed 1t,
hut next Sunday her story was not even
printed. Her sister told her not to write
again, but Marjory said. "The third time
is the charm, so I'll try again" And sure
though when she looked in the paper there
was "Marjory Trent, first prize" Oh, how
delighted she was. After that Pearl tried
the cham and it worked with success.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
Tommy's Pet

By Ronald Wyckoff, King Bee, Aged IL
Years, WILDER, Neb. Red Side. \
One bright, sunny day az Tommy was
coming from school he heard a chirping
noise far up in the treetop. He went on
again, but soon he heard the noise again.
He looked around and on a limb OF a
tree he saw a little bird trying to fly. He
picked the bird up carefully. Then he
saw that Its wing was broken. Some
cruel boy has hurt IT," he said TO him
self. Then he took the cripple and went
home. When he got home he took It In
the house and showed It to his mamma.
They petted It awhile, then Tommy took
# and put It In a cage and then fed It
crumbs Of bread. Tommy todd his papa
when he came home and showed him the
bird. Then Tommy put II back in its
cage and dootored it up. Tommy fed and
took care OF it Tommy kept his pet bird
ever after.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28

Juanita Innes, 2769 Fort street, Omaha.
Jack Coad, 31l6 Farnam street, Omaha.
Lillian Writ, Ass Cass street, Omaha.
Meyer Cohn, SAC Georgia venue, Omaha.
Ada Morris, 3424 Franklin street, Omaha.
Myrtle Jensen, 1903 lizard street, Omaha.
Gail Howard, 4722 Capitol avenue, Omaha.
Helen Houck, 1926 Lothrop street. Omaha.
Emerson Goodrich, 1910 Nicholas, Omaha.
Maurice Johnson, 1927 Locust, ST., Omaha,
Leon Carson, 1924 North Fortieth, Omaha.
Gretchen Eastman, 1876 South Thirty
eight street, Omaha.
Pauline Coad, Sis Farnam street, Omaha.
Wilma Howard, 1923 Capitol avenue, Omaha.
Hilah Fisher, 1910 South Eleventh, Omaha.
Mildred Jensen, 2707 L~eavenworth, Omaha.
Edna Heden, 27S9 Chicago street, Omaha.
Mabel Sheifelt, 4sl4 North Twenty-rirth
street, Omaha.
Walter Johnson. 245 North Twentieth
Emma Carruthers. 3211 North Twenty-fifth
street, Omaha.
Leonora Denlson. The Albion, Tenth and
Pacific streets. Omaha.
Mae Hammond, O'Neill. Neb.
Madge l.. Daniels, Ord, Neb.
lola BeddeO, Orleans, Neb.
Agnes Richmond, Orleans, Neb.
Marie Fleming, Osceola, Neb.
Lolita Woods, Pawnee City, Neb.
Earl Perkins, R~eddingtnn, Neb.
Edna EMS. Stanton, Neb.
Lena Petersen. 221l Locust ST., E. Omaha
Ina Carney, sutton. Clay county Nebraska.
Clara Miller, Utica, Neb.
Mildred +. Jones, North Loup, Neb.
Alta Nllken, waco. Ncb.
Leo Beckord, Waco, Neb.
Mac Grunke, West Point, Neb.
Elsie Stastny, WILDER, Neb.
Frederick Ware. Winside, Neb.
Pauline Parks, York, Neb.
Edna Behling, York, Neb.
Mary Frederick, York, Neb.
Carrie E.. Bartlett, Fontanelle, ia.
Irene Reynolds, Little Sioux, la.
Libel MulhoIland, Box II, Malvern, la.
Eleanor Mellor, Malvern, Ia.
hathryne Mellor, Malvern, la.
Ruth Robertson, Manila, Ia.
Mildred Robertson. Manila, Ia.
Margaret b. Witherow, Thurman, Ia.
Bertha McEvoy, r. f. d. 3. Box 25. Mis-
souri, Valley, Ia.
Adlena Sorry, Monarch, Wyo. Box 50.
Fred Sorry, Monarch, Wyo.
John Barron, Monarch, Wyo.
Edith Amend, Sheridan, Wyo.
Pauline Squire, Grand, OH.
Fred Shelley, go Troup street, Kansas
City, Kan.
Henry L. Workinger, care Sterling Remedy
company, Attica, Ind.
Aleda Bennett, Elgin, Neb.
William Davis. 81 West Third street,
North Platte. Neb.
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
Farmyard Troubles
By Lois Woods, Aged 8 Years. s~tromsburg
Neb. Red SidA.

