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The cunning little letter which follows was sent by a little girl five
and one-half years old to her young lady sisters away from home. This
little girl lives near a railroad, and every day she and her brother
watch for their conductors, as they call them, and wave to them as the
cars rush past the door. By the "tassels with the board on" little Amy
meant a lambrequin which belonged on the mantel. Jumbo is a huge toy
elephant greatly admired by the little folks in Amy's nursery: