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THE WISE MOUSE.
Many 1 1 1 i <-?* livnl in a house. A leap was
? I In ea I I'll 1 1 1 4*tti .
? Mir ilay an ? >1 < I mouse eanie mil (if his Imli-.
I !<? saw I lie I rap.
".lust nit Ilia I trap," In* sa i < I . "Mow wise
m 1 1' 1 1 I li in k tliry arr! Thry si'l a Imp l<> ca It'll
in ii-4*. In il I here is a piree of rlirrsr. Thry
ihink wr will walk right in to grt I lie clirrse
.mil he caught.
" \o, no. .Mr. Man! We arr wisrr than yon
think. \V i* know that il' wr rat that rlirrsr
v\ r shall In* i-ii 1 1 j?h t . * *
"I am a wisr nhl mouse. I liavr srrn many
traps in my ilay. I like Hires", hut I will u?>t
>;il tll.ll pirre.
'Il<?\\ good it smells ! It is .ill right ,i ?i I
smell of it. I think 1 will go eloser to tlir
trap. I must go inside, but I won't rat the
rheese. I am too wise to ilo that."
Into th;> trap walked tin* wise moiisr. lie
<!i<l not know how lightly il was sot. I If just
>mrllril I In* rlierse when ? elap! 1*4* 1 1 tin* leap.
Thr wisr old mouse was caught.
Was h r a wisr mouse? ? Srlerlrd.
A BUTTERFLY STORY.
"I waul a story, ami* it: ? si nrw one," begged
Meg.
"Well, what kind?" Auntie | ?i n* l< I her
!"? > r<- I all up trying to think. So many
lories were wanted these days, while Meg
>\ as getting stroii*; enough to run ami I'hiy
i ?? ;i in.
"I want you to play you are a buitertly,
.mil t.-ll me where you go ami w hat you do.
"All right ," smiled auntie, who was v < 11
leipiainted in this game of make believe. So
-lie began in a little, soft, voice, such as a real
? ?utterHy might have used :
"The very lirst thing 1 can remember was
lieing ji funny little wriggly green worm, oil
i cabbage leaf. I had nothing to do and 1
didn't want anything to do but just eat and
? id and eat. If I was knocked oil' on ? leaf,
I crawled lip on another as fast as I could and
nibbled, and nibbled and ate and ate until i
was so full I thought I should burst. So I
went to work to make a little case for myself,
'<? hold me tight so I wouldn't burst while I
was asleep, for I had eaten so much 1 was as
h'epy as sleepy as you are after supper w hen
\oii curl upon the couch and beg mamma to
I ? ? I you have just one nap before you go to
h.-d.
"Well, when my little case was done all
??round me, I fastened it in the corner of I he
dnitter, where the wind couldn't blow it down,
"id then I w.'iit to sleep. T don't know how
l"ntr | slept, but when I waked up? why, I
wasn't a little green worm on a cabbage leaf
!"iy more, but I had wings ami I could Hy,
?'"id people called me a butterfly. I don't mi
dcrstaml how I came to have two lives, but lliis
is very wonder fill. Why, I can <ro right down
'o the worms on the cabbage leaves, where I
used Id be, and whisper to them and tell them
?hey are going to be butterflies, but they won't
believe it. And they won't even look up at
ami then I fly away up into the sunshine,
!,"d My and tlv, and I am happy. What do I
?*iit now? Why, 1 just sip honey out of the
flowers; that is better than cabbage leaves."
1'hat was a lovely story auntie," laughed
"lint if wasn't long enough. What do
>???1 do now, Butterfly?"
^ hy. I just fly and lly, and I am happy.
I see ;iil sorts of tilings ;is I || v. I s;i\\ two little*
jrirls, ill play. 2i ii < I they wen* Itsi v i 11 j* such a
happy time. I jusl settled down on a rose lnisli
<i i m I watched lli. 'in, iiml then a l?oy came ; 1 1 < n i
si n? I tried In i*?? 1 1 iim'. so I 1 1 r \v up in I In* sky
so qilirk. '
Well. I'm >_r|;i<l In know lli.il I lie uj?ly enter
pi lint's jire ?;oin?r to lie 1 1 1 1 1 terllies. now I won 't
lie si l*t*:i i < 1 ii|" 1 1 1 e 1 1 1 any more," smiled Me jr.
