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nct'eed that st had disappeared. One or
the family Went 10 tho door of the front
room and there saw such a sight that he
the corner before the picture of its be-
loved MASTER as nearly erect as 1t could
stretch ITS body. with its front less braced
high up on the wall. stood tho animal
Not muscle was moveilS, but Its eyes
seemed to devour every feature of the
photograph dimly seen In the gathering
darkness.
OF Alteration until IT became quite dark.
and then quietly returned to Its accustotn-
cd corner IN the dining room. Its new
weight IN coin, except to its old master
who Will always have an irresistible claim
on such a faithful creature.
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THE DOG AND THE PHOTOGRAPH
The spaniel. Separated from His
Master knows His Portrait

Master knows HIS hortrul'.
For several weeks after the hunting
snan,.Is old master had left the CITY, the
dog showed that It had not forgotten him
by running to tho door at about the time
he had been in tho habit OF returning
from business each evening. Then, how
ever II had apparently become reconciled
80 its new home and master and allowed
tho memory OF the old to fade away and
after about three months had passed the
human adsge. "out Of sight out OF MIND"
seemed applicable TO II.
one afternoon. just before dusk, tho
animal. new master was playing with II
in The front room OF his, house. on the
wall In one corner OF the room was a
large photograph OF the absent friend.
fastened about Ave feet from the noor
dog ran toward the corner Il It's sport.
with It's head raised, suddenly II stopped,
az If turned to stone, it's eyes fixed. It's
mouth half open, The pext mo moment si VII wltn
s.,sing On ~ hind feet. tried 10 stretch 10
email body 90 ~ 10 reach the photograph,
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PONY AND CATS.

Berclair, Texas-Dear Haphammer:
Here comes ltttte Southwest Texas girl
asking for admittance to your happy
band. Papa takes The Post and l enjoy
reading the youths department very
much. There are so many nice letters
from the iiaps. l have only three pets
two cats and pony. My cats are very
follow me 10 and from the COW pen, new
ing and begging for milk. / can eaten
my pony anywhere. ride her by myself
ont N the pasture and hunt birds nests
is Nora Deaver. Good wishes to the
Haps, and success TO The Post. Your
friend Sunshine Meek.
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10 wait on him he ts Obliged 10 20 for II
himself After he has gono cerberus slips
his collar OF, climbs up on the table and
cats the entire meal. AS no Is SWALLOWING
the last mouthful a thought comes to him
OF the punishment that must follow. and
no looks TO his friend TO help him, out OF
his difficulty. Pippina Is then taken by
remains looking sad, while ccrberus re
sumes his collar The trainer returns. IL
suspicious OF the unhappy Victim sizing
among tho empty dishes, and Is about to
punish her. when she climbs up on her
masters shoulder and whispers in his
ear that Cerberus is the real thief. Tip
pira's Innocence IS established. ana the
amusing little play Is over.
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A GIFT TO RUTH CLEVELAND.

She Receives Pretty Pony and Cart
From LItle Jersey Girl.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The services of half the artisans in Rah-
way, N. j.. were called into requ.s.tion to
construct the handsome little dog cart.
which, with a Shetland pony, was pre-
scented to MISS Ruth Cleveland, daughter
of the ex-presdent. by Miss Helen Saw
age daughter of Il. S. Savage. president
OF the Union County bank OF Railway.
The trimmings of the dog car, are mado
TO barmonize with the beautiful lsttle
pony. Dot. who IS dapple gray and white.
The seat and back are trimmed with drab
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MR.. ANpERsoN THANKs rnE cLun.

Dickinson. Texas, April 2.-To the Hap
pyhammer Club: / wish to thank the
little liappyhan.mers for their kindness in
getting the chair COR Georgia. l will as
sure you for her that she Is very proud
of II. and | wish l could find words 70
express myself for the Kindness you have
shown my little daughter. l hope ! may
be able in some way to return the favor.
know that God VIII bless You for your
kindness of heart in this matter. Georgia
is very proud of the char and so is every
tnember of the family, and might say all
the neighbors. Now, my little Iiaps, let
me thank you again for the great comfort
and pleasure you have gwen Georgia
Yours sincerely, u. s. Anderson.
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He WENT FISHING.

