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STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
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STRANGE BEDFELLOWS Maple Leaf Club, Family Herald and Weekly Star September 21, 1904 CHICK Assiniboia It is quite a long time since I wrote last. I am away for my summer holidays now, and am having a very good time. I am visiting my uncle and aunt. My uncle is an inspector of Indian agencies and we are right on a reserve. Until a short time ago there were 15 of us in the house, as my aunt had quite a lot of visitors. But at present there are only seven of us and we feel rather lonely. My uncle is away now inspecting an agency about 60 miles off. For quite a long time we were sleeping in tents. There were two tents up and five of us girls slept in one and two boys in the other. We had a great deal of fun playing tricks on each other, and one night we were up till two in the morning. Towards the last our enjoyment was spoiled by lizards, which became a a perfect pest. When my uncle went away he took the tents with him, and so our good times in them ended. But three of us girls, upon sleeping one night in the house, resolved that some way or other we would manage to sleep outside again. So next day we fixed up blankets around part of the verandah and made our beds in this bedroom. The first two nights we enjoyed it splendidly, but the third time, just as we were dropping off to sleep, some one gave a scream. My aunt brought a lamp from the house to see what the matter was. There was a huge lizard crawling just close to our heads. We all retired to the house in a hurry and have slept inside ever since. But we were just speaking the other day about trying it again after putting boards all around the edges of the verandah. The day after we came here we drove up to the Government ranch. I saw them rounding cattle out of the corral, which was quite a novel sight for me. We camped for our supper, which was the best fun of all. A couple of weeks ago we drove to Indian Head, a distance of 36 miles. On our return we passed through a small town that 74 Freedom to Play had just been started. It was on Sunday, and it did present a most deserted appearance. Three days later they celebrated the arrival of the first passenger train into their town. We attended the celebration . We could not help contrasting the look of the town then with what it had looked like the previous Sunday. We passed an interesting day. We went in paddling in one of the sloughs yesterday, and had a very good time. We intended going in swimming to-day, but it was too cold. This is the first [day] of shooting and we expect a good dinner tonight. I will conclude my rather lengthy letter by informing the Editor that as I have written on the typewriter only two or three times before, I hope he will excuse any mistakes there are. THE KAY CHILDREN Family Herald and Weekly Star June 11, 1911 Kathleen and Katy are delighted girls because their little cousin have come from town to spend the summer with them. They are going to take him to a picnic, and will be ready to start, with their baskets, as soon as they get their pretty Summer things on. Katy is very anxious to wear her new habitant hat. Kenneth longs to catch butterflies in his net, and Kathleen, who has a smart new jersey dress, feels a great deal of responsibility about the lunch baskets. Directions Paste the figures on thin cardboard, then cut out carefully. For cutting some portions a sharp pointed knife is best. To make the dolls stand paste the turned over end of a narrow strip of stiff paper to the middle of each doll’s back. Make the strips long enough to support the figures. The dresses and hats need not be stiffened. Playing Is Playing When Shared 75 ...