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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-26
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-26
A SUGAR COUNTRY.

Berry, La.-Dcar Haphammer: Well.
iinps, maybe some Of you would like to
near few words about Louisiana.
live in the midst Of sugar country
There are nine sugar mills and rciineries
within six miles of my home. am going
10 school now. My teachers name Is
Professor |. X. Brnmfield my desk mate
ia George NJ. Rowe, who has the hest
appearance of being a six-footcr than
anybody ever saw. am sitting in
the school house now, and as | look
through the window | can see the moss
covered trees. Perhaps some of you
Hnps never saw any moss. II Is like
long. thick hair all matted up when il
IS dry. None Of you Haps voted for the
cypress tree, which is native of Louis-
ana. Well. Haps. how would you all
Ike to have paper printed for us little
people, as we are called. and have Mr.
llnphnmmer editor and have it published
the same as any other paper Well, |
VIII close. hoping you all good time till
| hear from you again. iour friend,
Bill Gooch, Jr.
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PLANT or THE PINE.

I found pine that shot its solemn bolc
Twice fifty feet against the summer
sky
From ont sunless gorge And sad Of soul
/, ecemcd until | sought to question
why;
Whercnt the tree moancd darkiy, made
this strange reply;
IL am troubled betimes, am sad In my
sleep,
Forboding the day / shall stagger and
leap
And ,remble through temptcsts DER seas
that arc deep.
"They viii fashion me forth Tor ship,
they will make
Ny stature and girth but mock; they
viii break
Ny branches and rend me for merchant
ings sake.
Eternal uncuse shall bc portioned to me,
A creature iirm-rooted aud fair 50 to be,
Eternal nneasc on the shifting, loud sea.
For each to his nature; and mine is to
grow
Tail. somlcr and steadfast, and grayey
arrow
With brothers as grave, while the cen
turos go.
II am troubled bctimcs, am sorely OPP
pressed.
As ! ponder and dream On my mother
cnrth'e breast.
with fear of the ocean TINT lnowcth
no rest"
San Francisco Examiner.
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~ APPYHANNGRS.
Hammer happiness when and wherever pou can.

ground the aritatcd bird, fearing the
eggs would bc chilled. resumed her
place upon the nest which he held in his
man in such care.
The home wren is fond OF building
nests in the windows of unoccuped
rooms. 1t creeps through some open or
broken shutter and arrangcs it's nest in
a corner of the sill. The nest Is very large
| for the diminntiye size of the wren, but
is carefully made 20 harmonic with the
surroundings. why the wren often con
structs less perfect nests near the one oc.
cupicd is not yet explained. though they
NAV be designed 10 lure scarchcrs AWAY
| from the real home.
Two Of these birds built nest in n
ragbeg on II back porch. The female
WIS killed by n cat. Her little husbn nd
wac disconsolate NJ first, but returning
next day to the dcsolate nest he caught
sight Of himself in looking glass which
hung near, and seating himself on a
shelf beneath he poured forth n welcom-
ing strain, sure that the reflection of
himself In the glass was his lost mate.
This he repeated several times, but was
nj last discouraged, az there was no
response. and he forsook the cory nest.
The blue wren, or gnat-catchcr, wisely
builds hor nest on limb about the di-
| ameter of the nest, 90 il looks like n
knot. 1t il cup-shaped. lined with down
and covered with lichcns, which are tho
color Of the bough.
The brown creepcr makes It's nest of
the fine inner bark of trees, and hides
it under piece Of rough, projecting
bark.
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Little Brown Eyes grayey bending
With studiouA. downward look.
Ger the treasur" in her fingers,
Ger a new blue spelling book.
Childish treble chants the letters
Uttered by the mothers tongue,
From 4, Il. G. 10 Y. IN
Down and up the column long
With n fragment oi newspaper
Smaller sister initiates
The example OF her elders,
And wondrous tale relates.
70 Miss Dolly, still AMI patient,
Who, with grimy. wooden face
Seems 10 listen to- the lessons
That the baby fingers trace.
Brown Eycs views the sccne with doubt
ing
When her own brief task is Ger
Full Of wisdom full Of pity,
For the class upon the floor.
Whispers soft at mammals shoulder,
"Cortin' Nelly's timb IL lost,
When she odgckitS the baby,
That tx nothing but Il post!'
| But the blessed little teacher
Rugged the wooden baby close
IF 90 is a poStic. dnrln'.
| Go IL pcschious mamma knows"
Merle Murric
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SOME SHORT LETTERS.

