I wrote a letter to YOUNG PEOPLE some time ago, and it wasn't
printed, so I thought I would try again. I go to school now, and
study reading, writing, grammar, arithmetic, geography, and
spelling! I picked raspberries for papa this summer for two cents a
quart, and blackberries for one and a half cents a quart, and got
two dollars and ninety-two cents for all. We live on the bank of
Lake Michigan. My two cousins from Iowa are here now; they are the
only cousins I have. We have had a nice time. We make houses on the
beach in the sand, and go in bathing. We had four cats, and
yesterday morning we found one of them dead. My sister felt very
badly about it; she cried like everything. We think the kitten had
fits. I like the story of the "Cruise of the Canoe Club."