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Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11

asked how far It was to his home. II
live just five blocks north of the park en-
trance, SIR" the little lad explained.
And 1 live just five blocks south Of the
park entrance sighed the old man. "Oh.
how alone 1 nave been all these years.
and Jim" But again he stopped and
glanced at the little boy. who alone had
remained with him. the other children
running off to play again.
Just then the carriage came along the
driveway and the policeman assisted the
old man into it. Then, tipping his helmet,
he turned to give instructions TO the
driver, but the old gentleman said: I'm
give my orders, officer" Then. turning to
the little boy, who still remained standing
near the carriage. his sunny face alight
with a smile as he was about to say
goodbye, he begged him to take a seat be-
side him. I'm drive you to your home,
lad, for 1 want to see your grandfather.
If 1 surmise rightly. 1 knew him when
We were boys. Yes, 1t must be that your
grandfather is-is-my@
But his voice sank away In a whisper
and the little boy did not catch his last
words. Thanking the old gentleman for
the kind invitation TO share his carriage,
the little boy sprang to the seat beside
him. and the old mar called out to the
driver to go five blocks north Of the park
entrance. Then, turning to the little boy
at his side, he said: Point out your
house when we come In sight Of It 1
shall stop there"
Well, to make q long story short, the
misery, money-loving old man. whose last
years were ending so ~unhappily. found
that the little lads grandfather was his
lonB-lost brother, a sunny-faced old man
rich in the love of q son and daughter-in-
law and three dear grandchildren. And
he also found that this same brother
Jimmy had cared untiringly for his parents
during their life. giving what he earned
toward making them comfortable and
happy. IT did my best, Samuel" said the
brother James. wiping a tear from his
rosy cheeks. Il often felt that some day
you would come back to us-before father
and mother died-and that you would as
sumo your share OF their support. But as
the years rolled by and you did not re-
turn 1 feared you had passed on to the
great beyond. But / rejoice that you have
come to me now and II you need a home
why, you will find a share In this humble
place. Like me, my son has not proven a
successful business man. but his heart is
gold and that is better than riches. We
all live simply. but. Oh. so happy, so
happy, Samuel"
As soon as Samuel could speak, for his
emotion choked him, he took his brothers
hands In his and said through his tears
Can you forgive me. Jimmy2 was I'M
faithful 10 you and our dear parents, but
from now on TO the end OF life ! shall
think only OF you and yours. / am worth
millions. Jimmy, and it shall be used to
make you all happy. Your son and your
dear grandson here shall have all the as
sistance in business they want. This little
fellow, who found me today and found
also my heart shall be my principal heir.
Blu we shall all live happily together. ana
/ shall find happiness IN making you and
yours happy"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
(First Prize.)
The Trial

BY Helen Miller. Aged IA Years, FaIrmont,
Neb. Blue Side.
The court room-the hollow trunk Of an
old tree-was dimly lighted by the sunlight
which came through the holes and Sits in
the rotten bark and wood. Here all Bird
VILE was assembled to witness the trial
of Johnnie Owl.
The charge of assault and murder vas
brought against the defendant, the accusers
being Mr.. and Mrs. Robin RedbreAst and
young Mr.. Brown Thrush.
The court had assembled. Mr.. Wise Owl,
the Judge. occupied the platform, and sat
looking at the company over a large pair
of eyeglasses and blinking In a very wise
manner. At his right sat the jury. Very
slovenly looking birds they were. with
dropping tail feather and dirty wings and
feet. In a row on the front bench sat the
witnesses, who showed by their hateful
chances at johnnie Owl that they were no
friends of his. Johnnie himself sat lonely
and detected in a dark corner and blinked
sleepily at the crowd. He was a young
owl, yes, much too young to be accused of
such a crime as murder.
But a silence fell on the court es the
Judge announced: First witness, Mr.. Red
breast Tears were in Mr.. Redbreasts
eyes as he came on the platform, but he
hastily brushed them away and took the
oath to tell the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth"
Robin affirmed hat one morning just as
he was coming home with a fine breakfas
OF bugs for his babies he heard a grea'
clatter and noise and beheld Mr.. Owl very
near his nest. He dropped the bugs and
Joined by Mrs. Redbreast, attempted to de.
fend their home. The little robins, thus
left to starvation and exposure, died. And
80 Robin accused Johnnie Owl of murder
He also said that Johnnie flew at him sew
eral times and thus brought upon imseli
the charge OF assault.
Then Mr.. Brown Thrush and others testi
fled more or less to Johnnie's misbehavior
Mr.. Jay, lawyer for the accusers, ther
made an eloquent plea to the jury and citl
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11