Lillian Loesclcr is little girl of Joa.
quin who becomes Hap this week.
Frank Porter IL 15-year-old boy of
Rockdalc who ia admitted to the club.
Henry Nickers Of Riverside was an
oak voter and Is glad his favorite became
the clubs tree.
Cora Cannon of Angleton wants To
hammer happiness and Is enrolled as a
member Of the club.
Hattie Hunt is n new member who lives
ut Harden Store. She Is II years old
Hattie goes to school at Oakwoods.
Callic James of Valda Is enrolled as
Que Of the happy band. She IL II years
old and the i20lst member of the club.
Robbie and Carrie Shrader wrote n
nice little letter from Autcr, Miss. They
were glad the oak led in the tree con.
toft.
Maggie Welsh is papa's girl and
manma's baby. She lives in Houston
and will be = years old on the 26th OF
June.
Walter Patterson is new Hap from
Ford's Bluff. His letter couldn't be-
printed, as he wrote it with lead pencil
winch is against the rules.
Lula Hausman of Rungc thinks the
lihppyhammer band is growing very
iast. Lula was am oak voter and was
glnd her choice won in the tree contest
Phillip Tuggle of Beaumont wrote his
last letter on both SIDES of the Daper and
used II lead pencil. This is against III,
rules and no letters thus written can be
printed.
Hattie Sentfenberg of Columbus has
n pretty Shetland pony for her pet. Hat
| tic is j years old and was recently en-.
rolled as Il Happy hammer.
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Gladstone, Texas Dear lIaphnmmcr
| have not written in u long time. | will
try again If you VIII please give me
space in your dear paper. am going
to school now. did not 60 until after
Christmas. like my teachers very we'll.
We have nice time going 20 the Calie
Davis Literary society, | enjoyed my
self last Saturday night aud Saturday
eve. My brother aud went to Crabs
Prairie TO singing AT Mr.. Bar6rld'S.
We returned home Sunday eve we
went to the Christian Endcavor. ! wish
some OF the liaps could have been there.
oh, IIaps, won't you all be glad when
our number has grown large enough to
have the promised reunion Mr.. Hap
spoke Off What is our next contest TO
be. Mr.. Hap ! am anxious To know.
If were to make suggestion would
say the color Of our badges, wouldn't
You all? | enjoy reading Willie and
Charlie Prices letters and also Guy
Fnran's They are so interesting. |
notice IN tn rules for the Haps that
they want our ages. | have not given
mine yet. but will am II years old.
III some of the llaps will be so kind rs
10 send me the words of After the
Ball" ! will send in return Lost After
An" o. the reply 10 Too Late" A
happy New Year to Mr.. Hap and all the
little Haps, Your friend
Rura Ross
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THE TOLI-GATE.

There is toll-gatc hidden away,
Half in the fields, and half in the trees,
Where the children. the elves, and the
fairies stray
With footsteps facing the twilight
breeze.
The rairics and elves can pass through
free.
But child must pay for the toll with a
song,
Before the fairy land il can sec,
And this must be said, or it all goes
wrong:
II believe m the Three Little Bears,
And the Prince that climbed the Noun
tain of Glass.
And know how the Wild Swans sister
fares
So opendhc gate and let me pass"
-Rndolph +. Bunncr.
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THEIR SOCIETY.

