The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25

pochis out dohy like them much cant
Annie. don't think she Womb ciisar sa, nr
H sisep y she had plenty OF stoliss to read.
the a,tls nGpe you ell VIII succeed Ia SETTING
There Is little boy that Is pa, .iyze,l IA town
Tno needs rclling chair. Leon ana Ruby
% no ~. .poke OF them IN their letters have
died- He died In June NY iitrie cousin niso
S SrS IA august. ! have two sisters and one
Wit WIFI u.n NY ch ,, Is rhuls wortainston
Tubing snow over my neck / am true
"i' Stella INSIDE.
HIS LITTLE BATTLEsHrp.
Elllnger, Tcyas.--Dcar Huphammerl Once
no.e " becomes my pleasant duty TO write
~, ~ tne Happyhanmer page. II has been some
for ,ss since last ! made my app arance. there
nj, ,SIe suppose l am entirely fersotten bg all
me FLAPS. Now. I'll tell you about my little
ipsa'tii y which my brother made for me.
@pisico very Tnsr nice little ship Its name is
They are not big. but j call them a big because
,ney are three and half inches long while
ana sns w w, ship Isn't but eisnteen Inches long
little dag on II. think when / get old
eEchgh III try to get to be All officer on
pntteship. would like to do some hng A.
friend Herman " AVE-
APPRECIATES THE HAP PAGE.
A. Mieyton TeNss.-Dear HapAammer; will
! Rave time. | have written Sc veral Letters
, 70 me hip;' PAGE but never G!l see any OF
men IN pTia,, School began o. the io'h oil
o!oo.r. MISS Fanny Davidson Is my teach
.r' io'e her very much she Is very Kind To
us all. ! think all the children love ner. /
k sn W th ns. DC. i is ye.y cold here. but
soon % mere. 1 hope you will ali have n nice
time, Gtorgla Andslson of Dickinson must
wiite again very soon to the Aaps, l am
y ysry anxious to see letter from Georgia.
i nnna Garl must write again. Aaron Prices
, Mtts was very nice. Come again. Aaron.
Miss, MISS Mettle Page scoield must write some
more nice poetry for the Haps' page. 1 think
that Mr. Hap Is very kind to allow US n pase
II his valuable paper; l enjoy reading the
wrss ap paSe very much WE Ella Mshsn must
nave anether contest? think book contest
would be nice. What do you all say about
q. how aows rrv VIII hi, Sii be gone very soon ana
ers; how many Of the Haps love flowers?
Mary Courtney of Columbus. | will send you
sm few s,,S Samss fer your baby brother Name
! think either of these would be pretty. Joe
Farmer must come again and tell us another
o, mis- g, dreams. Wishing you a happy Christ:
remain your true Hap. Pinkie Smith.
TWO COLEMAN HAPs.
Coleman. Texas.-Dear Haphammer; guess
you have forgotten us. but We have not for
gotten you all. we have been going to school
ana Prof. MCGEE Is our teacher. IL Is very
cold out here, How is It In Houston?
We spent Thanksgiving with our cousin
Myrtis Woodward, and bad nice time. We
have ordered us wheel and it will be hers In
two or three weeks / think II is SO nice to
ride wheel Seven or eight OF the girls have
wheels here. We can ride horseback also.
We have n saddle and did have A pony but
he died week or two ago. We have Hal
white donkey. He is so gentle taat we ca
feed him out OF our hands. And we have pet
canary bird. our uncle John gave II to us
two or three years ago. Our friend Willie An
dereon will probably join our happy band.
Lovingly, Vivian and lone White.
A CHATTY LETTER.
Keachie, La.--Dear Haphammer: It's snow
ing thick and fast out here, and m real cold
but I'm scared to come In because the last
time i was In there that ferocious lookng
waste basket devoured me and had no Little
trouble recovering from my accident.
Did you say come in? All. thank you. now
m safe and warm.
Oh. there Is Dorale; why don't you write
again? Ora Medford. when are you going TO
write? Your Introduction was nice.
Joe Farmer, the nights are getting long
now. Give us another of your favorte
dreams Sumpter Etherege told the Farmer
cousins a nice dream; come again Maurice
Smith. /. too. would like to know which side
won the debate. Your plan about tn Judges
was very good, but as you say maybe Mr.
Hap has a better one TO ssggest. We are all
very anxious to know who won anyway. lin