ing the other way, he cut the Indians
bonds.
1t was 30 dark in the cave that the In
dian could not see the preachers face, so
he rave him a burr-nut ring.
The next night the preachers daughter
was kidnapped and held for ransom by the
Indians. The preachers family put to-
gether all their money and jewelry. When
the preacher got there with the money,
they said It was not enough.
The girl was tied onto a horses back
and turned loose.
One Of the Indians (the one who was
~captured) who was fumbling IN the bag
stuck his finger through the ring and pulled
1t out. He saw it was the one he gave &c
the preacher. He went and told the, chief
about 1t. The chief sent out some Indians
who caught the horse before the girl wa
dead. A treaty Of peace was then made be.
tween the Indians and white settlers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
{ Alice Browns PARTY

BY Cathrine McNamara, Aged II Years, 1915
military Avenue, Omaha Red Side.
One sunny morning in Juns Mrs. Brown
called her daughter Helen to tell her about
the party her father and she had planned
to have for her little sister Alice. II was
to be the next afternoon At . O'Clock.
And" said Mrs. Brown. you are to take
out the invitations. Here are the invita-
tions and be sure you do not give any of
them to the children in the streets, for
Alice would not like TO have them at her
party"
1t was 2 o'clock Of the next afternoon
when Alice came down dressed In her pink
silk dress, for she had been told that her
cousin, Anna Moore. was coming to play
with her. Mrs. Brown told the two girls
to go to the nursery to play. Ann and
Alice had been playing there q short time
when Helen called them down. She aid
she had something 10 show them In the
parlor. When the two girls reached the
parlor they found It full Of small girls
about the size Of Alice and Anna.
That afternoon the children Snjoyed them-
selves playing interesting games. Late in
the afternoon when all the chDdren were
eating at the many little tables spread for
them, Alice noticed q small girl looking
over the fence. She went to the gate and
called the little girl, whom her mother
thought she wouldn't like. to come In. and
gave her a place at the table.
That night when Mrs. Brown was putting
her to bed Alice said that when she had
her next party she was going to have all
the poor children. Mrs. Brown Kissed her
little girl and said she was glad she Was
not selfish.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11

feeble as you are. And you ave such a
sad face, while my grandfather has a
happy face. He says it is because he has
always had so many dear ones to love and
to love him. Why, when my grandfather
was a little kid like me his folks called
him The Little Laugh Maker for he
was always making everybody laugh
The old man started up as the boy said
this. and caught his little hand in a quiv-
ering, excitable way, What is your grand
fathers manner" he gasped.
The little boy smiled and said: Grand
father name is James B. Downs. INC he
is my father's father"
James B. Downsl" exclaimed the old
man in a deep whisper. why, child, he
is my-my--' But he did not finish the
sentence, for he fell forward in a faint.
Quickly the little boy eased the old mans
position as best he could. then called for
help. A park policeman and a dozen chill
dren came In response and soon the old
man was restored to Consciousness and
was assisted to the bench by the police
man. You may order a carriage for me,
officer" he said weakly, for I'm too
weak to walk home. Ny name is'-and he
whispered in the policeman's ear. The Of
ficer looked a bit surprised, then. owing
to his very deferential manner toward the
old man, the children understood that he
must be a very great or wealthy person.
for usually the policemen were very harsh
with old, sick people in the park and
either hustled them into an ambulance OF
ordered them to go home.
Yes, sir. I'll call a carriage at once for
you" And away he FASTENED to the park
telephone station.
When the old man was awaiting the
carriage he called TO the little boy who
had shown such an interest in him and
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
Shrimp

