I have been wanting to write you a letter for a long time, for I
see so many letters in the Post-office Box from little girls who
are about the same age as myself. I am thirteen years old. I can
play on the violin, organ, and piano. All my sisters play the organ
also. I have four sisters, two older and two younger than myself.
Their names are Fanny, Carrie, Martha, and Alice.
I am learning to ride horseback. Our pony's name is Billy. I do not
go to school, and we have had no school since June. We have an
aquarium, and in it we have a fish, a bull-head. We have had three
mud-turtles. The one we have now is about as large as a silver
dollar. I like the story about Toby Tyler and "Aunt Ruth's
Temptation" the best. I think "Tim and Tip" promises to be a very
good one. I think Jimmy Brown's stories are very funny. I hope he
will soon favor us with another story about his misfortunes.