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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-07
RUNNING no A FIRE.
Nespopse OF New yOriNs Department
10 an Alarm of Fire.


IAN Alarm OF Fire By Telegraph Is tns
subject OF an article by Charles T. I'm IN
the February st. Nicholas. After desci1'o-
ing the outbreak OF FIRE ~ kiicher IN
West Sixteenth street. and the pulilng 81
an alarm from q corner box, ar, Ilii
saws. The alarm has bocn, GENT. II may
seem IKE an age 70 the owner as ne sthhns
waiting for this hr9men 20 appear, pht "
is n inatter of only IA fe" secpuuT. ioi
within twenty seconds this station num-
Der ~ stngiag IN a score o. moro o, ensin,s
houses and within one minute ana mar
pix companies OF apparatus are Oh tiseir
way 10 tins box.
He luokr up and down the aVeuuc' an"
what does he see
Turning into seven,h avenue at the in-
ters,et.on OF Greenwich avenue hye hiocks
to tho south OF whore he STANDS; q nIe
gray horses AS = siraghtcns out IN the
broad avenue. they dash Intdiy TOWARD
where he stands, hose wagon foiic@s.
e ins1 a w,n tr s' hsis The bels Of both en-
s.nc and wagon are ringing furiousiy ana
the whistle Of the former keeps up series
OF short shreks
Almost forgets the dostruot.oa that theat-
As h. looks up the avenue he sees APP
proochipe from Twentia.n street, Tour
i.arata,s-.a heavy affair that sways from
sIde 10 side as II swings from one car
track 10 another. TINS rs "A truck" or
h..ck aud ladder company. and Il is pre-
men, one drip.1g while the other looks
eagerly ahead for Disappearance OF IRE,
This u the chief OF t1e, Seventh battalion.
who afterward has charge Of she nrc,
prnach % more engfDe6. ons Is comma
from The east. the Other from The Nesk,
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PRETTY PEARSALL.

pearsau. Texas. --Dear Haptanitnei ~,
corh5fg Interested IN rca1Hg t nst ,y,ei,
me- ~ ts' iousrnn Posi-. | VIII venture tG
vy,sta Won a letler from Pehle"l,
have never seen one from mere W -"
feel II is too Important 70 ve Xii am,
- a yery hcaithful oHmate, ~ y OTTER
des. gnnted as me sandy windhlsh uM W., -,
The aforementioned and Gre.h Noi ~ .
,,' ,iros1 masses through the Guy NY hvit'
~ - sft,,atc1 on the western stds OF w
ratl,,ead in the edge of the Guy, on mn
and in such position mat VIZ ~ Ntt = III,
turesuue view OF town pul t sG'o 10 iarg.
~ a large brick building, Vim siN Mik'
:, ,eN u 20 nd folfr haWs. We have pr!ncl,
nal and four assistant teachers etnpioys.
NJ nresn1t Our FREQ school terms nrs
49,, ~. ~ months. Professor Woois !,
our principal. We have several inleres!'
ing soeies as, which add 10 the Inverness
OF the Ptsarsall people. The youns men 81
xbinh meets evury Monday night NJ
father owns a ranch twenty miles cast o
Pearsau which affords = place Tor
p,irnose of q iucatng ms children that my
father moved 10 town ana nope som
NM, In The future 10 go or to school, anc
/ am studying with that IN view. ] lik'
10 live An town n great deal better thai
in the country. Pearsail has about 100
inhabitants We have four nice large
churches which tend TO beautfy the tow
a great deal th.nk wrf3ng TO tho paper
II teaches us how 20 compose tntsrestini
letters I think the ppyhammers arr
doing quite q charitable deed IN giving ~
crppiei girl the nice chair. 1 am gao
thar rose aud gray won IN the color cCsa
tost as they make such q pretty comb
nation. The next time l write To IN
JIarpyhsnmcr club / have q very funn,
little dog story to tell With best Wishes
10 all the Hans. | remain . true friend
Mary Htxle De Wlbiss
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Mcthcdist church IL Rev. G.. l.. Farrlns.
ton OF Seaiy. Tho Complexities have no
regular pastor. There are two railroads.
the Gun. Colorido and Santa rc and the
San. Antonio. and Arkansas Pass. Roth
roads enter Houston Most OF the cotton
is shipped TO Houston.
When the fund Is made up TO buy
Georgia chair then let us help the or
phnns at Dallas. The boys dcnartment
that burned down contained he boys'
clothes. They We're all burned up. and ihe
children have no clothes. Una and I.uella
sent I, to thcm Just before the fy,. Ws
sa,it sk.?5. was born aud raised il, Aus
tin county. Ny father, Il. w. Guylcr, was
true Happyhammer,
L~rert Guyler.
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LONDON Spectator.
While at Ycmethen, In Upper Burmah.
In 1855 So. | owned n half-bull. hal.-terricr
dog called Peter. who used TO accompany
mo on my tours throughout the district As
a rule used TO ride from twenty TO TWEEN b
ty~five miles day, but occasionally had to
travel twice that distance IN which case !
used TO send on an extra pony half way
over night. on the first occasion that did
this Peter. who had followed me TIL /
changed ponica, disappeared. but did moi
miss him until the end OF my ride. Then
had search made for him IN all directions,
but IN vain, Next morning, when the pony
! had left at the halfway place WAS led In
there WAS Peter troiting gayly al his heels.
on inquiry from the eycc tstUoml fouhl
Peter had appeared from the jungle where
he had been hiding as soon IN WAS ont OF
sight and had shared the sycc's meal aud
the pony's bed After this, whenever !
changed ponies cn route, Peter alwayt
STAYED with the pony that hed done the first
half OF The journey, He evidently reasoned
IL ont that while he could comfortably 81
as far as one pony IN day. IL he followed
second and fresh pony no would have to
go further and faster than he bargain~l foi
at starting. The reasoning faculty Is also
shown In his deciding TO stay with the tired
pony, which he rightly ,onjecturod would
follow next day,
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SIZE IS WELCOMED.