"See. Iiei'e eotlies one HoW.*'
A beautiful lii'owil one with jjohl spots came
rijrhl tlii'ou<r|i the window ami looked ;ill nhoiit.
then went out ajrnin. The ('liilds (Sent.
JUNIOR MISSIONARY SOCIKTY.
I tear Presbyterian: Tin' writer lias heen plan
liinir to write to you a I >< > 1 1 1 mil Junior Mis
sloiintv Soeiety. We were orjiani/ed nhout a
year njro with twenty-four members under the
care of our pastor's wife. We ?ret our pro
grams from the "Missionary Survey," whieh
we enjoy very iiiueh. We finished .just a short
time njfo a missionary hook. "I'udcr Many
Fln??s. " We look it ill eijjht lessons. The
averajjc ntteudauee at en eh of these meetings
was nhout twenty and they all seemed to take
ureal int. Test in them. The tirst work that our
soeiety did ill the foreign liehls was to send
Vests |o the lepers ill Korea. And We sent
over thirteen hundred post en r? Is to Afrien and
Korea. To tile Motile Missions, we senl story
books to pul on a < 'ii list mas tree for the moun
tain eh ild reii in Virginia.
( ordinlly yours,
K ranees llarshaw,
I'res. Junior Missionary Society.
Met oil I iel I s v i 1 1 . S. (
I tear Frances: You certainly must have n
splendid missionary society and I know you
enjoy the work. I wonder how many of our
uirls ami hoys belong to missionary societies.
We would like to hear what some of the others
arc doin?r, wouldn't we?
II. A.
' U-FIFTY TWO."
An A 1 1 1< ? i- i 1 1 Near Kast 1 f el i??f* worker was
passiiiy aloiii? the -I r? ?? M - of Krivan. the capital
of Armenia win 'I i ;i rairut *d child <*:? m<* up to
licr and sniil imploringly "l*-Hfty-two!M
Tlio relief worker looked hlank. Slie won
dered wlietlier tlie eliild \v;is speaking of ;i hoat
or ;i 1 1 aeroplane. and while slie wondered I lie
eliild repeated the only I I ii?l i s i i words she knew.
Then I lie relief worker ejilled ;in interpreter.
"She tells that she h ~ heard the Near I'.ast
IJelief warehouseman say it :i 1 1 < I that it means
clothes from America." e\|?lained the inter
preter.
Then the relief worker understood. "I'-.VJ"
i- the Near Kast IJcliel stoi'k sheet niimher,
which is printed on :ill hales of second hand
clothes shipped from America. She took the
child to our warehouse and nave her a skirl
which came Iroin New ^ ork, a jacket from
San I' ranei*co, and a pair ot stockings from
1 !i is) i in,
"I told her through our interpreter." writes
the American ufirl. "that she now represented
three ot our hii; States, and though she didn't
jjet the joke, she smiled so licautifullv at the
prospect ol Ikmiiu- clothed that I wished that the
American donors ol the humble articles iniirht
have seen her.
"lint * I i? * did not end there. The multi
tudes of raifired men and women, who live in
nattered l?o\ ears at the station, had seen the
Aimriejin hsih-s i-oiim* in. ;iimI llicv 1 ? ?? ? csiuglit
? In* i?:iss\vni-i|. Nc\| iimni inir tin* Ntsir K:isl.
l{?'licl Njiivllollsr \v;is Ix'sir^nl l?v tlicsr \V;ilk
inu' r.iyiuijis, \v!h? ki'pl <>n i*<*| n?si t i nijf 'I
'I !' with I'virv ;i<vriit of iiii-t-rv ;i in I wivtrli
(??liicss. 1 1 \v;is ;i ~:i ? I 1 1 1? >1 1 i? *tl I wlu'll I Im* Inst
1>:i I'liMMit wsis mil. 'I'lmsr \vlu? liu<l r?'
rriwil I ? < > 1 1 1 i i w; 1 1 k ? I wmrilv jiwjiv. Ah'l
I'Vri'V ?l;iv since t licit, tlirv ;uv??st tin* \<;tr I ** : i - 1
I {?*! it*l* wnrkrrs in the si ivcis. s:ivinii' "I !' in
'I' !' in | >l<*ii? I i i lit' tones."*
BIBLE VERSES THE SAYINGS OF JESUS.
Drill1 I'rrshytrrian : We are semliii*; you my
pastors ii;i nit* in I >i lil?* vrrsrs.
Wr iir.> s| ml yintr f lie < *?i 1 li ism to rreite t<>
Hill' |i;isloi* to .1 Test ii men I ami rel'l itieal e.
A ii lit it> leaehes us ;ii liniiii' until Kli/.ahet h i ?>
oh I enough to }*o with nit' l<? sehool.
Rrjoiee. ami lie "Xcrnlillirly jjhlil : lor jjrrat
is your rewanl in heaven: for so pi Tseeiiteil
1 1 1 \ llif pl'ophels wllirli Wt'l'i1 lifl ol'c \ Oil.
.Mil till ?? : I "J.
Ea>ii as tlx- son of man tame not to l>o inin
istiT.'d unto, hut to minister. ii nt I to ?r i vt? his
life ii I'ii 1 1 st t in for many.? Matthew 20 :*JS. ?
Vffily, vt'i'ilv. I say unto you. I If that he
lit'vt'ili on nit' liiitli everlasting life. St. John
<i:47.
Jn< I ?*??? not aeeordinif to appearaiife, hut
j in I ire risjhtfoiis .jinliriiif lit . Si. John 7:'_'l.
M iil'Vt l not thiil I sa ill unto thrr. ye must In'
horn iiyiiin. ? St. John J :7.
W.itfh vi* ii lit I pray. Irst ye ? 1 1 1 1 ? i* into ti'inp
t.ition. Tin' spirit truly is ready, hut I hi* Mesh
is wea U. St . M ii rk 1 I :JS.
Even so, Father; lor so it s?*? ? iut*t I ??,ooi| in
Tliv sifflil Malt. 1 1
Li'l not your ht'iiii hi- trouhh'il: yt' hi'lii'Vi'
in ( Jot I . hi'lit'Vt' also in inc. St. John 11:1.
DiJ not Moses ?fi vi* you I In- iitw, iiml yet
nmif of \oii kfi'pi't h tin- law? Why ?ro y*
about to kill nil'.' Si. John 7:1!'.
Every Irt't' that h ri 1 1 tr<*1 h not forth ?fooi|
fruit is hewn ?lo\vn ami fast into lire. -Mall.
7 :!!>.
Risi- up: Ift us i_'o : Lo hf thiil hrlray'th im*
is iit hii in I. Matt. 1 1 :*Jti.
\\ f Wall! i |in It I \* to srr this as it will ph'iisf
hiin.
Marjrarette S. Moon.
S. Kli/ahfth Moon.
t'oiifonl I )f pot .
Dt'ar (Jirls: This is ii j;oot| sft of Bible
v 'I'st's you luivf si nt iu iiml wf arr Vfry jjlail
to Imvf I lit'iu on our page. Write to us ajjain
soon.
II A
A NEW CHURCH.
I>rar Miss Ariryle : This is my lirsl Irltrr to
you. I am eleven years ohl iiml I am iu the
sixth iri'iitlr. Wr t.ik.' the I 'reshy t rria n of tlir
South, iiml think it is linr. I j;o to Sumliiy
srliool rvrry Sumliiy. Miss Drttir Strrliny is
my tfiiehfi' iiml I like her very iniieli. I iiin
Irving to reeite the ('ill ?ellislll I IV I In* L?tll of
August. My pastor is h'rv. L. I?. I * 1 1 IV. ;iml
wr I i k t * him vrry inilrli. We go to Severn
( 'liui'rli. My fat hr r is ;i tlraron. We have a
new ehureh just fiu ishfi I . \V.' Inul our lirst
st* ri >ii i 1 1 i 1 1 it Sum lay, June the LmIi. I fan
answer the tpieslion iilmut the two men who
never klit'W tlfjllll Fli.jah iiml Klioeh.
Your frieml,
Mareir Fay D.-al.
Naxera, Va.
Dear Miireie: We are very glail lo luive
siirh an interesting ami "newsy" letter from
you. Wr iirr siirr you are proinl of the nrw
eliureli.
II. A