weimar, Tcxas.-Der Haphammcr: l
will write little lester now. Papa and
some other men and went fishing Friday
friends and l killed three squirrels up
one tree. We had nice time riding In
the boat. / sat up all night. We have
one old cat. She has four pretty little
kittens. / live at n little place called
Usage, but my postofnce is Weimar. go
to school, but 1t will be out next week.
another place. our corn is up very well.
My brother and / have a watermelon
patch am glad Georgia succeeded in
getting her char There is a crippled boy
here who has been in bed three weeks
His name is Frank Colquest. 1 Will be
glad when summer comes SO l can SO IN
bathing. Your friend,
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CAT AND RABRIT.

Goliad, TeNas-Dear Haphammer: AS
the HGps arc telling cat stories | will tell
one. My cors@n was on. on the pra!rie
ana saw a snake trying to swallow a it,
tie rabbit. He killed the snake and
brought the poor little rabbit hore. 1t
was too young to eat. so we put II with
the eat hat had young kittens. We were
afraid she would eat it. so every tir1e 1t
rot its dinner one of us held 1t ard the
other held the cat We all left home to
krow what to do with the rabbit. so we
put 1t among the kittens and left 1t there.
When. we got home we ran up stairs 20
SEQ shont the rabbit. There II was
among the kittens, and the old cat would
lick II and put her paws around 1t lust
like 1t was one of hey kittens
! see the Haps are writing letters
about their towns. II ! could write a
good letter 1 could tell some Interesting
things Of my native town. l know all the
Hsps who study the history of Texas Will
remember Goliad."
wilma Y Ca1lninlAnll
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A sMUTTY CAT.

Colmesneil, Texas-Dear Haphammer
Here l come again TO talk about cats. 1
have one old cat and his name Is Tom
stove pipes. He Is as smu,ty as can be-
He wouldn't catch rats If they We're
crawling over him. He is the only pet /
teachers nan nse so is Mis- 10 s Emlv s Sam my
like her well. We have very good
school, but 1t Will soon Be out. 1 am so
sorry 1t Will be out, because ] like 10
so TO school. l have a very good desk
mate. Her name is Tussie Tomlinson.
Your friend. Maggie putton.
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MY LITTLE DEAR.

NY little dear. 80 fast asleep.
Whose arms about me cling,
What kisses shall she have 10 keep
While she Is slumberingY
Upon her golden baby hair
The golden dreams III kiss Va
Which lafe spread through my morning.
fair M s.
And have saved for this.
Upon her baby eyes I'll press
Tho lo5ss love gave 10 mei AZ
When his great joy and lovelineoD
Made all things fair TO SOC.
And ON her lips. with Smiles .astir.
An. me, what prayer OF old
NAY nSw ,6 he k y i e o, SSsssf ~
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cat and would drag along the ground as
he walked He brought Vt to the edge OF
the gallery, which is about two ana n
half feet from the ground and jumped
up on the gallery with 1t. Don't you
think he is q smart cat? We have two
brothers who want to join the club their
names are Walter, aged ~ years, and
Arthur, aged s. Your friends,
Minnie Stanfill,
Clarence Stannn.
Florence Stantll,
Walter Stantll,
Arthur Stanfill.
Pearl Slantill,
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is not a result of long association with the
footlightS but is sud TO he a lftte TRICK
that nature plays on Mexicos dogs
Miss Held does not use CHICO Tor
watch dog As a matter of fact II Keeps
the "Parlor Mach" people busy looking
for him with a lantern whom no roains
INTO dark corners OF the stage. HE mac
Ia mouse color. and during chilly nghls
he wears a sealstin sack.
The little beast has no kennel, but ~
quite conteyrt with the fur lined pocket OF
his cf-todian's uistor, Every evening NO
As brought to Miss IIeld's dressing room.
and pcrched on her dressing case, gIaNely
watches her as she makes up for her APP
ueafance on the stage.
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FROM NEBRASK

Fremont. Neb.--Dear Haphammer:
am little girl II years of age, and wa
live In Fremont, Nebraska. My brother
in-law takes The Post. have been read
ing The Post and enjoy the letters very
or In Nebraska. l would like to join your
happy band. Your friend.
Marguerite Sands,
GAS North II Street, Fremont, Dodge
County. Nebra ska.
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SMALLEST DOG IN THE WORLD.
Chico, Anna HcId's Pet, WeiRhs Ono
Pound md Is Bald All Over.