Bryan. Texaa-Dear Haphammer: Hers
is another little girl who wants 10 join
your club and help the Lttle band ham
mer happiness In some sad heart. am a
little Bohemian girl. - years or age. |
learned how to speak and wrioe English
worry we'll. have been reading the, nav,
pyhammers' letters and was so pleased
havc my name added TO your roll, am
going 10 school in tl,' country ] love my
tcacfei-his name ts Mr.. Rosebororh |
love 10 go 10 school, but | am sorry 70
saw that our school l. going 20 last only
ono month | will close for thu fin-
with success to The Post and love to the
''''''' ''Ni Wv Mary Kurtin.
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LOUISIANA HArPyHAMMERs.

Openousas. L.a..-Dcar Haphammer: 1t
has been some time since brother ana my
self have Wrtiol you, and we write now
to add our contribution TO the fund for
Georgia Andorsons choir. II is quite a
delight to read the letters from oar little
crlDpled members who have been pre-
scItcd with chairs. and We shall always
feel " a pleasure to aid our mite 20 every
fund for the happiness Of our Mttie dis
ablcd members. We were glad To see that
our noble shepherd won IN the dog contest.
We have enjoyed ourselves grothy the
pnS, week sliding on the slcet that has
ornacnsrltcd the earth. IL is great sport,
and. as We seldom get the Opportunity,
YOU can dtnag-ne what lot OF fun II IS
Papa says we are getting to be big boys
now and We must learn TO work for Our
money. so we help him az his office get
ting up steam. sweeping out, carrying
water and riHnng ctrprAs. ana helping
mamma at home doing chores | am q
and Brother Robert Ia years old. go 20
school, but Robert stays at home and
mamma teaches llm. would iilte for
the l@ttlc crnplcd members tu write to
us as they all rem.nd me Of young lady
who was crlnpled and had 20 have a chs "
she was about II years pld when she took
severely Ill AMI died IN less tlbn a week.
she was very kind 70 me tRudolphl and
] VIII always remember her Enclosed
YOU WIN md 20 cents for Ceorgia's chair
20 cents from me. 20 cents from Robert ind
10 cents from baby brother Herman, Jr
Ndth love to the liaplWmmer aud ali the
liaps. we are your little friende
Rudolph and Robert Bo1emuller.
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u1sroIY or LIS TOWN.

