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Kules For Young Writers. 1—Write piainly on one side of the paper only, and numhber the pages. 2—Use pen and ink, not pencil 3—Short and pointed articles will given preference. Do not use over 2i words. 4—Original stories or letters only Will be used. 5—Write your name, age and addreas plainly at the bottom of the story. POETRY. she Most Wonderful Face in ‘the World. THE V’f rpm / KWA&KE C:RCLE Boys’ and Giris’ Department. therg appeared to us a yoyng fellow wn.hel. sack on his back and a stick in his hand. He looked to be a Scout. My father asked him why . he was tramping in the Woods all alone. He said he went on a hike with some Scouts and was left behind. Then he went bome with us’ When he told us where he lived, my father hitched up the horse and took him to the camp where he was be. 50 staying. The scouts were glad to see him_in camp. JOSEPH OGUSCHEWITZ, Age 12. Mansfield. % The most wonderful face in the world! A THp te Newstk - . g e ; Dear Uncle Jed: Last year my mother What & 1“nndertul face for & child to e O Tk, !‘:e‘"; u; y horig theater and | v places# I also went in the And yet, who among us would venture thi e e ooty ety to say His dear eyes are blue eyes? Or ai they a gray? And just how tall is he? how fat? How long are his whiskers? swer me that! Now isn't it strange that this old friend of years Should get us all mixed on just how he appears? Why, ves, we've all seen him and known him, it seems, In multiplied visions and manifold dreams; We've met him by fireside, in shop and in street, A seeking the joy of his promis sweet. Each My Santa Claus? Say, he’ paraded gr My happy voung heart just went wal- lowing in It thrilled And—well, just Please an- me completely to. hear him There are many parks, but the street that I was on is a_ business street. one side there are pushearts and on the other side there are nice big storés. Some_streéts are pretty. LILLIAN COHN, Age New London. 7 re Our Farm. Dear Uncle Jedy I ‘thought I would write you a letter telling you about the farm. There are many things to tell about it. ¢ - My father's farm has 250 acres. .The | pasture have lots of stones and trees in them, and there is a big huckleberry lot where I can go huckleberrying in the summer. The mowing lots' are quite smooth but are stoney to plow. In back of. my house there i8 am orchard. I do not like to rake hay in that lot because the 'branches hang down too low. On the opposite side of the road from the house is the big cow barn, with the horse barn on one end and & shed on the other. My father has three horses and 25 cows and I pitch down the hay and feed the cows every mornnig and night, and I run’the milking machine at night. There are five calves and one bull that I es i | ryised. . Of course We've seen faces of handsomer | ‘I have a bicycle and I have lots of fun cast riding on it. One day I thought I would Revealed in rare sculpture from ages!zo to Coventry on it because my father long past, was going there with a load of wood. But no face of Legend, of Art or ofl " {p the road from my house is-where Truth q the Johnsons live. It is fun £ go up there Has ylelded more thrills to the glad heart of Youth. Somehow, where the fact of old San appears, Bad changes all tears. There Doubt can not be—Oh, he shrinks | ., from a Doubt. . Leaves nothing behind him and just hu rics ~at! He loves a Bellever—I've seen him go hack To give ¥eliever mere toys from his pack F'was then I rejoiced to behold his old face— He chuckled so loud that he shook the whole place. 8till, sometimes ch And wh wise! nges eyes. But one thing he can't change—in spirit or ‘Btyle— That joy ~William Herschell in Indianapol! News. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO THE WIDE- AWAKES. There are not many of the Wide- Awakes who are not familiar with the They know it as the| cedar or the pine as it grows in the woods before it is cut down to Chri: fir, mas the tree. be decorated with cdndles, tinsel, electri lights and loaded with gifts. Christma of so much interest to children her abouts even before it is decorated as is to those who live in the big where such trees do not grow or in par of the country where they are not to be it is a merry it blazons forth found. and witl packages, To all, dazz] however, ght as ations and its The Christmas tree is by no means an 40 good and smiles banish 1 think the old saint s as well—just to baffle the of all ages—his Santa Claus Thus the s tree in itself is not the object cities surprise | sheep and killed one large sheep. on my bicycle and visit them. you will like my letter. CHARLES L. BROWN, Age 13. Eagleville. I hope ta Seeing the King. Dear Uncle Jed: Once there was a king wanted to visit a town in the south of the United States and being anxious to see something of the country took a solitary walk. He came to a hay field where there was only a woman at work. The king asked where all the rest were. She said that they were all gone to town to see the king. “WHy didn’t you go with them?” asked the king. “Oh,” said the 6ld woman, “I won't walk three yard to see thesking. Besides they have lost a day's work by goinz and am too poor to do that with two chil- en to feed.” The king slipped a $10 bill in her hand and said. “When the rest come back teil them tnat while they were gone to see the king the king came to ‘see you.” LOUIS LAFRAMBOISE, Age 11. Erooklyn. - I dry is Enjoyed the Fair. Dear Uncle Jed: It was just a few weeks ago that I went to a fair. 1 saw many cows, horses, oxen, ponies, one goat and a parade. I wish you were there to see it. They had many lovely things to eat, and the winning of teddy bears and kewple dolls. There were stores of can- day and everything lovely. It was un- usually good. When we got hore again a friend took ic {me to Riverside park, and the rest of tha night I enjoyed myself as I did at the fair. BEATRICE H. FULLER, Age 12. | Westerly. it Sheuld Keep Dogs at Home. Dear Urncle Jed: 1 want to tell you about the bad dogs that are running around the country. Last Tuesday night (Dec. 7) the dogs got into our flock of Wed- .| nesday morning when I went out into the field I saw wool all over the ground. Then ts k S ) ist. | I found the sheep With her meck and back American idea in ',‘nnnnct!on with Christ- all bitten up and the wool all torn off of mas. It is an ancient institution, hav-|}er and she was dead. T think (0% ewe. ing been popular in Burope since the middle ages at the very least whil learned men disagree as to whether i real origin should be traced to the tree or to one of the old custams of the Roman of life in Scandinavian mythology, harvest festlval, the Saturnalia. The bringing of the custom to Amer- to German immigrants Pennsylvania many vears ago and perhaps also to the Dutch | It has gained a firm and fast hold in this country and domesticated. In most of the homes Where there are chil- fea credited who brought it to is settlers in New York. has Dbecome thoroughly ers ought to keep th dogs at home. CARL A. KINMONTH, Age-11. Ledyard. le ts Ouf Christmas Entertainment. Dear Uncle Jed: We are going to have a Christmas play. I will tell you about it. The first sccne is Fairyland. The fairies come.dancing in aad singing. After they are through ~eing Christmas Stocking comes in. # re will be twe scenes. The bo-s fter the Christ- mas tree and e gicls will go after the greens to decorate le school room. The namies of the fairiss will be: Arder- ican fairy, French fairy and English fairy. dren, and in many where there are not, |In the second scene Bottr, Billy and Jack Chet - L iare three school children who will deco- T aree 18 10 bp found o'\h|rate the Christnas tree. After they are s peculiar charm. It yneans muc three decorating the tres, Fathur Christ- the life of every child, and it is proba-|mas gng Christmas Stecking enter. ble that most of tha boys and girls in the Wide-awake Circle who wants one But with it or without it it is sincerely hoped that ealh and ev- wiil have it ery one will have a Merry Christmas. WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS, 1-—Charles Brown, of The Auto Boys' Camp. 2—Catherine C. Hayes of The Campfire Girls in the Mountains. 