Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-10

neck yet. Ma made him dress
ing gown and Sis pair of slippers
she said she was bound to have
some originality this time, cause
they both sent slippers last year.
They got a nice goId.headed caue
for him and marked it from Pa.
Pa told her that uncle hal one cane
now, one Aunt Lucy sent him last
year; but N told him she knew
what she was doing, cause Aunt
Lucy's wasn't mOre'n half as uice
as ours. Ma lett the price. mark
on ours so he could see 1T wasn't
any fraud and that our love for
him was the jenuine stuff. They
got him a cup and saucer and
marked it, "From your loving little
nephew and namesake Willie
Tucker" Sis wrote letter for me
and copied it aud sent it along.
I thanked bin again for the two.
cent piece he gave me three years
ago and hoped that he might live
to see very great many Christ
masses. Then 1 told him l was
trying to be good, though it was
very hard work sometimes, and
that 1 thought l should probably
do like other wicked boys some
times if l didn't have the noble
example Of ny dear Uncle William
before me, who l knew must haYe
been a very good little boy. Sis
had me end up like this: "And
l shall ever strive, my dearest
Uncle, to merit a continuance OF
that good opinion which | trust |
may hope you entertain of your
little nephew, Willie Tucker. 2.
S. have those two cents in the
saving. bank yet, and make my Pa
reckon up the interest for me every
week, 1t now amounts to two
cents and three mills. l purpose
using it for some grand, noble OBJ
ject when ii reaches a large SUN.
1 wrote this all myself 50 please do
not laugh at any errors may have
made because 1 am only a very
little boy. Good By, Ever yours,
Willle.r That isn't so bad for a
little boy is it Ma let me stay
out of school the day | wrote it,
and Jim Hawes, who was ont too
cause he had the headake awful
and thought he was going to have
the lung tever-thOugh he didn't
and me took bis dog and I'll bet
the cats will remember that day
longs they live. 1t takes Jlm's
dog to razzle dazzle the cats.
don't know y.s what Pa is
going to get for Ma. He said one
morning at breakfast he guessed
he'd get her one of those new phon-
ographs 80 she would haye some
thing to blow up when he was
away, but | guess he wished he'd
kept still before Ma got done with
him.
! Ma has made a pair of slippers
! for the minister and Sis has made
him a yellow banner with a green
COW worked on it eating red grass
She asked Pa if it wasn't artistic,
and ne kind of shaded his eyes
with his hand aud said yes. Then
he asked her why she didn't label
it "Autumn Sunset on the Medter'
ainan," and exhibit 1t. Sis told
him he didn't know art when be
seen It, and Ma finished him. The
minister was at our house a while
ago, and happened to tell Ma
: about a poor family that he had
heard of down town somewhere
and Ma said right away that sh'
q would send thep a christmas card
!, and the minister said how mucl
!, more pleasant it would make thei
r christmas.
sl The minister came 10 see VIVA
old clothes Ma could give toward
o making up a Christmas box for tn
: natives in the Feegy Islands. IL
4, told her she could have no lde
how much progress our misslonarle
~ were making among thu Feegy err
/, She couldn't hardly believe, b
:, said. how extremely light the
NJ dressed before any work was don
n among them, but Dow they VOL
n. quite lot of clothes, and he'd D'
,a they'd get overccats onto them ye
ia so Ma put In your Spring overcoi
~ and sent word for the missionaT
- 20 let her know what success b
,o had In getting it onto a natIv
. Ma saws if they don't know enOuG
- to put 1t on themselves they ougI
- to be held and have it forced on
10 them. She says she believes
700 letting the heathen know that u
- missionaries are there for the
on good.
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