Wallis. Texas-Dear Haphammer: AZ
Won win accept the history q any town
Hanhs miners n description OF nv town. II
WIS named after Mr.. J. Wallis o. Gal
weston. My FrandfatheT Mr. William
Guyier. was The real founder, He gave
bnild their depot on The connty'f name
IN which I live Is Austin county u was
named after Stephen r., Justin OF CON-
Tsxas He established a colony at San
reIjne. Bellvli,e Is the county scat. II
e srrowlng fart. THY have jlir' finished
an $500 ian. Wallis contains anont go
~, Raptlst, Methodist aud Cannheilisc.
rta rastor OF the Baptist church Is Rev.
q. n sanders OF Sealy: the pastor 81 the
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SNOW At COTuLLA.

Cctu1la, Texas.--Dear Haphammer: !
MAJ 20 o"m your n apy ps c an" oa a' 81,
Nicholas brought me a doll, cup and san-
Ger. stocking bag. handkerchief, scarf pm.
letter case and book. We have two shep-
herds. They ere both black and their
names are Fanny and Rover lney are
very smart NV age Is II, my birthday
was on January II. went to Fort Worth
two years ago and stayed SIX months with
my aunt. | have. been reading the i1aps'
letters for some time. ! 20 To school and
am tn the NTH grade. II is showing mere
today. pana got Emma, Jessie and me
4, side saddle and birdie, | viii close, with
regards 10 the HAYS and the dear old Post.
Your true Little Hap, Alice - topp'
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There Is almost AS much fun IN road
kite as there Is IN an air kite. ftart 1t on
the pavement on breezy day and 1t VIII
spin along nj bicycle speed for blocks
without stopping, ANY Of you can make q
good road kite without difficulty. Get a
stif piece OF pnrtohoard aud cut u In
circular form about clTht Inches In diam
cter, as shown In the cut tF), Inside OF
this draw another circle 1vo inches In
diameter and cut MS shown by the dotted
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TRYING TO HAMMER HAPPINESS

rosenberg. Tcxas.--Dear Haphammer.
uUe. thought | would give you u few
llneS from my pen this mo rnlug, | am so
gao that Wflora Long was so kindly re-
hammer happiness when and wherever /
Gun. DO hone we win be able to ge, little
Seorgias chair. ] syinpathlxe with har
from she very bottom of my heart for
I'm an orphan myself. May God bless all
mat help about her chair Enclose nnd 10
cents Tor that purpose. | am glad the
shepherd won In the contest We have
a very nice Attle town here. Your friend.
Eta Airheart
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It quietly maps. but m soon AZ dark comes
1t crawls out and searches for its dinner,
which consists Ct insects, roots and fruits,
II looks very comical AZ II craw,s about.
for It's claws are 80 long that 1t seems 10
walk on Its yety tIptocs,
The motives Rro fond Of tho bolitas flesh
and Whenever they hnd ono OF the animated
little fortresscs they carry II home aud
after tho children are tired playing with II.
thev eat II up, Many centuries ugo artna-
dillos as huge as express wagons were COM
mon but they are row extinct, and the
bolita OF today never grows more than two
CA three feet long
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ooh. Doctor, am very Sick
Said little Woody Head.
whenever try to bow
A noddine of my head.
do,
A nodding OF my head"
The Doctor shifted Il solemn suiI.
And auecrsoIne cough couRhcd he.
"Must take" said he "a peppermint drop
And a cup Of chocolate tea--he,,
A cup OF chocolate tea.
"Ah. Doctor" whispered Woody Head,
my studies tease me SO,
can not cat. ! can not sleep
For thinking Of my foe,
My fendish foe. arithmetic.
That's often Ind nc low.
leigh hol
That's often laid me low"
The Doctor wrinlkled UP his brow,
And said. "ris plain TO see
You really must take good long rest
And study no more said he, said he,
And study no more" said he
San Francisco Examiner.
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ENJOYS THE IETrrRs

