The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-11
Willie V. Campbell.
SHE KNOWS CARL.

have not written in nearly year, / VIII
try to write today. our school Is out
now for our summer vacation. visited
my old schoohouse last Sunday. one of
my schoolmates went with me. 1t made
me feel sad to look. at my desk and look
at the roof with large holes in It. II
looks 50 dreary now and 1t used to look
so bright. ! did not vote In the dog con-
test. hut my favorite dog won. / think
Il would be nice TO have n cat contest
because there is SO much to be learned IN
contest of any kind. ] am glad to see
Georgia get her char. But there IS q
blind boy / want. to get all the liaps to
help-that is Carl Stephenson. He lives
about n mile from here. and he would be
SO glad for us to do something in his be-
half His father is a hard working man
and good man. and he has a very large
family and is unable TO help Carl very
much / Will help to do every thng / can
to get up O fund for him, because ! know
he rs worthy OF i. ! know Mrs, ROBBERS
is n "friend in need" If she can do so
f happy. So # ali the Hans viii help US
thing Mrs. Roberts has written about
Carl is exactly the way 1T is. ] wa close.
for my letter is getting long, but ! want
so much to make up fun nd, f ;r.,i Carl
Your Happyhammer' Eva Iaiie!'
SUGGESTS AN ORGAN.
Coltharp, Texas-Dear 1Iaphammor;
Haps why can't We hammer some hap.
life and help him 10 get his organ? I'm
so sorry he and Georgia can't be cured.
but we can get Carl an organ II that Is
What he "1 hy ana t M c wtF iha hee IS
deaf and dumb. She Is about Years Oh;
She Is another poor little girl that cant
ca or the hes np in Texas She
Is going to school ar the deaf and dumb
institute. l think the little boys and
girls are so kind to buy chez for the
little PONIES to ride? Brother and | have
one, we ride her very often. She Is Just
~, gentle as she can be. Her name is
IIaps. have any of you any little chick;
ems? / haven't, but mamma liae 4 good
many The hawks are I bad; tnnnougn, an i
an a little sketch of our liutle town. It
is situated on a hill and has one store one
blacksmith shop, one gin and mil one
very nice dwellings. / see in the last pa
per that the iiaps are writing about cats,
We have siX-three grown anu three
but we are h9t sP'nSS em no a Resp sEs
good molsers. -, -.
our club flower grows all around here
in every shady nook, and our pet eird Is
calves. We get all the milk and butter
we can use. Mr.. HaphaInmer MI, send
YOU a bouquet of flowers II you VIII ac-
tEnt Intil. VIII Assn soAiii,-- N,
What trade is tho sum % what plant
does n Iady's tongue resenbleT 90 Nhas
was 1t thar a blind man. took at break
fast that restored his sight?
/ will exchange songs width anyone VINO
Will write me his or her name and adj
dress / will close. hoping Georga VIII
get her chair and Carl his organ. re-
~ Mary Lee Hudson.
A DIVING HORSE.
Pine HILL. La.-Dear IIaphammer; !
Will come In for a short chat with me
Haps this fne spring day. have just
been admr.ng beautiful knocking olrd
sitting on the. gate post singing his sweet
songs and IN old cat came ana MADE
him fly away. have not had time 10
hook up any cat storles
They have a grange attraction at ono
of the popular pleasure resorts In seat
tle. A horse Leaps thirty feet down into
IN. deep waters of Lake Washington ana
sw,.ms 10 the shore. Thousands of people
congrswate 10 witness the wonderful and
amusing performance high platform 3
on tho edge. OF the wharf,
which Is just wide enough for tho horse
and two men. As tho horse ascends 70
,ha nlatferm he seems to be IN his delight
ana standing at the top, he tosses his
head around TO look at tho crowd with
verv proud air. and one can almost mag
,na nm saying In his egotism, LOOK at
ma. an the only horse tn the world sbat
- cerform such q feat." GvGy enc