by Ruth hirschstein, Aged 10 Years. se0i
Grand Avenue, Omaha Red Side.
Whep L brought my pussy homo to live
at our house he was 30 hanesick that ho
would eat nothing. Finally mamma opened
a can of shrimps and gave him some. IA
swallowed them whole ana then berred
Tor more So that is how he got his mama
AT night he holds concerts under NV
window with other cats. He despfseu dors
and one time he scratched a dog no hnrd
that the poor thing wenG Off whining
me 1 go out driving Shrimp always
likes to ride to the corner Once IN q Win.
he jumps up on the seat and ats basid.
me, but most always he prefers to lie undsr
the seat One afternoon I was readin9 In
the living room when I heard q ~reat
noise in the kitchen, and on going out 7
found all the rugs In the middle ~ The
room and Shrimp had q mouse In HE
mouth. Twice I hAve bought n 'hox ~
catnip for him and twice he has tumna6
up on the shelf and torn the box to pieo.a
in order to get the catnipG Then he SCAT
tered It all over the floor, ana IN tbs
morning when I came down stairn Ia
was rolling in it I wonder Why cats like
to roll in catnip7
Shrimp looks very much like a tisar.
His main color is grayish brown. then
over that color are black stripes. He Iook,
very wise and when q person looks NJ
him real hard he winks at them with his
big round eyes. he Is also very Tat and
lazy. r.
I don't think anybody in the city has
such q nice cat as I have Though hs n
sometimes cross he IL most always gentle
and playful
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
Two Friends

By Murl Beer, Aged II Years, Oakdale,
Neb. Blue Side.
It was the 9th day Of May. Many girls
were going to and from the opera house
in the town of Bellplaine. The next day
would be the close OF the school term, and
they were practicing, for they were the
graduates of the class Of 1902,
They were all happy but two girls. Why
were they not hsppy2 Because they were
thinking about being dressed alike But
Ethel (for that was the poor girls name),
whose mother had been taken suddenly i'll.
They money that was to go for Ethel's
dress would have to be given for the
medicine.
AS IT was in hard times, father
could not afford to buy a dress for each.
Tina was why these girls were unhappy.
They were walking from the opera house,
and when they came to the parting corner
they said a brief goodbye and zach went
on her way.
When Ethel got home she went to her
room and wept. Not because she did not
like to give up the money, but because
she was unhappy.
Just then there came a knock at the
door and in rushed Mae. Mrs. Moore said
that Ethel was In her room and would
see no one. What cared Mae Up the
stairs she skipped one or two at a time.
She flew into Ethel's room and threw
her arms around her neck and kissed her
several times.
oh! I'm so happy" burst out Mae. I've
a plan. You wear your white waist ana
black skirt and I wnl wear mine"
"oh, you dear, sweet girl. How could
you sacrifice so much p replied Ethel
"oh, I Just want to-" answered Mae
The next evening the two girls, Mae
and Ethel, looked the best, although their
dresses were plain.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11

