I enjoy reading your nice stories very much indeed, especially the
stories written by Mr. Otis. I think Jimmy Brown's stories are very
funny indeed. Mamma laughs till she cries reading them sometimes. I
wonder if there ever was a Jimmy Brown.
Little boys and girls tell about their pets in their letters. All
the pets my sister Mary and I have are five hens and one rooster.
Specky is my hen, and I think a great deal of her; she will hold
still and be patted.
I have been very sick this winter, and I enjoyed hearing YOUNG
PEOPLE read to me. I am very much better now, so that I am able to
write this all alone myself. I was ten years old last 22d of
January. I have never written before.