Stafford, Texas-Dear Haphanmer: Here
! come. knocking for adnittance to your
happy band. have been a silent reader
Of Your letters for some time. Papa takes
The Post ana | enjoy reading them very
much. have been having ii nice time, 1t
showed here Monday and | have been
skating. l saw any little cousins name
among the happy band. Her name IL
Gertrude Clark. Ad1!e and Willie Watts
OF Halletsvile are little friends OF mine
glad the shepherd won. We have a shep.
herd dog l am anxious to know VIVA,
VIII be the next contest. Well, ] VII
close. hoping to sce my name enrolled
Edna G. Schroeder.
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DR.. Purdy's painless Home Cure foe
Morphine, Opium and Cocaine addtcticus
a positive cure can be effected In every
coie. wtaho,u,s palm. publicity or interfef&
ence with bushes, No aches. pains ~
nist dose. Sleep sound and refreshin(s
Appetite Increases, Persons unable -
woik while taking morphine. attend -
doing the first work for years At thu
tine. We can prove the truth Of eVqy4
statement made. by persons right heco ~
been cured. Many have given ~ pe{J1i
sion 10 rcfer Others TO thcln. More th301
per osg& 81 cages cnred heye tFied eflAG
s rs ssTs s.sa ss IS q 49, -. -
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THE sHEp HER FAvoRITE,

s,'t,Tcse all Inc Hans have for gotten me;
il has beoi so long since ! last wrote
sea an too late to vote, The shepnssra,
IS my favorite Of all the dogs ! am SO &c 20
he wosl. For Christmas | got three do. IS
a dol SWING a wash set, a set OF dishes'
q lock bracelet and three bottles ot co.
loynn. Enclosed you Will find II celis TOT
Georria's char. How ild you hke thhI
Weather ,as. week. Hans? 7 dln't IKE !
one bit. IT was too cold to play, wasn
Il? | WIN close now by asking two rin,
Leor s-ueTs tbs riddle YOU car pull my
hair ;. Crooked as rainbow, teen x.
a cat guess all your lifetime ana never
guess that. l remain your true iiep nlo
friend BESSIE Ninc+'ti'
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They say | nj
p,ay,pu with N Living Rail.

Down in South America there lives a
queer creature that carries its fortress
around on it's back. II isn't very large or
strong. and so when the animals OF the
forest attack It It rolls up into little
ball. draws in It's tail and its hard outer
fortress protects II. The natives have
given II the name "bolita," which means
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ro1IRrrcN HOUSTON HAPs.

Houston. TeXas.--Dear lIaphammer,
Here are fourteen little chldrcN who
We cid Ike 10 loin the Happyhamincrs'
club. We Wish tho Haps all the happiness
they can hammer. We attend Mrs Hab.n'. $
teacher very much. ENCLOSED you VIII
find IS cents. which We sepd to help buy
the chair for the little crippled girl, G"or-
ga Anderson who lives at Dickinson.
We think 1T would be ct good idea II an
the teachers of both pubic and private
schools would collect 10 cents from every
pupil to be donated to the DE Pclchln
Faith Homo to secure a building. With
good wishes 10 all. we are .truGy yours.
Mamie Folse. Lena Fuchs, Maggie Colby,
l.uc.lo McComb. Victor Gehrtlg, WMlle
Gchring, John O'Conners. Edmund O'con-
ners Fred shepard Leo Shepard, Albert
Prohl. Albert l.oock. Joe Buidendron,
uonrN Carl. aud TeAcher.
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GIVE HIM A HEARTY WELCOME