Gladstone, Texas Dear IInphnmmcr,
We have not written IN some time. but
pyhammcrs We are very well plrp srd
that the oak won in the contest. for IT
is just rs beautiful as any of the other
trees, We are gong To school AT the
Gladstouo high school and business col
lcgc We have two teachers in our
schoo--profcSsor l.. 4. Trpylor and
Professor Brogdcn, Christmas has gone
and we had nice time. We went 10
three socinhcs during Christmas week
and had delightful time at them. W.
have u society meeting every Friday
night week l.. A. Traylor, .Ir. is proSi
dent and Miss Elite Burdcaux secretary
Wen. we will close with much love ID
the Ilaps and The Post. As ever.
Rua McCulloch, Mamie Ross and Mary
Jcnkison.
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OAK AND NIOI.ETS.

Houston, Texas. Dear Haphammcr: |
have not written 10 you since last year.
am sorry that the magnolia was not
chosen Oaks grow all about our house,
90 do the pine aud sweet gum tree. The
p no grows taller than the oak. The mag.
nulia is nm evergreen The oak Is
pretty and green only In the spring. while
In the wiutcr aud autumn It's leaves turn
dull. The magnolia has pretty while
flowers TINT smell ms sweet ~ honey.
the oak has dun green flowers. II the
magnolia flower had been chosen for our
club flower and the magnolia tree for
our tree they would have matched, but
al neither were chosen there is no help
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drill. or something Of the sort with which
he was boring into the iron. lie had
read of burglars, who entered safes by
boring holes in the doors and breaking
the locks. aud it suddenly came over him
that a burglar was at work ON the door
of the vault.
tered the vault aud discovered him there,
what would be his fate: The man might
kin him. These thoughts ran quickly
| through the boys mind and with the last
of them he remembered the gun. ne
went back to the shelf and got IT. III
had two barrels. Drawing back the ham,
mers the boy went down the passage ana
stopped within few feet of the door.
| With the gun ready for lnmenlate use
he stood in the dark, his heart heating
| wildly and his ears strained TO catch the
| sound of the boring. AT last 1t ceased
and there was silence for several MN
utes; then came dull roar and shoch
| that caused Casper to stagger. lie quick
| is recovered himself, however. aud real
! led that an attempt had been inaue 10
blow open the door of the vault.
He thought the attempt had failed. for
the derkness was as intense ms before,
bnt he wac quickly led to change his
mind, for there was a grating SOUND as
of bolts moving and then the door swung
open.
| A, thar moment Casncr's fearless ma
~ thu, hj,n IN gond stend. for The
l.re s.oo' n. 'nl,.d ,.n,on standing in thc
~ II w. t,'it.'o,n lantorn which stood
llen, VI III, j. n,nni nn,r The door. His face
u ,,,, MI ','oe"ieJ hv hnndl,rrchl of
M ns narui 'nH orross The lower half OF
;'"I ""s as, YAM" homd hc beld a short iron bar
~, H., III ,, ba. hh,J he had used in pulling
IN onc o .,e d n,,.'"
"i,rnI " U,,t, nf tho lantern came through
.,,I nv . nnn. % 70 ,ba yanlt and fell upor
Ta.,nr ,,in stood with the gun lcvelcd
e"Sto'i n w,,n The latter uttered an cN
~ a.r o,,' 10 eurnrisn and dropped the
w.. Wv"
"" nt1o,a -, vorr hands or III shoot you
so;d '' |as" up f firr,Iv
SUI rho hnrgl,r seeing that he was at q
di1nb,onta.,. ,,isnd his hands over HE
h,s"I ,'h r,d at snor MS If he woult
I',,u ,t,'ii,'', III, to ,iorcs A clock hang
vaJoS p ,, III IL" str,rk the hour of 1.
;.Wbot'ro tnu yong 10 do. Young Eel
-, ' n.ia5 Ga inrelnr who evidently
,ta an ~ ~" ,neit-nn no was in.
"'a , n"' a'h ~, ~ rccr Won here until some
hJ, u ,' Sv,'1 ,bo hnnl, " calmly rrplicd Gas
u".s oP''' WV
Ttho.o ,.as f;ro IN tbc mans owe. hui
,hd I hn,. Ivan, M" Tho grr aimed straight n
~ , nnd bo fnIt that II would h,
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OVERWHELMED BY BIRDS.
How Vessel Was Bcsct by Myriads of
Swallows