Chicago Inter Ocean.
The smallest dog in the world, Chico by
name. is honoring Chicago with It's pres
ence. The miniature canine came TO town
with tho "Parlor Match" company, now
playing at the Great Northern theater
and is the property and pet Of Anna Held.
Chico weighs sixteen ounces ana is small
enough no be caught In a mouse trap. nc
as a broom handle. The latter afiiictlon
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CAT CHAT.


Yoakum. Tayas-Dear Haphammer:
had not thought much about cats until
you mentioned them. but since then !
have been thinking good deal oboni
about them, and | think ] can tell -
few things The cat belongs to the tiger
family. Like she tiger, he, likes Twins,
Step and hidden claw. He is likc a small
iigtr when hungry. but is good natured
when he has plenty to eat. and Is very
affectonate 4 you pet MN ana tre req +i nm
together they look the same. only the
cat is much smaller For thousands OF
years the cat has been home pet, and
he was a child. for the people Of Egypt
used 10 worship cats. but everybody has
not thought so much of cats as the Egypt
The japanese are very supenstlt!ous
about cats and have some queer stories
about them. An old Japanese idea was
cal with a human hea ,, and face by
thunder god. When the lightning struck
person they though I'm \ was me .hgnasf
him. There was. wind imp, too, which
was also kind OF cat, He carried a
sack OF wind on ~ pack and when he
looss q corner OF It, and when lie wanted
a storm he would empty nll the wind out.
1 don't think much OF people that hadn't
funniest things about Japanese cats Is
that they are all bobtsil.. and they. are
not Manx cats, either. The people think
lust cut them on In some old legends
and tales translated from the German.
people looked upon cats with great deal
They ffnought they were witches. They
believed peopie turned into oats some
times. There was o legend of a cat that
was turned into a lady. and she got mar
ried. She didn't act a bit cat like. until
one day, when o mouse ran across the
door. She estonished her husband by
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HAP TALKS.
what the Haphammer Has to Say t.
Our Doys and Girls.

rear HappyhamnerS: Several members
Aave written letters urging the club to
30, mn A benefit fund for blind Carl. but
I,here sea,ns TO be some difference of opin-
Han As TO what should he bought with the
a money that will be contributed. Now the
4 ,Ioshammer would suggest that those
5who feel like helping in this good work,
3sbould send in their niclsels and dimes
and We can decide what is 10 be dore
with them when we see how large an
amount is secured. Here is a letter from
our good friend prairie Fairy" who
writes on this subject:
Houston, Texas, April 2.-Dear Hap
hemmer. With regard to the club pre-
senting the blind member with a musical
Instrument or a broom machine. l wish
to say: We should use our dimes and
|n.ckels to get the musical ms trument, If
I. IS only a mandolin or n violin, banjo
or guitar With either of these he could
earn money, too,
II the well wlshers" and "grown-up
people" whose attention has been called
10 "0ur Carr by the Happyhammer page
have dollars TO spare, and see fit to give
him the machine. We VIII help them, too.
So enclose Is cents toward the man
dolln. or whatever he may prefer at
about It's price.
Dear Carl, nearly COCO hearts are throb-
hing quicker with the thought of your
Joy when you hold the long-coveted treas
IRE before your tless eyes and touch
Its notes with your seeing fingers. so
please write and tell US what it shall bc,
~ for feel confident ii Won. be alone. the
poor little quarter of
A Prairie Fairy.
Here Is letter No. from "Prairie
Fairy"
Houston Texas, April 3.-Dear Hap
hammer; Since writing yesterday, I have
had an aferthonght. | am subject to
afterthoughts. Ny last afterthought is
ms: To atk for "A contest over Carts
~: q contest in which both sides Will
'eet there" The contest to he which VIII
get there" first Here bt IL:
All who favor Sunsets plan 10 give n
musical Instrument to send their con-
irbutlon for 1t. All who favor kind Mrs.
FooeTss Idea, make II known. Each to
Keep Esup until enough has been raised
keeping
i will perhaps, be our heaviest task,
out please let us try. If you do. feel
sure he will be FIRST gladdcned with mu-
. t ,anor with his hands for his loved ones.
A Prairie Fairy.
The Baphammer believes the after
thought is the very thought wanted. Prai-
re FAIRY has solved the problem. Send
a'ohe your BIND Carl nicke,s. dimes and
quarters and tell the club whe;her you
want Them put in the music or he ma
.H'ne 'uhd Carl Is deserving of our love
~ sympathy and anything We do in his
ptnaH will be 'hammering happiness"
Nsln the best he ,,.e ayor real
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, LITTLE K1NpGERTAN GIRL.