By Lois woods, AGED 5 Year,, Btromsburg,
Neb, Red Side.
one day Biddy. who was scratching In
the yard for her chicks, was very much
alarmed to see a big rat run past her.
She called her chicks to her and told them
that their one enemy was the rat. That
very might when she called her chicks to-
gether there was one gone. She called
again. but It did not come. She went to
find It, but she could not. She came home
and went to bed very sad The next morn
ing It was there. She asked It where It
had been. 1t was not going to tell. At
last IT said. Il run away and came back
In the night"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28

not rave time TO tell his mother, because
he could hear the train not far away. He
must flag the train himself. He took Off
his little red sweater and started toward
the train. The engineer whistled for him
to get off the track, but he stood stin until
the engineer knew something was the
matter.
Some passengers got off with the engineer
and they gave him enough money to buy
a watch. He found out that his father was
on the train. Il am so giad I obeyed
mother quickly" he said. Many lives
might rave been LOST said his father. He
wore the watch and It helped him to re-
member.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
Tom and Sissy's Thanksgiving Day
BY William wallace, Jr.

holding to some dry bushes that grew on
tho muddy bank. But even as Tom and
Sissy looked at her the bushes gave way.
coming out Of the soft earth, leaving the
child without so much as a twig to hold to.
I've got to save that kid" Tom ex-
claimed; and before Sissy could beg of
him to think Of his own safety also, and
TO try to help the little one by throwing
some driftwood out for her to hold to until
they could call someone to come to their
assistance, he had Invested himself Of coat
and shoes and jumped headlong into the
water. He was not an expert swimmer,
but he knew enough about keeping afloat
while carrying a burden TO attempt to
save the little girl.
Here, hold to my shoulder, but don't
pull on met" cried Tom, as he swan to
the girls side. She was rising from the
water into which she had gone over her
head after the bushes gave way and was
coughing and strangling. Her eyes, too,
were so filled with water that she could
not see anything distinctly. But she real
lied that someone was there to save her,
and she caught at the form Of the little
swimmer, SO vigorously did she hold on,
and so wildly did she founder that for a
moment it seemed they both must be
drowned. Sissy had rushed TO a spot on
the bank near to the place where Tom
and the little girl were making such a
wild scene. Tom was crying out, warning
tho girl against behaving in such a man
ner and telling her 10 merely hold tightly
to his shoulder and he would soon get her
TO dry earth.
But OF a sudden the little girl was so
exhausted that she let go OF Toms wrist
and became manageable. Immediately Tom
caught hold Of her firm cotton Jacket at
the shoulders and swan with her to the
bank, Sissy was ready TO lend two strong
hands in assisting the two up the steep,
slippery bank Then the little girl sat down
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
A THANKSGIVING Story
BY Sarah Lndale, Aged II years. Wes
Point. Neh. Rlna ~

By Sarah Lndale, Aged II years. West
Point, Neb. Blue Side.
Thanksgiving is a nice day for everybody
We enjoy ourselves very much, by eating
turkey and everything good. I know A
story Of a little girl Once there lived a
little girl whose name was Helen. she was
a good girl but had one fault and that
was what nearly everybody haA when
ever she had anything good to eat she
would eat too much. This was Thanks
giving day. Helen ate too much, and got
sick. she was sick for q whole week after
that. TIL next Thanksgiving little Helen
did not eat 30 much. Helen Is not the
onfy one that eats too much At Thanks-
giving. There arc many that get sick,
after eRdng turkey, plum pudding, nnnce
pie, pumpkin pie cranberry sauce apples
and nuts.
I like to read the Busy Bee edition ana
I know 0very other little Busy Bee does.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
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