3-—Joseph Oguschewitz of Mansfield— The Auto Boys' Vacation. 4—Lillisn Anderson of The Camplfire Girls at the Seashore. 5—Milton Kibbe of Boy Scouts’ Champion Recruit. 8—Lucy Dugas of Campfire Girls on ‘the Farm. T—FEarle M. Potter of Windham—The Boy Scout Pathfinders 8—Carl Kinmouth Auto Boys' Race Winners of prize books living Thursday. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Ruth Perry of Putnam—I received the me entitled The Campfire Girls on the Farm, and am very 1 have started the I thank prize book you sent much pleased with it. story and find it interesting. you very much for it. Clarence G. Young of Danielson—I thank you very much for my prize bool I have read It almost through and it very good Marion Kenyon of Westerly—I bok. . It was very nice, LETTERS WRITTEN DY WIDE- AWAKES. 3 Lost in the Woods. Dear Uncla Yod: writing you story about being lost in the woods. One day my fath the woods to look my father anfl went with my _dog, some trees. out help. 1T cailed back and said be there” I went to my father and tol nim. We ivent in the direction Piles Cured In 8 to 14 Days Drug%m- refund money if INTMENT falls to cure itchin o TR BEagleville—[and it will end at 9 o'clock. Norwich— Brooklyn— Eagleville—The Versailles—The of Ledyard—The in the city can obfain them by calling at The Bulletin business office after 10 a. m. on hayve been a long time thanking you for the in the woods |going on-in .2 & looking for birds' nests, when I stddenly -heard someone call for T'll soon 1 Where: we heatd the sound. In a littie While PAZO ™ lind, ik After they are through talking the three fairies come in and dance o fairy dance. We are going to make it a very festive time. : We will do our bést and’make our dear tencher hroud of us All‘the children will have Christas picces 'and Christtoas songs. The playy will begin at’ 7 ‘o'clock We will i Wit! sing Tte tave the tableau last and we, Rtar Spangled ®Banner. MILTON H. KIBBE, Age.9. Eagleville. Making Someone Happy. Dzar Uncle Jed: I had a pleasant af- ternoon at thy Sunday -school ~teacher's home last Saturday. so I want to tell you about it. 8 One day during the week I received a pretty Christmas eard .from’ my teacner telling me to come to her house with the other hoys of The cless on Saturday after- noon and bring the card and other - pic- tures, if 1 had any, because we -were go- ing to make someore happy by making a scraphook for their Christmas. I was pleased,. so I found some more cards and cut out some pretty. pictures from magazines so-that I had 30 in all. There were four boys there and-we took turns pasting and cvtting the pictures. We did not finish, so We are going again some other aftermoon. After we finished working our teacher played the Vietrola and piano and seryed us with cocoa and wafers. Wetall had-a good time. . EARLE M. POTTER,"Age 8. ‘Windham. % k. is My Trip to New York. B Dear Uncle Jed: Here is a story -that I think will please you, about my trip‘to New. York. gL . One Sunday my uncle came!dawn, my ;house. : He_ asked .me ff I “couid back to New York with him. *I:said would. have to ask my fatner if go. B So I asked my father and he could go. Then my uncle askes could stay a. weel, and I saic 1 coul over, Christmas, then I could seg: what ew._Verk at Christmias,sime: I was so glad that § céwld go‘j:hf; uncle. £ % iy So'1 got mywelf ready and.on Monday 3 1d o morning we started. - First.