The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-04
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90 they asked him to bring his cot on the
other side OF the line. Every one OF them
rushed In and fought for their country and
travis died brayely and when they
the2 said. He is too brave to he burned !,
put thoy answered, Throw him In with
Inc rest | remain true Hap. hopinx
Travis will win. 'Op''s
Myrtlebelle Conner.
olawson, Texas.--Dear Haphammer.
how are you all getting along today? T
am we'll thank YOU 1t has been quite a
WnIle since ! talked with YOU all. have
been real busy collecting The money 10
get little Irene Carson's chair. but, dear
daps, | have got 1t at last. | carried n
10 ner Sunday last. She was the proudest
cnlld most ever saw. She lust THANKED
me and thanked me. You know ii made
me ieel happy to see her so happy. Her
onair cost S21.3o with the freight. am so
siau you all are getting along so nicely
with Jimmie's leg fund. viii sand :
GENTS and Guss sends cents also Tint
Is not much but every 'lhtls' helms
Well' Haps, | have not long to stay this
| vime' VIII make you another visit era
long and try to tell you something thai
VIII interest you, perhaps Love to ali
true Hap, Sa,ito Wo4A w a'i
Eleln, TeXas.-Dear Haphammer: After
a long time will write again: guess ali tbe
Haps have forgotten me. live in the
country and like it very we'll. Our school
is out and have to work now. Papa takes
the Houston Post and says IL is the hest
paper in the State.
am like Guy NJ. Payne. / shall vote FOR
me matchless Sam Houston. have stu
uieu our Texas history and think him far
ahead OF our other great and noble heroes
We love and cherish the names of them all
Tor 1t would be hard to find their equals
the world over, but look at the picture of
the great Houston, facing many obstacles
before which others would have quailed.
enjoy the letters of the Haps much
more lately and think that Johnnie Harri-
son wrote such a nice one
There are several Hans living close IN
me- and several go to our school here.
Willora Long lives close to me, and she
Is proud OF the chair the Hap club gave
her Every time papa gets The Post we
hunt the Hap page first. Will close with
love for all the dear Haps. Yours,
Tony Miller.
P. S.-Would like to correspond with
some of the Haps about the age of IA.
Tony.
Navasota, Texas.-Dear Haphammer:
Will you admit another girl OF Is summers
to join your happy band? | see you are
having very interesting debate and /
would like to take part in 1t. | consider
William Barrett Travis the bravest of the
Mexican American war. What indeed
could be more heroic than to stand by his
post of duty and die as a hero rather than
take his chances of life by retreating
That is what l think is heroism, not
afraid to die at his post OF duty, and
rather than desert his wounded men and
fort give his life for life. Indeed this "a
dear to all who have read or studied his
life. We all know what Houston and
Austin have done, but we do not know
what they would have done had they been
placed as Travis was, for he had deluded
himself and men with the hope of help,
and when he learned no help could reach
them, then how noble it was In him to
boldly proclaim the fact to them, so as TO
let every man take his choice. It should
be considered true heroism for one man
alone to stand up and proclaim the fact TO
a band of men thac nothing but death
stares them in the face. How does he
know but they in their rage may not rend
him limb from limb, and nothing but true
heroism would give a man courage for
such an act?
SO vote him the greatest hero of
Teas
piness. Matte L. McCumsey'
Chireno. Texas.-Dear Haphammer:
After reading for some time the chill
dren's page" l decided to write. ! have
stopped school and am having fine time
at home | see nearly all the Haps are
voting on who was the bravest hero of
the Texas revolution. l think W. r.
Travis was the bravest. Just think now
he fought in the Alamo and wouldn't sur
render. Now, who would have stayed IN
such a place when they knew they could
escape at one time, but II they stayed
they would have to fight or
surrender. | would like to know who
would be so brave or who has been 80
brave as to perform such a noble deed as
this. I do net agree with Ernest knopp
that Sam Houston was Texas greatest
hero, for her reasons, and they We're be-
cause he was the general OF the troops or
general commanding when Santa Anna
was captured. who was the president OF
Mexico. and because he was president
twice and governor once All this doesn t
make him the brayest nor half as brave
as noble Travis Does it, Ernest? I live
in the busy little village OF Chireno,
which io twenty miles from the town OF
Nacogdoches. AS | was reading the lot
ters" | noticed that Mae Nelson said she
wished 1t could stay spring all the time,
Why, she is quite selfish to want spring all
the time l think Spring would be hut
gloomy weather II we had nothing else hut
spring" We should enjoy the seasons in
their order, for God doeth all things well.
l bid you all adeu. A true Hap,
Grace Buckner.
Katemcy, Texas. Dear Haphammer
Hero I come. after six months delay. beg