-, COW. sew, sew, and pull, pull. pun,
a. snattern will come, and dhe caru DC
!. ,,,s crIss. criss. criss. and It's cross.
uy nave SONS pleasant work TO DO,
we're never at loss
N denr! / pulled too roughly-fVe
w. bnoken through my card;
/, sseI IKE throwing all away, ana crying
po, M no. motor We never should de-
!, ri ipI rip rip. rip. and I'll tear, tear,
tear.
m, Won nret,y yellow worsted. I've
saved you every stitch
can get Itch); 10,
knw ri start another card. and I'll make
II perfect yet,
And motherll say, oh, thank you' my
' precious little pet"
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WILL ROLL LOGS TWICE.

Burkeville, Texas.-Dear Haphammer:
After an absence Of Two years l Will call
and have chat with the girls and boys.
/ have. not voted s-nce the bird contest
and / lost my vote then, although ! did
not take any exceptions to that, for We
must be loyal to our pets. Guy Pagan, If
i had been "A constant writer | would have
Joined with YOU IN the dog contest, FOL
our favorlte dog was the same You
worked faithfully for the Newfoundland.
Miss Ethel. wish the Newfoundland had
been your nrsl choice instead of the Sec
cnd. l appreciate your letters very much
and think the Haps have improved con-
Wo ara having some rainy woa;her
now. There was Il WIND On the 18th which
did considerable damage TO fields. throw.
ing down fences end ~, timber, 80 ., aim .ar
With love TO Mr.. Haphammer and all the
Haps. Ferryniah.
PLEASED WITH THE PETS.
Rosanky, Texas.-7Dear IIaphammer;
Well lians, here we come again for a
little CHAT. as Il has been some time since
", we wro.e, Haps, how would y99'i IL IKE ntce a
but It seems that some Of the members
are tired of contests. We have never
voted in any of tho contests, but are very
Tilda Jane and Polly AIMS description OF
Upton We are glad to hear tnnt II mas
Improved so since sunday, we coula
hardly got about for tho sand, and as LOT
trees. we saw none. In fact we never
saw anything but sand and grassburrs.
The schoolhouse is situated in the center
of the little village and hasn't tree n
half mle of II. Our school closed at'oul
two weeks ago with a nice concert. we
wish Polly Ann and Tilda jams could nave
after ded. but suppose II was too iar our
of Their range. What has become o.
SUNSET Wood and wild Briar? Come
again: We Ike to read your letters
oh. Haps we are going to have mas
quere,de ball at this place next frluay
night. We surely anticipate nice .it.ie'
THIS CAT CAUGHT a RABBIT.
Bath Texas.-Dear HaPhammer: II has
been long time since We have wrften 10
The Post. We had a very hard rain sun.
day. and II put all the creeks up. tDnI
cousins. Clara Arnold Alice and Corhela
cline. came down to our house ANA stayed
all night Saturday night ana we nnu
lots of fun. Spring has come ana ever
thing Is green. Some Of our rose husntS
are full of buds and will soon be IN fun
bloom.
Well. you SAID we could write eebo, u,
cats for a while. so / VIII tell you apou,
my old cat. He is the sweetest cat
ever saw. He catches birds, rabbits anu
ground moies and brngs them IN m
house TO cat them. one day he causns
a great big old rabbit and brought II 70
the house. 1t was nearly a. big az tho
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David Chapman.
AT TILE sEAsuORE.