Jean De Long, Ainsworth, Neb.
Irene Mccoy, Barnston, Neb.
Lillian Merwin, Beaver City, Neb.
Mabel Witt, Bennington, Neb.
Anna Gottsch, Bennington, Neb.
hilnnie Gottsch. Bennington. Neb.
Asnes Dahmks, Benson. Neb.
Marie Gallagher, Benkelman, Neb. (box I'D.
LA May, Central city. Neb.
Vera Cheney. Creighton, Neb.
Louis Hahn. David City, Neb.
Rhea Freidsll. Dorchester, Neb.
Eunice Bods, Fails city, Neb.
Ethel Reed, Fremont, Neb.
hulds LandouFg, Fremont, Neb.
Marion CaPps, Gibson, Neb.
Marguerite Bartholomew. G~othenburE, Neb.
LYDIA Roth, COS West KoeniE street. Grand
Ella vOs;. % West Charles street. Grand
Irene Costello. lis West Eighth street,
Grand Island, Neb.
Jessie Crawford g West Charles street.
Pauline Schultz. "a West Fourth street.
Grand Island, Neb.
Martha Murphy, s2S East Ninth street.
Grand Island. Neb.
Hugh Rutt, LAshara, Neb.
Hester Z. Rutt, Leshare, Neb.
Alice Temple, Lexington. Neb.
Ruth Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Anna Nelson, Lexington. Neb.
Edythe Kreitz, Lexington, Neb.
Marjorie Temple. Lexington, Neb.
Nl,G1 GT e. l 1se5 : st. LincOln' Nss,
Elsie Hamilton, a029 l. St.. Lincoln, Neb.
Irene Disher. 1000 L street. Lincoln. Neb.
Hughie Disher. 9oSO l. street, I~sincoln, Neb.
Louise stiles, Lyons, Neb.
Estelle Mcdonald, Lyons, Neb.
Milton Seller, Nebraska City. Neb.
Harry Crawford, Nebraska City, Neb.
Harvey Crawford. Nebraska City, Neb.
Lucille Hszen, Norfolk, Neb,
Letha Larkin, So. Sixth St., Norfolk, Neb.
Emma Marquardt. Fifth street and Madi-
son avenue, Norfolk. Neb.
Gerevieve NJ. Jones, North Loup, Neb.
Helen Goodrich, F10 Nicholas street, OmahS
Orrin Fisher, 1910 South Eleventh street.
Omaha.
Mildred Erickson. 27OS Howard street,
Omaha.
Oscar Erickson. 27Os Howard street
Om0ba.
Louis Raaoe. zoos North Nineteenth ave-
rue. Omaha.
Frances johnson. sss North Twenty-fifth
avenue. Omaha.
Marguerite johnson, 933 North Twenty
firth avenue, Omaha.
Mary Brown, z321 Boulevard, Omaha.
Eva Hendee, +02 Dodge street. Omaha
Juanita Innes, z7e9 Fort street, Omaha.
Jack Coad. Sis Farnam street. Omaha.
Lillian Writ. Ass Cass street, Omaha
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11

girll' cried Aunt Mary. looking severeiS
at May. Elsie could not bear that, but
she did pot say anything AT night she
could not sleep, for a voice seemed to be
saying, Tt is a lie; It Is a lie" Al last
she decided to tell her aunt about It. Who
is that3'' cried Aunt May. only me-
What do you want, dearier' oh, aunt
will you please forgive me? 1t was 1 who
broke the statue. not May" Tut, tut
dearie," said Aunt Mary. Il surely WIN
forgive you. Now go to bed" said Aunt
Mary. kissing her. Elsie went to bed feel
ing happier thar she ever did before.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
My First Trip to Grandpa's
Vera Ruby Barnum. Falls City. Neb., Box
527, Red Side.

vera RUBY Barnum. Falls City, Neb., Box
so, Red Side.
The morning for my journey arrived. I
got up at 4 O'Clock in the morning. All
was in a hustle for the buss was TO coma
after me at q. My mamma went with me
to the depot and bought my ticket to
Omaha, and I was to change cars there
for Fremont, where my grandma and
grandpa lived. SO I said good by and
away I went. ! reached Omaha about
n"@ i had a friend that met me At the
depot. He took me to the hotel for din
ner and after dinner he took me riding ON
the street cars. We went to the mark.
We walked around for a while. There was
a beautiful lake. with a lovely fountain
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11