-my father, us to the station. We went. to: | tickets and then we heard ' the ing. . So we went near the track aboard. It whs very warm in 1 rain, 50 we took off our coats and took one seat. Soon the.train started and we saw in the fleld through. the win- . BAW. many, of thihgs, the movirg pictures. Then we went home m,l knew nothing more nE. < mmn "MACPHERS: “FOR QUAU’W" Gifts of Furs Bring Chri _ To give a Fur Coat is particulary inviting when you _ purchase one at the great savings presented in our special - sale. They are the best values we ha to give this entire season. Ladies’ Fur Coats of selected skins, insuring ua ice. Prices now $195.00 to $500.00. i N Fur Muffs too, to match that Fur Scarf, at prices that are really attractive, offering a wide range of pricés and a very - complete selection, Prices now range from $ t0 $100.0% Charming Fur Scarfs, nothing so smart as a soft Fur Scarf, We offer a complete assortment of them at especially attrac- tive prices. Useful Gifts For Men You are again face to face with the question—“What Shall I Buy for Him ?” Weé'most emphatically declare you'll will make a strong until the néxt Truthfulness. ficle Jed: I am writing you a ory about truthfulness. It was the day after Tom's birthday. He, with his ball, which was a gift from his grannie, went ‘out to the garden to play. But all of ‘aisudden, with - crash,“the ball went through the win- Poor little Tom became frightened and pale, but he said to himself as he brush- ed a igar away, “I won't tell grannie because it wasn't my fault, it wae the naughty old ball"” At.bed time when grannte came - holiday . room to put out the light | who broke the window., ‘ “It was I, grannie,” answered the Mt- the boy with a catch in his voice. i “You must remember,” cautioned gran- ve beendbh 1s more precious than silver or zoldy’ ‘<Y FLORENCI Autoblography of a Silver Star, Dear Uncle Jed: I will now introduce you...I am the silver star that a Christmas tree. the forest. One day I heard a noise it sounded like a buzz. ‘After a while I felt'a snap and I was lying on the ground. I.was chopped into pieces and dragged down the hillside un< til I rolled into the river. down the stream until I was hanied upon the bank waiting to go to the mill to be made into paper pulp.’ ‘Later to be presse st¥ods high o 10.00 and. up I then floated' ed between hot rollers until 1 was firm and dry. After that I was ready for my silver dressing which was firmly pasted on making me ready to be cut into the shape of ‘a star to adorn gome Christ- I was packed very closely into a box Wwith ninety-nine other stars just like ‘We were+taken on a long train journey to a large city. We could not tell wheré we were going until we ar- rived in & wonderful store, which was filled with toys of every description. One day a little boy’s mother came bought me. She said she wanted to surprise her little boy by 'D:eteting me at;the top of 'his Christmas : 7 The clerk wrapped me up in tissue pa- Then the .lady carried” me around with her,. while she bought the little boy’s present. When she got home she put me in a box until Christmas eve. Christmas eve came. I was delighted. They brought me out from my hiding place and put me on the top of a fir tree .that, had been my friend in I watched her put the glitfering balls “on the, tree below me, and the wreaths of tinsel and festoons of popcorn were also on the tree with me. Then the lights were put on and I slept until the next morning. ed by a loud shout, into the store and. find the answer at Macpherson’s. ‘Here is a store so arranged and so thoroughly stocked that it appeal to you. An intelligent service born of a long experience in catering to the style whims of men, will be of vast assistance to you—and he never had too much of anything that bore the trade label of MACPHERSON’S. SILK MUFFLERS ACCCRDION SILK MUFFLERS. . .. $6.50 to $15.00 FANCY SILK MUFFLERS . PAJAMAS OUTING FLANNEL PAJAMAS. . .. .. $3.00 to $5.00 SILKPAJAMAS ...........0l..... $8.00 to $12.00 GLOVES MEN’S DRESS GLOVES........... $2.50 to $8.00 MEN'S WOOL GLOVES. ... ...... $1.00 to $2.50 MEN'S AUTCMOBILE GLOVES. ... $2.50 to $8.50 MEN’S FUR LINED GLOVES...... $8.50 to $20.00 MEN'S UMBRELLAS _..... IES’ COL SIK. .