The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-27

owns two 81. Rr-nards. They kept HIM
from being robbed OF murdered once;
Away acrosS the ocean. where papa hVel
MG srea ne d wsS not To r ~Ss psope from
the snow, ~ they do In the Alps, put LOT
watch dogs. and are useful In many ways:
stun to market and drawing bread ana
msot wagons. Papa knew butcher WHO
owned one. Once he had to go 70 mar.
iVct town to buy some cattle. and ~ course 1,
took Il great dcnl OF money with him. LIS
dog tried TO follow him, but ne scoiusu
him ard tried to make hiin 30 pack. re
foiaowed. but did not let hts master see
ham. As the man WAS passing through
forest he was attacked by two robhere
The dog ran up and eonignt one nE w
Iapa knew a baker. too, who owned one.
afh INSTEAD of using horses. Ike onr
baker, de- he used Sd 'n Ssy oG ,se ' wagon had
10 I've required and the bread was taken
Soma other way. When he was LEI out
wagon lie Wen, TO .ths bakery, to IND
his ma-icr. bit missed him too: lie went
HIS regular route I'M he found MN ~.
rs noble ana kingly dog MOI only a snow
icctor He viii not only risk his HE Tor
his masisc' but for a stranger THAT ne does
Christian dog, too. have got mp u small
club to vote for him. II knew more boys
down here. could get moro and ! WI Wy
10 do so 10 YOU think a hoy OF my s'ze
would have to work. do. have to feed
two COWS, one horse and | have to tend
to my sauey old billy goat. papa says
am gnl that Santa Clous IL coming. J
feel like jumping aud ycllt1g. wish
Santa C'aus would bring me nm e'nG,rl,c
lot Of marbles, If | could think by cleo
| iricitv / would he writing Nttors NIL the
time \, wouldn't take me a wcck or two
J In write II letter I wish YOU and all the
1 Hans a Merry Chrlstmas aud Happy New
| Year tiNic Hap. kari Sehoppie'
WHAT HE SAW.
| Douglass. Texas-Dea- Haphanmcr: /
will now toll you about some OF my trips
/ The first TRIP ! Was or years old w,
| got on the train at Decatur and reached
] Vernon in the evening. We went to i'n'
Gle ridgar's house. then We went to tn,
square aud the indians wcrc trading II
the store. They would say: Dime sugar
| enough. I'hcy thought they could get 4
/ cheaper tina, way. They would drink an,
givo the logs water in the same cup.
Chris.i. when | was thore I saw many
wonders. The cactus would grow as higl
| as Somo of the trees. The MeNicans woult
trccs, The beans that grow on them arr
long and. thin, on July 4, 1891, we made,
trip 10 Mustang Island. We could SEQ tn
old cowfsh jump UP out of tho water. ON
Jumped UP into the ship. We lost ih
channel and they took long poles to pusl
us back into II, There We're Two ship
|
three or four hours before the other on
did. There were little mounds In thu
| shape OF a volcano. In the top of ever
| mound was a nest. Several Of us boy
went all over the place where we anchorc'
and got n handkerchicf apiece of eggs
one of the sailors found n little seagul
aud gave It TO me. When we were coming
back 4, WIS little rough and sometime
u looked Ike We were going right into tn
water. sonnet. mes II seemed that the php
would turn over When we got back
was sure glad because I was sick of IN
wafer. Papa has bought back the Old plac
where he was RAISED. The last time we sen
oil som" votes papa and grandpapc wer
at Nacogdochcg and did not gct thol
names 80 send, | viii send ten bosi !e
theirs. which makce twelve. I was SUI
piiscl today when | saw that the shor
herd was 40 ahead. on what island dl
| Napolcun Bonapartc dic2 My nlimma'
/ Eroat great grandfather was boat
10 the ship that took hun there. Az
have to Tiudy my lessons now and stud
my speech VIII close, hoping the New
foundand WEI MIN. Nour true friend
Bruce W. Jones.