Emile Brown, 822 Boulevard, Omaha
Meyer Cohn, sS Georgia avenue, Omaha
Ada Morris. S4A Franklin street, Omaha
Myrtle Jensen, 29O9 lizard street, Omaha.
Gall Howard. 472 Capitol avenue, Omaha
Helen Houck. 1875 Lothrop street, Omaha
Emerson Goodrich. 1910 Nicholas, Omaha
Maurice johnson, 1927 Locust st., Omaha.
Leon Carson, 1924 North Fortleth. Omaha.
Pauline Coad, S71S Farnam street, Omaha
Wilma Howard, 4723 Capitol Ave-, Omaha
Hilah Fisher, 1910 South Eleventh. Omaha
Mildred Jensen, 27o7 Leavenworth, Omaha
Edna Heden. 27S9 Chicago street. Omaha
Mabel sheifelt, 4sl4 North TWenty-nfth
walter Johnson. aOs North Twentieth
street. Omaha.
Emma cSrruthers. Sz1 North T~wenty-fif1
street, Omaha
Leonors Denison, The Albion. Tenth and
Pacific streets, Omaha.
Mae Hammond, O'Neill, Neb.
Msege l. Daniels, Ord. Neb.
Zola Beddeo, Orleans, Neb.
Agnes Richmond, Orleans, Neb,
Marie Fleming, OAceola, Neb.
Lolita Woods, Pawnee City, Neb.
Earl Perkins, ReddinEton, Neb.
Edna Ennis. Stanton. Neb.
Ethel EMS. Stanton. Neb.
Lena Petersen, z211 Locust street. East
Omaha.
Ina Carney, Sutton, Clay county, Nsh.
Clara Miller, Utica, Neb.
Mildred F. Jones. North Loup. Neb.
Alta Wilken. Waco. Neb.
Mae Grunks. West Point, Eeb.
Elsie stastuy. WILDER. Neb.
Frederick Ware, Winside. Neh.
Pauline Parks, York. Neb,
Edna Behling, YORK, Neb.
Mary Frederick, York, Neb.
Carrie B. Bartlett, Fontanelle, Ia
Irene Reynolds. Little Sioux, Ia.
Ethel Mulholland, Box n, Malvern. Ia
Eleanor Mellor. Malvern, la.
Ksthryne Mellor, Malvern, Ia
Ruth Robertson, Manila, Ia
Mildred Robertson. Manila, 10
Margaret b. Witherow, Thurman, Ia
RRFfhn MnHVnV r ID RnX N Mis-
souri, Valley, la.
Adlena Sorry, Monarch, Wyo. Box 50.
Fred Sorry, Monarch, Wyo.
John Barron, Monarch. Wye.
Edith Amend, Sheridan, wyo.
Pauline Squire, Grand. Okl.
Fred Shelley, 30 Troup street, RanBas
City, Kan.
Henry L Workinger. care Sterling Remedy
company. AtticA. Ind.
Charlotte Boggs, 27 South Fifteenth street,
Lincoln, Neb.
Helen Reynolds, Norfolk. Neb.
Helen Johnson, 34 South Seventeenth
street, Lincoln, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
A Picnic
BY Hester 2. Rutt, Aged 10 Years. Leshara
Neh. Blue Side.

BY Hester r. Rutt, Aged 10 Years, Leshara,
Neh. Blue Side.
I live at Leshara, Nsb., a nice town,
about & mile from the river. We have q
two-roomed school and the last a we
concluded to lave a picnic, by a creek
near the river. which was shaded with
trees. We went boat riding before dinner.
At II O'Clock, dinner was served. We had
fish for dinner. which was caught in the
creek on which We were boat riding. After
dinner, we girls concluded to go fareEooted
and go wading. The creek had a nice
sandy bottom. We splashed water all over
each other. We waded in water two feet
deep. This was great sport to all. At 6
o'clock we went home. \
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
How Esther Found a Home
BY Ruth Rhodes, Aged 7 Years, Basin
Wvo Red Side.

