I have written one letter before, and have not seen it in the
paper, so I thought I would write again. I am taking HARPER'S YOUNG
PEOPLE for the third year. I like "Toby Tyler" very much, and "Mr.
Stubbs's Brother" still better. I saw some real prairie-dogs not
long ago. They don't look bigger than a good-sized rat. I am nine
years old, but have only been at school a year, as I have always
been sick. I am in the second grade, and study arithmetic, reading,
language, and spelling. Shall be promoted next term.
I have a little brother named Frankie. He is seven years old. Mamma
and he and I live with grandpa, as our papa is dead. Frankie has a
cat which had four kittens. They are all sorts of colors. I wish I
could send you their pictures. They live in my old baby carriage. I
made a little tent, not big enough to get under, that I could take
down and put up as many times as I had a mind to, and to-day I
broke it. Jumbo, that you have told us about, is coming here in
August. I hope I shall see him. When I do, I'll write and tell you
what I think of him. I just love him now. I can't think of any
more. Good-by.