Nelasco, Texas. Haphammer: Did
You ever spend summer on the sea-
at tho Sursije hotel. four niles from
Nelasco, on the Gulf OF Mexico, and had
a ost delightful time. / was not there
long before 1t was decided to use the hotel
for the benefit of summer normal. y
great many people visited II from all
PARTS of the State. Some came to attend
the normal and others to get the benefit
OF the baths. 1t was very warm ON the
beach In the morning until about 10
O'Clock, bat AFTER thai hour a pleasant
breeze would spring up and the rest OF
the day was delightful. After breakfast
inc people AT the hotel would gather upon
the large Veranda and there spend sew
eral hours reading books Late in tho
evening they would 60 IN hthing. They
swimming, diving and jumping the large
waves. Af;erward they would take Il
stroll on the beach and gather the bcauti-
full shells lying in the sand. and when
they returned from their walk all were
rifed and hungry. Almost every night We
would have an entertainment aud after
supper great many would so into the
dining room To hear the beautiful music
and TO sec the young people dance. T. sh-
ING was very fine on the jetlies, short
distance down the beach.and so one morn
there to fish. We also caught a grolt
many fish in seine aud when we went
back TO the hotel we had a regular fish
dinner. During my stay at the beach /
VISITED the lighthouse and life saving STA
ton. The lighthouse is situated on the
east bank of the Brazos river, not far
IRON its mouth. aud is q great aid TO
ships on a stormy II Rht. While | was nj
lneboat. and also other boats of small
size. The captain was very kind and took
me 10 The top of the station. where /
looked through II spyslass toward tho sea
and could see large ship lar out ON the
gulf. The summer normal lasted several
weeks and every one had a most enjoy,
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GEORGIA WRITES HER THANKS.
Dickinson. TcXas.-Dear Haphammer;
Wednesday. l Went TO the depot win
papa TO get It, You all don't know. nor
] haven't words to tell YOU how much
/ appreciate 1t. 1t is the. incest chair !
ever saw. wish you all could soc me
roll around y. IT. Thursday evening my
two sisters and | went down to the pic
MIC grove at this place. 4 enjoyed my
went with me and l had n gay time
Every one l passed stopped me to loo oi,
Mr.. Hap and the Hups for g.v-nE me ms
chair. l never fan to tell every one VINO
gave me my chair Nobody shall ever
say anything against The Post. | always
say The Posts Happyhammer Club gave
sne my chair 1 sit in my char all the
time. Papa Is going to take me- over 10
ALVIN as soon as he gets time ana i am
chair, and then you all shall see ho|
look. ! think ! shall put my Ettle Cog
MidgeD at the foot OF my chair and have
his picture taken with me i nIst again gar,
tributons IN getting me n char.
To Mary and Matte McNeely want TO
say that / have sister, Lucy but she
does not remember YOU all. She renem-
bcrs the name but not you. You probably
went to some Of the schools there
at the time we did ] received n Iock-
friend j want to thank whoever II WIS.
The stories IN them were very interest,
ing and ! enjoyed them ever so muea. !
have also received nice letters from Nehle
Patterson and Maud Mahan.
Willie Kolb, can answer your iidale.
IT was: "1f barn has 100 ears OF corn
In II and q rat carried three cars out
every night, how long would It take HIM
10 carry the 100 ears outY II would take
him 100 nights, as he would take his own
two ears with htn and one car of corn
in his mouth I will ask the Haps a Billie
question: How old was Isaac Hncn
Abraham offered him as a sacrifice to Tile
Lord?"
wen. ] will come Rack and tolk about
my chair ! am going to Sunday schooI
In It Sunday morning Mr.. Hap. when
got tho catalogue with the picture of my
Chair in It.. / could not do anything but
SIT and look at st. ] wore 1t almost cut
looking al II, aud then sent 1t TO my
brother 10 see. Again thanking you enc
and all for my chair, will close. i wish
you all could see mo IN Il. and could
know how much appreciate IT, Love 10
Mr.. Hap and all the dear little Haps'
Ceorpia Anderson
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nese arc a few delayed contributions
Raw, 1e0,s'as chair. This amount has been
lry -, ~ Mr. Anderson, and will finish pay
NJ ''r the freight which was Il little