Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-03

OF stricken European families, was evf-
denced just before the close Of school
dren OF the seventh grade Of Lothrop
school.
Their teacher. Miss ziilah Anderson.
suggested that for their composition work
sonifyiRg, II they cared to, the toys that
were sent aboard the ship. Each eenl-
position as turned In finally without out
side assistance in any manner was a very
fine example OF English grammatical con.
struction and literary ability for ohtl-
dren OF their years. Among tho little
none ' Of them over IL years, who contrib
uted stories arc Dorothy johnson, Mil
dred Benson, Mildred Parks. Mary Il.
IRE. Lois Thompson and Emily Ross.
Two OF the stories are printed here.)
The Story of O Little Tin Soldier.
By Lois Thompson, 1924 Sherman Avenue,
Omaha. Aged II Years
am a little tin soldier about eight
inches high. My name. or rather what
my little master called me. is Bobby. L
always have on a nice blue suit with
black hat. and / have a red gun. too
a pretty one. think. because II has
SHAY gold trigger on Il.
One afternoon my little master came In
and picked me up. ! heard him say to
his mother; II am going TO send Bobby
10 Europe on the Christmas Ship Some
little boy will need him worse than do"
So tho very next morning I was wrapped
In paper, but II was very thin. so I could
see through It. In that manner ! left
my old horne. II seemed 10 mo as though
we weut an awfully long way. but pretty
soon We came 10 a big building that
my little master called school" and then
We went up some steps and then up soaie
stairs into reom. ! was put IN corner
with a bot Of otiIeF things.
After feRE time a man eanas and put
us all into a truck aud we redo quite
Ions time. but pretty soon We wore pm
In a big train and travelled great dis
tanee. Fhe only excitement We had 90
earreS enc night The Teddy Bear. with
whom l was packed. sot into a quarrel
with celiuleid doll. but they finally
made up. After we had Travelled a leng
tinne we arrived In New York and were
taken off and / was packed zap again In
box with other companions. dia not
pay much attention 10 them till we were
loaded ON the ship,
But first I must tell you what happened
when we were heing taken from the train
10 the ship, We were loaded on a big
truck and were going awfully fast when
Sa4ar$ty. bump! we rolled off on the
pavement. Oh, -myl how II HURT We lay
there awhile. but pretty soon the man
that ran the truck eanae along and pscked
Us up Rgain and loaded US on the truck.
Away No went but Il wasn't very Enueh
fun After awhile We were taken cut and
pat on the ship
There were a great many other bundles,
but they we're all wrapped up In thick
paper. was just eonEratulatlng myself
that ! could see cut Nhen a man came
along and wrapped us UP Ny. how dark
and hot Il was said as much cut loud,
and then ! heard a little far-off valoe
behind me saying
IF you Will open me up auicR I win
help you
I turned around hut Il being so aarE,
I couldn't see we'll had 20 feel around,
bat I couldn't find anything, so l said.
I can't find you." and tban heard the
little far-off voice cay. Here I ana
After hearing this. u was not hard TO
tnd a. When I laid my hand en- the
box and pressed spring, there was a
Jumptng Jack. Who came up with such
. eNaoN ~ AHoNAcQ = tl0lu tuIOlHu tuC
paper. You may imagine that was very
happy because I could see cut The ship
eoInHaeneed 10 move slowly and than
came tho R9fuleet ssreechlng noise Non
ever heard, and had a terrible Tina
keeping my diSaitv rs soldier. because
was very much scared. ! heard after4
ward Il was only a whistle the ship hIea
whenever Il started. when the noise
came. you flny be sure We were all
scared. hut when I heard a faint scream
turuod around. thinktnB samefhinE
awful had Thappeucd. but IL vas ofsly q
Frensh doll tried % taIk % hnE. hut
she seeuIad very much stuck up ana
woxld not say anythius fov fear ss.s
would muss up her dress ana hair. After
We were well on our way. things ceased
TO be exciting until all the toys got ac-
quaintod.
] II was then that I found out who was
IN my boa, There was . baby doll. who
every time the boat rocked cried.
"Mamma." The first time she cried I
was not a little scared. because I was
lust settling down for a nice nap
One night Ne were all very depressed
and tired. when We heard music ana