Swallows.
n Russian steamer, hailing from
Odessa, says the Savannah News. has
for some time been engaged in the Med
t"rranean trade. principally carrying
! passengers between l.cghorn and Mail
aga On one of the recent trips it en-
countorcd an adventure which will never
hc forgotten 10y either the crew OF the
passengers The passage had been a
stormy one, but the day of the occurrence
, was unusually fine, Though rather
heavy sea Was running, most of the pas
fcngcrs were on deck. suddenly the
lookout called; Hurricane cloud lee
Nardr
Al once there was great CONSERVATION
ABOARD ana II number of people sought
Fa l'ty below The captain. however af-
aS his opinion that it was no hurricane
elGnd: The black mass that they saw
hoNerng near the horizon was, he
thought peculiarly dense volume of
smoke from some steamer. Rnt the
soIut of the mystery came much
scooter than they Rad expected. The
thrWitcnlnH mass grew larger and larger
9i!ul soon was seen 10 bear down in the
dlr"' tion of the vessel with terrific
speed Everybody, both crew and pnS.
Sehg'rs' became frightened mt the mys.
| teriouS cloud, which seemed 10 mnvc
wilhA great rapidity. notwithstonJins
'un1 y perfect calm prevailed.
ihH came the solution. Tho v,st
ciouh mat they had seen was comnnscd
| %, SWlilowS. The forcrunncrs. n small
- 9efmenr of some 10000 SNnnn,n
doNnlon the deck, 10 the hcviIdnrn'nn,
el me people On board. These wore soon
lolI9wGd. not by thousands. but nv hun
areas ,ht thousands. The birds litarnii,.
| overwhelmed the vessel. The man ot ~,
| Whe'l lost his bearings and III" viidns,
olSorn@ prevailed. The birds nourrd in,o
every available opening hatchwavs win.
upNS' ana everywhere else They cot
l"n@ici, IN the ropes and sails and 81,
ter,d about the rigging. '''' ''""'
HNrh lhe smokcitack was So 6llod nm
u. Que unc that the fires were NO., y
'N IhE'islcd, The most amn1in, ,'o y,
9i the Who'll thing was tbat ths , XII |,
"It my svlnce any disposition In In,vn
\, neirhicn the confusion tho stcamo,,
,iu gov out of its co,,iwc and rop osh"ro
.i'N''pr ON account Of going verv sln,,.
"" mhVflnl damage was done ;bn,,,,i
w l"SsengerS were badly fri,,htnn6i
nrh tne crew had recovered fron, t,.G,.
a, mi'I,,'h'n, ihoy began to clear thn d"cl,
"nu we vessel in general Of these nrnxN
p'rr" anh not At all welcome pmasts
captain ordered the mon IN No.
,i,. ~" Whatever else they eould "a
H INV s .r plMs overheard. After rnt.
on l"irH NJ Sn,tpe the vessel urorn .Ina
n,, aiS rosnns' having been DELAYED Tor
.;n',, cisht nouns on account Of ,bis
ro, ~ ~ cAl"rlehct, The CAPTAIN could
nr, , NV any theory as to whore fills y"S,
army oil swallows came from. All he
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A QUESTION IN HISTORY.