Thirp. Texas ,--Dear laphemmcr; As
nay" olwaNs been Il Hap In feeling and
sympathy. | may just as VOL ask tn be
enrolled an legal way ana be considered
a member. | am called on by tina Young
Hans for help whenever there Is anything
of importance before the board. but In
the last contest We took no part only to
watch its progress and were glad to SEE
our favofite dos wiin the dag.
Mr.. H1phRmmsr, | send a Letter frosn
Clr Stephenson. who asks for member
ship In tho club and ! wish TO introiucs
HIM 10 the special notice Of the other
Hans. so. &c true Ia thor podge Of nam
merlng hapnincss," their busy brains Will
llfc Carl lCet hts oyascht before he coull
remember how Cots beautiful world
looks. The sunshine and flowers; the
green fields and runu,ng streams, or even
springtime 10 which we all look forward
when nature unlosis new beauties each
day and there IS u perpetual feast for the
eve all bring no change FOR MN. Thef"
liz nothing but the bilrEness of darkness
forever, Yet he is not gloomy or drspoul.
ont but bears hts affection with cheerful
res guauan. ] know tho Nttle liaps VIII
think with mo that our ilul,e cripple.
have vet much to he thankful Tor. Carr
comes to see me quite often. lie enjoys
drink Il inland he kcenly enjoys hearing
some one read When ! read him TO-DAY
Ella Mahan's letter about her candy draw
inr he sad he would have enjoyed peilg
there. and thinks Ella must nave igiste
n long time. lie has bright MIND , anh
,u,o wstlsnp heads 10 do all he can. when
10 M nttleA Now, I want oil the Haps 70
.Nfpnd the right hand 81 iehowShip W
Carl AND make him feel that he mas 'nore
thar 5eoo new friends. As for mysoll, ~ ny
can lust nut me In tho CORNER ieS'' wa
for the Sro""-'p i A. Y. Roberts.
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~ many mad to stop TO go TO forming. owihu
10 me cold weather there has been nc
T ~ a'a. LOT this week. Enclosed please And
- ~ re-i.s 10 heip BUY for Georgia Anderson
i her chair, as 1 think the fortuna;e should
s.ins 10 make the unfortunate as Happy
as we can, as that is our motto. to ham
NY best wishes TO The Pos, ana ali OF The
's'"o maps Ida Crogier.
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grekn. @ not French or Russian or
loo, y. spanish. but good English words.
Ana W. .,em up in the dictionary and see.
rl-l,- perhaps not one of our boys ard
en- AZ. perhaps their fathers ana moth-
s.thos, 'r Tea, tell the meaning of them
!. gong to the dictionary.
iover e. Is the Heppyhammer club
voe, something to think about; "rb,-
Ia osn - low and covers itself with
III. sws., ..s' and of all flowers Yields
ip.- ~ nagrsncci such is humu.
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THE KETTLE.

Oh, I am kottloi a Kettle am l!
never shall strive TO deny Il.
There's nothing about me that's sncakins
OF sly:
DcceTdlon 7 never shall try II.
Bubhle. ] gay and hubble. ] say
Some folks may not like II. but that 10 my
way,
| mind my own business, and give NO
trouble,
bubhle'
They say am black; I admit ~ Is true:
respectable tint and love H.
I never no. never, set out 10 be blue;
As for yellow or red I'm above II.
bubble. ] say, and hubble, ] say
I'm ready to talk any time OF the day, -.
double;
ub-bub-bubble. bub-hubbie. bub-
bubble
laura y. Rieharis In 81. Nicholas.
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COULD WE DO THIS HAMMERING7

