DEAR UNCLE JOHN,--I thank you very much for the HARPER'S YOUNG
PEOPLE. I think the stories are so nice. Please ask Fred to send my
coin in a letter. Will you forgive me for not writing to you, but I
have so much to do, and my school, that I can't find time. I like
the city very much, and I have got acquainted. I like school very
much. My teacher's name is Miss P. I like her very much. All the
teachers are ladies. I have eight lessons, and that takes up all of
my time. I have two pairs of pigeons.
We sail boats here all the time. One Saturday afternoon a lot of us
boys went to a pond near by to sail our boats, and there was a raft
on it, and we had a nice time until the last time, when we sailed
three on it. It went on all right until we got into the middle,
when the old thing tipped over, and we all went head first into the
pond. We all had boots on, and I was the only one that could swim.
I saved one of the boys, but the other got hold of the raft before
I could help him. It does nothing but rain and rain here. You can't
go a block without getting stuck in the mud. It is getting late
now, so I must stop. Love to all. Your nephew,