LaGraDge. Tcxas--Dear Haphammer:
was proud TO be enrolled as young
,neinbar Of your happy band. | have no
brothers nor sisters and not many pets
save my paymates, dolls, one little puppy
ana other playrhings that Santa Claus
gave me Christmas. All the day long
my playmates and myself romp, play
ana cht and are very tired and sleepy
when night comes and retire early. That
enables us to rise early In the morning
Tor next days work, which il the same
az the day before, romp, romp, play. eat
ana cry little between times or when
we get out of employment. ! will ask
me Haps school.like question. Az
think such questions both instructive and
improving, especially to children that
take an interest in them: Which il the
Oldest town or city in Texas: by whom
aud when settledi With much love to
the dear Post and the Haps, l am, as
ever, your little friend.
t,ussip t[onnpIv
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A RIDDLE ANSWERED.

Houston. TcXns.-Dcnr Iiaphammer:
thought as it has been about three months
since wrote last and joined the Happy
hammer band | would write again |
am II years old, in the fifth grade and
go TO Longfolow SCHOOL | nm very glad
the grand oak tree won the contest.
viii answer the riddle that Lee Fudge
asked The riddle is:
AS | WAS going to ST. Ivcs
met man with seven wives.
Each wife had scvcn sacks;
Every sack had seven cats.
Kits cats sncks and wives,
How many We're going to St. Ives
The answer is one. / remain your
l!ttlc Hap, Ida Cook.
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CATARRIi SYMpNl
AS Described by DR.. Hartnu
I anittra

Lecture.
THE symptoms vary aetTs
place where the catarrh Is lai
In tho head--nose stopped upil J.
head; scabs In nose. bad fria
sneezing. watery eyes. Csii'
throat-voice husky or hoa's
in throat; hawking, splitting "
and enlarged tonsils. csI.
stomach indigestion, tongue
brash, fullness after eating
splitting after meals. disrlnes
lar appetite. Catarrh Of "
tubes-cough. pain in cheA
Of flesh, cough worse nign n
tightness In upper portion
sometimes night sweats. I'M
tarrh will soon end In cohsa'N
cured.
DR.. Hartman used Pe.ru'na N
thousand cases before II was 7.
tho general public as q ca.
Pe-fu-na as a remedy for cp,.
whether In the head, nom ~. ~ /,
stomach. kidneys or niaaas.,, I,
known all over the rhi''...
North America. Inc teas s. II
Pc-ru-na has taken me ~
catarrh remedies are' rls, .
10 cure when properly
permanently cures insteaa 7 4
por,.ry relief; third, u cam .,l
tarrh wherever located ,s -, I,
posed entirely of vege's w 4, n
is perfectly harmless nh Y q
advice OF Or. Hartman y Il,
chronic catarrh can % ,. haa M
by letter by any one tas'S d
one of the best books IN 4
chronic catarrh by DR. ,, ,ia,,s
being sent free TO any ~, 4
Pc-ru-na Drug Manufacture
Columbus, Ohio.
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A LAI'GuING GIRL.

Red Rock, TcXas.--Dcnr Ilaphammcr:
! VIII make one more attempt to write
To the happy band. You all look so polite
and inviting | can not help chatting with
you. We'll, how did you all spend
Christmas | had delightful time /
laughed till my jaws vera right sore. |
received n nice gold ring from papa.
All Of my schoomatcs IRE Interested in
the letters. | do enjoy writing to the
llarW. | am toiliug ~ my lessons each
day of the week. | love to 90 to schooa
very much and love my tcachor, too.
lIaps. ! Will ask You all question; some
Of You answer IL; who was Old Man
Eloquent? Hoping all the Ilaps happy
New Year, ella Harris
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WHERE ARE THE PRICE BOYS;

rimpson, Texas. Shelby couuty.-Dcar
ilaphnmm"r: ! am going TO school and
have seven studies. Minnie Vaught is
my dcskmutr. ] like her very much.
She is just my axe, which is H. Won
der If Charlie aud Willie Price have
come TO Texas YETI If they have wish
Tom Scott and Lou Hopkins would
write and tell us something about the
rose. | viii answer Hattie Damien
baums question. II was. what is
that which has face and hands but no
armsT II is "A clock. We girl Haps
should all try to cook cake like Dolly :,
sponge cake. | imginc It would taste
good. ] will close, hoping the IIapham-
mcr and all the Iinps had merry
Christmas. Yours sincerely,
Lucinda Busscy
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THE CLUB.

