I like so well to read the letters from other little boys and girls
that I thought I would like to write you one. I have two dogs:
their names are Prince and Gip. Prince is a shepherd dog, but can
not scent so well as Gip, who is a rat terrier; so Prince coaxes
Gip to go rabbit-hunting with him, and scent and catch the rabbits,
when Prince eats them. Gip does not always like to do the work and
let Prince have all the enjoyment, and sometimes runs back after
they get started, but Prince will rub his nose, pat, and coax until
Gip will finally go. I have two ducks, and they sit on nests close
together, and divide the eggs between them. I have also a cat named
Bessie; she had a kitten, but it died. I have a little sister named
"Tot." I have taken HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE ever since it first
started, and I think "Toby Tyler" was the best story of all. I am
in the country visiting, and my auntie is writing this letter for
me, as I am only six years old, and can not write. I have been
riding on horseback, chasing the cows and pigs, catching chickens
for auntie, drinking all the milk I want, and having a real good
time. I have not seen any letters from the Knoxville girls and
boys; so I hope you will print this, and let me surprise my papa,
who prints papers too.