The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-27

Boulder, Colo Dear Haphammer:
While visiting here we saw an
immense rock called Lovers Leap.
from the following Indian legend "A GER
tain Indian chief had a beautiful daughter.
for whom he selected as a husband son
of neighhoring chief. The girl however,
loved a young man of her own tribe and
refused to marry the young chief This
made her father very angry, and he had
her imprisoned. One day she was allowed
to take a walk. While walking she met
her lover and they ran away together. Tho
young chief pursued them and overlook
them on tap of this rock. To escape the
lovers jumped off and were both killed"
Yesterday morning we all went 10 climb
Flag staff, and arrived at the foot about
8 o'clock. After going up narrow paths
and old wagon roads we at last reached
the top. On top Denver could be seen
twenty miles away 1t took us about
two hours TO get up, SO we thought We
had better go back. We decided TO go
down the side, for which we were sorry
afterwards, tor We slipped and slid over
rolling stones, stationary boulders and all
I kinds of vegetation. We were like Nc
Ginty, for though
I'VE won our time
Our shoes were as white as lime,
And our parasols full of holos
AS the earth is full of moles,
| And no more would we climb,
Not even for dime"
We came home, had dinner and lounged
around until supper time; had supper and
! retired. Your little friend, Hugh.
! Caldwell, Texas.--Dear Haphammer
Will you take another little girl
into your happy band OF little
people who are hammerlng happiness
everywhere? have been reading the Haps'
page for a good while, but somehow could
not get up courage enough to Write TN
now. / like to read real well. | have been
reading the Waverley novels this sum
mer and like them very much. Have any
of the Haps read THE Last Days OF Pom
peii?" / have and think 1t very tne. ]
would like to go to Mount VesuVius ana
see 1t some night when II was active. but
l would not Ike to get close to II. | ike
to go to school and like to study history;
I studied Texas history last winter and
was very much interested in it. am glad
Travis was selected as the greatest nero
of Texas, for II Houston was brave, travis
was the drawer, think. Flowers! Mt.
Hap wanted us all to have flowers, We
have rose bushes and roses all over our
yard, but haven't any other kind OF fow-
ers. We live outside of town, but We
haven't any trees, and don't Ike that
We lived In the country three years beIore
we came here. We have lived here Dnt
little while, and ] expect we will go
back to the country next year.
| ! haven't any brothers and only on.
sister She lives at 81 Paso. would IKE
! to go there. ! like the mountains. used
to wish lived in the Alps. / cast my
vote for animals in preference to books as
the subject for the Haps to write on,
Mamma says she thinks II We get started
we will find 1t a very interesting study
( from life and from books also am near
\ ly - years old. I hate for my birtnaay
to come, don't you, Haps? II doesn't seem
/ long tin one gets old and II seems put
a little while since ] was 8 years oia'
Well. expect ] had better close, since
this is my first attempt but / am true
Hap, Tura J. Compton
Hampstead, Texas.--Dear Haphammer
and all Haps: ! had a great crop OF IDEAS
stored up. but the fcod has DESTROYED
every vestige OF them. so here comes tue
next crop on very poor ground and late
season. Haps, think a great many OF
you make grave mistakes In prals!ng your
favorite writer's on our page, as II is rain
er discouraging to the poor writer's, IKE
myself. l have my favorites, but inLeno
keeping their names to myself ] nope az
/ Haps will vote on the animal contest.
am in favor OF paying 5 cents per month
I fer the cripples fund and think II we Gil
! donated as we should, we would always
Z have surplus over. ! was In Houston ID
Nav and called on Mr. Han To my ute,