The Happyhnmmers are the young PEG.
pie who read the Youths Department OF
The Houston Post.
There are no fees or charges of any
kind connected with the club. Boys md
girls who read The Post may be enrolled
M active members by sending the Hap
hammer their full name, age and nd
dress.
4, IL the object Of all Happyhammers
70 Hammer happiness when and where
ever possible" Hence the club name and
motto.
The club flower IL the violet. the club
tree the live oak and the club pet is the
hooking bird. nil being chosen by the
members themselves.
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a FARMERS BOY.

Wattnreon, TeXns.--Dear Haphammer:
VIII you admit me into your circle SO |
may be one Of the happy ones. too. Papa
takes The Post and | appreciate it very
much, like to read the letters from
50 many little IIaps, am farmer !
boy and cnjoy farming. Although we
hive great deal of hard work to do. We
are not confined to the house. We have
exercise which great many in large
cities would like to have. As this is nv
fret letter will close with love to nil
the lInps and great respect to the ed
itor. Your friend,
Oliver 1immone
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A GOOD METHOD.

There was little schoolmu'am
Who had this curious way
OF drilling in satisfaction
On every stormy day
Lets all sulStract unpleasant things
Like dolcful dumps and pain,
And then" snid she, 'yOu'n gladly sc,
That pleasant things remain"
Anna NJ. Pratt in st. Nicholas.
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ANOTHER VIEW GI
Brooklyn Ea gle.

I'T'Vh IT IN XIV
A sulky little girl was \
tanned by n friend, a miss
man. unused to children, d
thelcss was doing her b@t b
tcrcst.
"Oh, look at pussy" said
Just see how nice and esE
See how she washes her isa'
The sulky one east q.
look toward the domestic
amt washing her face She's
last, She's washing her paw
ing them on her face
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-26
Of the finest bred dog in the

ing that Of the finest bred dog in the
world.
In his declining years, though still
very vigorous and giving no sign of age,
he bctrays a decided tendency to obeei-
y. lie has very polished manners, has
Owncy. wcll-roundcd character as dogs
go, and his figure is MS rotnnd He holds
his head very high and acknowledges no
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-26
HOW JOHNNY -

1 h"w JOHNNY Erpr
mere diary for a t ye,h /
said for ms to r,,u a,ls'a
my life cause ID 'm y
them when / am nH
says he wished h he ~ oesse
he was but a Ind ~ y
mis- diary every nis ~ "a
d No, much happened ' \, ~
a ail wich We 81 ~ =
Miss Emery spilled, a
ana cried. Ma laid \ nq
l Emery: Jimmy Pot,s' ~
pair OF skates, I want.9
but he was mean shss. \
awful swellcd aud WI y
no more. ! gex
| January 2, l998.--l,.
| denosi, /, ~ nen ! ut 1 !
double in tine and y%n'3Ifj
i nothing to it. Il W.. a
There's a new bab," y. !, N
day. ''enu
January 4, 1895. H.. !
got n dandy black eys I'|
last night cause ina ~ ~ !
without no supper 70, v; N
day. '0'alsl
January s, 1898. II.
my bank. which Is a eao nv X I
one can get il open, IN ~
January 10, 1896. VS. |
day: 1t was cold TOD d, wv J
bank open | wanted \ XXI XII !
too day and could not ~ ri' !,
trust is low but eure. h !. :,
will be two dollars in a, !
awful long to waite. M.
cncd too day. ''
January IA. 1s98.-I,s
> days. Did not want i, n, !.
20 to school. Me and lin,
open my bank day befo,
could rot waite for the h,
want TO see no more cam,
Ma says she thinks III b. \
! guess i'll stop riting /!
happens. :