I am a little girl ten years old, and live nine miles from
Bayfield. There is no school, church, or Sunday-school here. My
sisters are older than I, and they stay in Bayfield and go to
school. I am pretty lonely when they are all away and I am here
with papa and mamma. But I have my pets as well as some other
girls. I have a black cat which I call Pussy. I play with her, and
I like her ever so much. I have ten dolls, and mamma says some of
them are dilapidated. My oldest doll is a rag doll, which my aunt
gave me when I was six months old. We live in Sioux River Valley,
and the river is full of trout. I caught one in a little brook that
runs past the door. A great many people come here in the summer to
fish. There are some very large hills, all around us, covered with
pine-trees, and pretty both in summer and winter. I never saw any
hills, pine-trees, or rocks until we came here two years ago. About
a mile from here is what we call the rapids. It is just beautiful!
Such large rocks, covered with such pretty green mosses! I wish you
could all see them, for I can not describe them. From the
sitting-room we can see a "slide," and I love to watch the logs
come tumbling and crashing down until they fall in the river.