BY Ruth Rhodes, Aged Z Years, Basin,
Wyo. Red Side.
Esther was a little girl Of 10 She had
neither father nor mother. The people
with whom she was living were very
cruel, and mad her go out and beg for
money. One day as she was out, q little
girl named Edith saw her.
AS Edith was rich and very kind, and
she saw how poor the other little girl
was, she went up and asked the little girl
to tell her story. Esther said her father
and mother were both dead, and the lady
she was staying with, would beat her If
she didn't bring home as much money as
they wanted. Then Edith said:
MY name is Edith Brown. What is
your manner" To which Esther replied,
my name is Esther" And to her great
Joy Edith answered. well Esther you
shall come and live with us. So that is
how Esther found a home and they lived
happy ever after.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
The Fly Paper

BY Margaret Langdon, Aged 10 Years,
Gretna, Neb. Red Side.
Agnes had been playing all the morning
with the flies, that is catching flies and
putting them on the paper. Now. after
dinner Agnes had gone to sleep. All Of a
adder she found herself in a large room
and she was sitting in a large chair, when
& giant came in and said: Follow me"
and she followed him to another room,
where he snatched her up and stuck her
in a tub Of glue and on the first struggle
she awoke. And next day when she
passed the ny paper she did not laugh
when she saw a fly caught. but went and
pulled him out of IT. Her mother smiled
to think how kin she had become from q
dream which she would never forget.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11

In the center OF It. There were some boys
wading near the edge of the Lake I am
having a fine time. We took the car to
the union depot to catch the $50 train, but
we tarried too long at the park. I missed
my train, so I had to wait for the BIS
train, which I took for Fremont, where
they were waiting for me. / had a lovely
trip and was glad to see grandma and
grandpa. Sc ~..A.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
Honorable Mention.)
An Indian Story

BY Rector Searle, Aged 10 Years, ogalalla,
Neb. Red Side.
One day, in colonial times, an Indian
was captured. He was taken into a cave to
be shot.
The preacher was there. and hated to see
him shot, so, when\ the guards were look
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11

South Twenty-third Street, Omaha.
Red Side.
Elsie Woods mother was very sick. She
and her baby sister were TO go to the
country TO stay with an aged aunt until
their mother should be well. On arriving
at Aunt Mary's they were given a simple
supper and after saying their prayers were
put to bed.
The next day was very dull and Elsie
proposed a game OF tag. In running Elsis
knocked down a statue OF a little shep-
herdess. What a fix I'm in," she cried.
Il will tell aunt Mary tina sister May
did IL; May doesn't know anything"
Who did that?' cried Aunt Mary, May"
said . very weak voice you naughty
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11

We would like to receive more pictures of the contributors to the Chill
dreus Page, and some Of the Busy Bees have written that they would like to
see the pictures of the nw king and queen.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11

~ He BUSY BEES are just commencing their new contest fr the next
three months. Eunice Bode of Falls City, the new queen. is the
leader for the Blue side ant William Davis, tn new king, fol the
Red side The lew king is n Of the youngest of the little writer's
The editor was pleased to receive stories from a number of the older
Busy Bees this week, several Of whom have not sent in stories Tor SOM time
There were also some nw writers. and one of thesef forgot and wrote n both
sides of the paper
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11

Any of the Busy Bees MAJ send cards to anyone whose name is o tbs
Postcard Exchange, which now includes:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11

Prizes were awarded this week to Helen Miller of Fairmont, Nebr o the
Blue side, and to william Davis King Bee, o the Red side. Honor
able mention vas awarded to Rector searle or ogdala, Neb, o IN the Red side.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
The Little Laugh Maker

nee there lived a rich old man
who had spent all his life in the
accumulation of wealth and had
not taken time TO choose a
good and companionable wife
who might become the mother
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
Elsie's Lesson

BY Bessie Jackson. Aged y Years, so
South Twenty-third Street, Omaha.
Red Side.