}, LADIES’ BLACK UMBRELLAS . LI\ADIES HOSIERY LADIES’ SILK HOSE . . LADIES' WOOL HOSE ... +....... $2.50 to $3.00 LADIES’ HOLEPROOF HOSE. .. . ... 'HANDKERCHIEFS MEN’S INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS. . ....... $1.00 EW’S Plain Linen HANDKERCHIEFS—75¢ to $2.00 NECKWEAR FOUR-IN-HAND SCARFS ............ 75c to $3.50 KNITTED SILK TIES ............. $1.00 to $6.50 SHIRTS SOFT NEGLIGEE SHIRTS . ALL SILK SHIRTS .............. $6.50 to $15.00 HALF HOSE PLAIN SILK HALF HOSE. ......... $1.00 to $3.00 LISLE HALF HOSE ................ 50c to $1.00 CASHMERE HALF HOSE ........... 75¢c to $1.25 SILK AND WOOL HALF HOSE. : UNDERWEAR MEN'S UNION SUITS ........... $2.00 to $12.00 MEN'S WOOL UNDERWEAR. . ... . $2.00 to $6.00 MEN'S COTTON UNDERWEAR. .. $1.00'to $1.50 SWEATERS MEN’S SWEATERS .............. $5.00 io $20.00 BOYS’ SWEATERS .............. $5.00 to $11.00 LADIES’ SWEATERS ........... $12.00 to $20.00 3 HEADWEAR MEN'S SOFT HATS ........ MEN'S-STIFF HATS ............. $6.00 to $12.00 .- $1.50 to $5.00 . $10.00 to $20.00 BATH ROBES, HOUSE COATS, DRESSING. GOWNS FLANNEL ROBES ............... $6.50 to $25.00 WOOL ROBES ................ $25.00 to $28.00 SILK HOUSE GOWNS .......... $35.00 to $60.00 1 was awaken- “Merry Christmas. $2.00 to $8.50 Oh, mother, see the pretty star.” All the day long the little boy had many visitors who all admired me. By night I ‘was pretty tired, shone all the day long. About midnight the little ‘boy's mother took me and put me into a box to rest. I am still here anxiously waiting for an- other Christmas to come. -DOROTHY BLACK, Age 14. . $1.25 to $2.00 Anticipating Christmas. 2 Dear Uncle Jed: We are going to have. a Christmas play. I will tell you about it now. There are three fairies, Father Christmas, “Christmas fairy, Betty, Billy I am going to have two Christmas The name of one is Jack Frost, and the other one is On Christmas Day.. I will tell you the names of some of other ones, too. Tree and another The First Christmas Tree in’ New England. My mother is coming to the entertain. We are going to have a Christ- mas tree and the room is going to be aacorated with greens. ing to decorate it. My sister is going to have a plece nam- ed-A Christmas Song. The play is going to_begin at seven ANNIE ELIZABETH SWANSON, Age .. $3.00 to $15.00 . $12.00 to $25.00 . $4.00 to $8.50 . $2.50 to $5.00 The girls are go- .. $1.50 ... $6.00 to $20.00 Dear Oncle Jed: Christmas was draw- ing near, and the children were gaily preparing fo rthis festival, Jessie was go- MEN’S U LADIES’ — 20c to 50c MEN’S FU bevees.. 35¢ to $1.50 ing to her- grandmother’s house and was slowly gaining: her health for she had been confined to her bed, and was' yet So when at the end or the week she was completely well, she ‘was very glad. . three days before Her mother was taken {ll and word was sent to her “Dear Darling Grannie,”(a name given her by Jessie) not to come to get her. irl was .terribly disappointed and at kst she sobbed contindlal ‘f but when the trained nurse told her that her moth- er needed quiet, she at once ceased. Then ! When at hight she went to bed, she knelt by the window and prayed that she might have a.nice Christ 3 WOOL HOUSE WOOL HOUSE .. $20.00 to $40.00 oeeo. . $10.00 to $25.00 SILK and VELVET HOUSE.COATS, $35.00 to $60.00 J. C. MACPHERSON OPPOSITE CHELSEA SAVINGS BANK ristmas and that her mamma might be better. Christmas day dawned bright and early and grandma called to see her daughter. The nurse told