We.mar TeXaS--Dear llaph4inner; j
saw in Sundays Post that you want MS 10
help Georgia Anderson. and ! send 10
cents. why don't they send her to the
n. II. Allen National Surgical Institute in
Indiana and have her cured? n fen and
hurt my back when | WAS wears Old. |
was a Grippe I'VE years and got so could
hardly walk without crUtches In another
year or two | could not walk, because
my spine was hurt. aud last year they
sent me to indianapolis 10 be cured. /
went there by myself and came back
alone The trainmen and conductors were
80 nice TO me. and the people at the insI-
lutte were good to me-. and they cured me-.
only stayed them seve1 months. and
can walk tn school now and we 1--we d
mi,a and a kitle over from school. |
wear my brace yet. because II Is better,
ana II doesn't hurt me. saw lots. Of
crippled ch.liren In the nursery and they
are an going 10 be cured. The Institute
is large building. am Glad ] went. be-
cause 7 can 70 TO school now and play
like all the other boys, hui +, have 70 be
careful so that won't break my brace.
The good people IN Flatonia. where we
lived. helped TO send me there, and the
Haps can send Georgia there, and then
che won't need a chair as long as She
Fred lfenkel.
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little grammar found In nm Old garnet
at Portland. ", H., has Illustrations of
the rides MS foilowa; The active. pasxiyv
and neuier verbs ore represented by the
picture Of a father whipping Ills l,t.ic boy.
| and The mother sitting by herself on
clool looking on. bln doing nothing. IL
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A FINE SCHOOL.

JAlio. RAstrop county TeNas-Deat
Taphammer As have only written nne our,
VIII write again. Ny parents are very
ford of reading the dear Old Post. ana
am esnecielly fond Of ;he children. ZEE
tors. My teacher gave two weeks hnlidnS
relatives al Gonzales ami Wae,fer. nno
con cav I enjoyed every minute OF ths
time. We have a fine school here, WIN
seven or eight months term aslu s sT,.
Susie Priest has been assisting. unfh 30
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have queer idea OF beauty. They cut
themselves with shells. keep the wounds
open for q long time, aud whom they heal
huge scars are the result. These scars
are doomed highly ornamental
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A ROAD KITE.

lines. Then bend numbers !. .. and
one way and 2. 4. = and the other. 30
that they viii stand out straight and stin
Now cut Two pieces like from paste
board, six inche. long and three inches
wide. Cut sllta in them as shown, loln
them together by the middle slits and IA
them into tho wheel as shown Ia a. Now
your road Kite ia complete, and you mas
spin along the street at your VIII. the wine
catching It's wings and sending It flying
This kite was Invented by a Chicago boy
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little bali" and sometimes II is brought
In from its home in the woods for the
children to roll about and play with as
they would with a football. And when
they are tired OF bowling II around the
bolita. which hasn't been disturbed In the
least, calmly unroils and crawlg away.
The English name Of this animal Is
armadli,o. which means little armed"
and there arc a great many different
species OF It found IN South America. II
lives in the earth IN burrows which Il digs
with IL sharp claws. During the daylight
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During our dog contest there we're many

rx..
. " oos Contest tnere "ere many
. Examples ho'ed OF ehe use'ui-
s XII .1'e',ssnce anu sasaci'y or these
49,. animals Manei nottingham.
~ sul VINO lives at Bureau H. wrote
" s~A hsr papas dog, which was
1870 IN the chicago Record; MY
w VINO mas worked Tor MIN
80 yeas. ms name is Brandy. lie
~ .ns held with papa, and when
~ sa'l ior water he jumps up and
sr w Inc well. Then he knocks on the
~ door or barks until mamma
~ -, We say 10 h''n- lie VIII
.as WET papa SINGS and he has
Nm. 'vu"' with harks. Papa will
n, AZ " zane eiiair and show how
~ 49,. - church hFandy VIII hop up
~ ~ It. ~, ~, nean between hts front
~ hnd st there until mana sr1-s 'arpo,,
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An OPINION.

B. .now what my daddy does
| ~ ~. IN sort Of whim
~ |. NV! Nv i sci 70 be 8 man
~ A. NJ, ss' 70 b IKE him.
u. IN. finest chum ! nave
~ ensssnY matter what 49,,
y s ss. 70 me, think hes pest
" Z; ~ Il he h friends I'VE got
.v.n when he takes his hand
Ehy, e s,s~nks me, and cry,
AZ y, ,a truly help but see
1'I NJ 10 daddy's eye
,., shows me. though he DOESN'T spare
v ~ s,cee ss,snrs with his hand,
I. L,,os me more than awning
y ~ 9, ives on sea or land
!. - say N sometimes
~ H.ye Nttle boys like his.
|, hsne that I'll be to them as
n IN me- nv daddy isl ,,
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