Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-21

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1T pays to be good"
The Part the Horse Has Played in
the War.
clara Ahrens, Age H. kehawka aeb.
The horse is the Best farm animal
we lhate-one of the fiiost trasty,
too.
| aiii going to Try and tell yen
what the horse has done To help win
The war. Our faithful horse, III sun
shine OF fain, is ever ready 10 help
us. When the cali fer horses for
war came, many Of the best horses
lii eut eeuntry were sent 10 CAMPS
Of across the sea to the ffeft. Did
the horse refuse to go? Mel At
BIS masters bidding away he went.
Perhaps some would have liked 10
remain In his 6wn bone, But this
WAS not the plan. Not emily have
they gone 10 camp and to the ffeht
to help, but right at home during the
terrible heat OF summer they have
worked day after day, blowing, disk
ing, narrowing, binding, hayins> and
moving, i'll this way raising our
food, which was so necessary in
winning this war.
Other horses have been hitched TO,
d Buggy and have taken people to
places 10 gel ffohey for the Y. NJ.
c. A., Red Cross and other organi-
cations 10 help win the war
Wien stormy, II It had not been
for the hefse, wien people were
planning to &c. Somewhere, as to a
War Savings Stamp meeting, what
wouid we have done?
The forse has Carried many wom-
en- to the Red Gloss work rooms to
make the needed supplies.
Did the horse refuse to haul the
big gufis they use in the war? Did
the horse refuse t6 90 In the cav
airy? 1t was Absolutely iieeessafy
to have the horse In the war: There
are many biasss Is go with horses.
The big trucks ana ears are deing
some 81 the heavy wefk, But the
horse can n6t Be spared ehtiftly.
II this animal has dene 90 ifiheh far
Us, should We Not be more echsid-
crate OF his wants? ,..s
We shotld think Of him as OF our
boys-==he has done his Bit ii this
fight fef dehioeraey.
Captured by ths indians
Nellie Mcclendon, Age 10. Genoa Nebr.
Once upon time there was
family who were very poor. The
father and mother had to work out
BY tie day. They had a little girl
about 10 years old, ana then a lit
tie baby. One day the father and
mother vent out i'll the woods TO
cut 1ood. and left the little girl 1t
ho,ne With lie Baby. That dsy The
little girl baked 10 pumpkin pies.
Pretty so5n she heard 4 noise out
side. she thought. il was her ia
thet and mothet. She unlocked the
door and there stood s5tiit indians.
Some Of the Indians wets looking
III the window and saw the BABY.
They went III and got II and stated
off toward the woods With IL. TIE
little girl wanted to Ett il but she
did not kfi6w. how, Then she hap
pefsd Is think Of the pumpkin pies.
Then she ran 10 get then, and gave
them IL the Indians, 50 she get the
baby Back. When her felix's fe-
turned hoine they said Is hef, YOU
are brave girl
Well will close now fot, my letter
is getting long. By BY Busy Bees.
How the DOG Saved the Child.
Once there was a little girl and
she ofttimes played by the river.
One day when she was playing by
the river she saw pretty shell IN
the water. The water did not look
very deep, but it was;~ and as, she
stopped over to get ii she fell IN:
The dog that she ofttimes played
WITH; Bruno, for that was his maine,
when he saw her yellow curls dsap-
pear he plunged in after her. He
caught ahold Of her pink dress and
dragged her to shore and her father
treated him as though he were
child after that.
First Letter.
ehsstet chapbsi Age Al, kshs@kA Fsb.
| 40 to Grove school We do
fnafiF things in school. One day
Inv teaeher told me. that I eeuid 60
Ii piek flowers. On the way we
saw many dandeiions along the road.
WHEN We feaehesd the place Tor
Which We had Started we Damned
the creek and went across.
We scared rabbit out OF the
weeds and made it run. We then
found a patch of violtts, ana we
picked a big BOUQUET OF, the way
back to the school house. we went
up on top Of straw stack. From
there we went to the bridge and
vent under II, for il was 1 cement
bridge. We returned. having seen
many things on our trip to get flow
efs.
Has Play Room.
BY sylvia Anderson, Age s. Box 81, Ben
son Neb Route 7.
/ have got playroom and there
are "a dolls in there. ] have q num-
Der of books. ! have a little lamp
and the globe is red. have two
stands to put my books on. ! have
a little rocking chair for some OF
the little dolls and three more be-
sides the other. | have only one
brother. He il. l6 years old. | am
years old. wish some of the
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