her she was better and would soon be well, but that Jessie made quite a little noise, so grandma Propos- QUALITY CORNER hould go home with her to child readily agreed. She had a nice Christmas dinner ana with all her little cousins, aunts and un- cles. At night when the tree was light- ed, they played games. lents were delivered and night the tired God for His kindness. LILLIAN ANDERSON, and Helen's was pink, and they had bon- nets' too. They could hardly wait un- til after breakfast, so anxious were they 10 dress up in their new clothes. “You couldn’t have given us anything that we would have liked better, Aunt Kate,” said Hadge. And Aunt Kate nev- er again had to lend her dresses. LUCY DUGAS, Age 11. The lion said, *Ho, Ho! idea of you doing something for me But the lion let the mouse go, long after the lion was caught in a net the huniers had set. get away The ropes grew, tighter, The mouse heard the came running to him. bit the ropes fast and shoe near the fireplace. Next morning, | invented ™ he asked himself. “I looking into her shoe, she found a letter |for the single purpose of destroying This letter she soon found out | race. Deas me!” After & few: Mo|l.lie entered. r brother, who for two years ought had oeen drowned. liked this news better than moments the customers - When_he tried to Then the pres- admired. At zirl thanked her dear Quietly and thoughtfully they And the mouse R they were un- "u'l_tol!:[d MARGIE GAHAN, Ape 3. * Voluntown. Ti;a lion and the mousg were always happy. HORTENSE 1. PHILLIPS, Age 8. My Trip to Springfleld. Dear Uncle Jed: My aunt came to visit BEdith and|me and decided to take me back with play. with. fher. I was to start on the next morn- The Kittens. Dear Uncle Je?: We had a very sncw white cat ‘and we called it Snowball, One morning. we couldn’t find her. ed high and low. A Grand Surprise, Dear Uncle Jed: Helen had plenty of dolls to tainly was a close call " They had a baby house. a pair of tame|ing train that left the depot at 7 o'clock, TPDhits and n i das r The New England Thief-catcher. I am’telling you a England thief- CATHERINE C. HAYES, Age 14 nd by she.came to rwich. the: door: and *We et her tin Amd she brought another cat in with her. went out again and came back with kitter in her mouth and wg folk and she led us down to the cella found 11 kittens there. . | MARION KENYON, Age M. Thow rol'ad hoop, {80 I had to hurry and help mother pre- and made mud|pare for my journey. ‘dnyning eise. the; played keepin, pies, but beite liked to dress u dresses ‘and play the: Kate did not like ‘t: for they were always'dusty when re. turned to her, and sometimes w and it was a-good deal them on the little g they did: not fit, and. Soon my clothes Dear Uncle Jed: were packed in a trunk and I was so ex- cited I could hardly eat my supper. Then 'y were ladies:. Aunt nnim,umlx ':mnt zl; to ?ed early be- dresses, I would bave a long journey. :fit“ momhiidl woke andsdressed myself ssible. My brother took where we got Plasning Christmss Entertalnmest. #Dear Uncle Jed: We are 10 have Christmas enterfaitment at our " Once there were three thieves who lived in_a hole, in a giant tree in Cali- fornia. .They slep: all day and ‘at night they would go around the city and rob different ™ Stores and . houses. -At time there was a visitor who came from New England to a summer resort, and had heard of these'thieves. One morning he went out to the woods to see the different hardwood trees. Sud- denly three men running forward, sur- rounded him, and tried to rob him and kill him. He begged them mot to, S0 they only robbed him o2 his money. He also asked them ‘to come-the following night to visit him, .and they promised him t same day when he reached home he ran to the police station and told them of his trouble in the woods and that the’ thieves: were to visit him the following night. were busy eating