Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-13
BEHOLDS COTTAGE ON LOT
How Bees Booklovers' Contest AT
fected One Man.
PEACEFUL SCENE AROUsEs BUG
Dreamer Thinks About Going out ana
Setting Himself on Trail 20 Find
the Right Girl for His
Heart.

Nesting back from the sidewalk amons
majestic trees a cottage rested peacefully
under a halo that was almost material TO
the man across the street as he stTolled
under the shade OF stond oaks. A breeze
from the southland was waited across the
neat porch OF the cottage and smiled upon
the fragrant flowers of a vine that crert
unpretentiously up the stone supporting
pillars. A bird hoped IN the caves of the
porch and chlrped a few words to its mate,
who twidded a small straw that chung
tightly in a crack of a shingle.
A gasoline stove blazed in the kitchen
cool and clean, while q sweet scent Of
frying victuals blew out the door In the
parlor a man glanced through the domestic
details Of an evening paper and paused to
CLEAN the box scores. child tugged at
a rocking chair and let a large doll fall
to the floor. A dog pulled at the child :
dress, and-hut just then the man who
was beholding this scene was awakened
from his reverie by the abrupt entrance
Of a friend into his office
Looking Ont for Lot.
Gee YOU rather startled me, van," he
gasped. II have just been having a sort
Of dream Was reading about this Omaha
| Bees BoOklovers' contest and was thinking
that had won the third prize-a building
| lot-and had erected on It little cottage,
! Thought l was married, and was Just
picturing a scene at my delightful home,
/ Gee, old fellow, this marriage bug surely
does get hold of a fellow, doesn't It, Said
/ never would tie up, but do you know
when l see a chance to get a free lot like
this one offered in The Bee contest l am
almost persuaded to start out to find the
| right girl"
You're right. Harry. thought you
would get the dope after while. hav,
been trying these puzzles in The Rec my
self and think am going to win the lot.
do not own my home you know, but fee
that could afford TO, build one IL had
q lot. Guess you had better study those
puzzles a little harder or else I'll bes
you out"
Fine $500 Building Lot.
This lot, which was the subject Of thii
conversation is located in A. p, Turkey &
Sons Her addition lying between Omahi
and South Omaha II Is valued at $500 ant
goes as the third prize in The Bees Book
lovers contest. There are three othe
Erand prizes and thirty-five cash consola
ton awards The first prize is an Appersor
Jack Rabbit touring car 1t is a mode
four-thlrty with five-passenger capacity
1t may be seen at the Apperson sale
rooms, ll02 Farnam street The secon
prize is magnificent eighty-elght-not
kimball playeF-piano, It Is exhibited a
the store Of a. Hospe, 1918 Douglas street
The fourth prize is a 500 Columbia Grafo
nola, Regent" and $50 worth Of the lates
records. The cash prizes are: Five of 81
ten of s. and twenty OF s.
The contest has been running for min
days, the ninth picture appearing in mi
issue, II Is never too late to enter thi
game for the coupons In answer to IN
pictures are not TO be mailed until IN
seventy-five Illustrations have been printe,
p Coupons and pictures that contestant
have missed may be obtained at the bus
, ness office Of The Bee. Catalogues cor
taining 5000 titles from which the sugget
| tons for the contest pictures were take
may be obtained at the business office ID
' % cents or by mail for 30 cents The,
S booklets are great aid to the solutio
of the puzzles.