at the table with this man the policemen entered caught the thieves and hung them to a telegraph ,ole.. . This epded the. lives of the thieves, and troubles of the people. AMELIA STRENKOWSKI, Age 13. as quiokly as us to the depot whe Soon ‘the frain came in and I got in and the sleevés were too | 890N ™Y aunt came in after me. It took ndaunt did not know |Us about half an hour to reach Spring- ¢hildren when they going to speak Christmas songs. Some 1 of trouble to put’ rls, 167 of cotimse A Close Call. “What shalle¥ I surely wi} be killed and sold.” sadly gobbled a turkey that was inside of a crate in a meat market. ever born, only to be eaten up #by « greedy people? and he lay discos y of the box, watching the door With his beady eyes. Just at that momenigdt swung open and in walked a tall man with a tyo scenes to it ¢ My brother and I am Dear Uncle Jed how. to refuse “the begged .80 hard, “Make’ a train. on m; would always say, and we are going v dress,” Madge | 1oV We rode about three miles to fhen Hdith ana [my ‘aunt's house. We “went Hel;n would beg for trains, too." T sh there Were-trains to your ewn|ate dinner. - About 2 o'clock We went to houss. I sat and read awhile, then we such is my fate! said Aunt Kate, “them wouldn't want' mine 85 often, ?m. % your dresses fitted us, 1 -the waists ‘are too|er & Forest Park. There we saw monkeys, bears, tigers, camels, buffaloes, anteat. ¢rs, foxes, ‘'wolves, parrots and many oth- We stayed until about 5 o'- Then we got on the upueyi'an‘fl While the littl . rode back: My ‘uncle came ‘homé from i bl i Al o dtiass wh gt st o | supper ‘and tiien ‘I'helped With the-dish- s1es. My uncle took me fo the moving pictures. *I had a grand time. go homa in a few days. 10 leave’ the city. ‘And .we wish they would. said Madge, “Al “Have you, an: quired the man. P “Certainly,” replied "the buten to the back of the room.” | that , turkey huddled up in a corner hoping they wouldn't see him. “Oh, OGaddy! only costs five dollars. him?" as he ran to the turkey's crate yes, I believe he is a. good y turkeys for sale?” in- bright idea.came. into Aunt Kate’s Christmas wds near 4t hand, an had been wondering “what she” the -children, for: théy alreddy ‘had toys: than ' they ‘needed.” N just \what te- give ‘them:” up ‘l‘: her dnl:m nearly all day for two weeks . and kept the ‘door losked; "The’ lit}le girls could not: ‘While the thieves lect Some morey lut be better not to We all hope we will sucoesd xni da If any of us 8o not suscee’ How I did hate 1 éxpett*te go next we thought it wo Leok at thiw ‘$ne’ He Can't we have He was shut - MIRIAM PARKER; Age 12. 1 Rraagian Mollie's Christmas. Dear Uncle Jed: Mollie was seated bx the * window, looking out into the dark She was thinking of {the ‘kind of Christmas she was going to | Mollié knéw *Her * mother could 4ny Christmas lucky Mollie did not ex. " her guess what she was But Christmas_/morning - they had a' grand “surpris&; Under the stocking of each child lay a big paste board box [sbout the Mom ahd: Madge opened hers ‘first, 4arid - found - lovely little dress of blue cash re:cherl to the fleor 4n front and' had |the lion's paw: some candy and I |net.to Edith's -salt’ Rum, tum, tum! * “A parade! ‘ment parade for 1821, out and watch it go by, Rum, tum, tum! It's the Red Croas enro The Lion and thesMouse: cle Jed: I want to tell. you = mouse. - One day a HELEN SLEDJBSKY, Age 1L and cold street. shouted the lit- bey as he ran out ghe followed- by his father. aflion was’ fast 8 Mrs. Dertha F. Drabee bas bhoen hich | was playing nea e 1’:: Rk p“’x’f of The turkey in the meantime sat Mowh Jpointed » buiiding inspectsr ia 81 _'. 2 W, and 1o ma again and precned his fy W‘mfig last jime, knowing he was t kill_me./*Some @y I ) Wood®l “that night. “Why was" not_afford to buy her something* pect*

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