The Atlanta constitution., 1900-08-27

rate hats. I have been helping can fruit
the past few weeks and we canned over
100 quarts of jelly and forty-six glasses OF
Jelly. No. do you not think am real IN
1 have not sent for one of Tom Lock-
harts books. but will soon. Poor boy.
We should do everything in our power 70
are sorry for him. / think it more noble
to nurse the sick and cheer their lonely
hours than to get up In some public place
and preach until our throats are sore
about duty and charity. when not quar-
ter of a mile from our door some one needs
our help and our charity. too.
Reeves Station, Ga-Dear Junior: My
name is Katie King Morrison and my ad-
dress is Reeves Station. Ga. Now. II any
of the cousins have written to me or sent
books for me to read they Will under
stand why 1t is that they have not
heard from me. l know Aunt Susie for
bids writing with O. pencil, but l nope
she will pardon me. for 1t Is very difficult
for one to write at all when they can
use only one hand. and often my paper
to use a rubber. am very mucn IN
terested In the Bird Lovers Society. I
think It Is a great thing for the dear
little birds. l am dear lover OF pros
and would not harm one for anything
would like to ask If joining the Bird
Lovers Society prevents one from keep
ing pet birds? / am SO anxious for
mocking bird and papa has PROMISED TO
get one for me. I think it would be
great pleasure to have one to sing for me
when l am so lonely and 1 would take
such pleasure In caring for 1t:
Ruth Chesser. l thank you for your
kind offer and will accept of 1t when
can conveniently do so, ! want SO
much to get book called led n,ns The fSane Sane
the book and Will send 1t to me Will
read and return 1t to them. VIII some
OF the cousins send me the songs. Give
Me Always Home in Texas" Down on
the Farm" ''rhe Fatal Wedding, and
"The Letter That Never Came.
will send any l have In return.
Andrew j. Burks. Montgomery. Tex
Dear Junior: | will make my first at
tempt to call and ask the enrolment OF
my name on the already long list. am
a close reader of the good old Constitu-
ton and see many nice letters from Tex
as boys and girls all of which 1 read
with pleasure. With Aunt Susie to grace
the junior page, as kind and generous
mother does a household. it is one of the
most attractive and interesting pages OF
The Constitution. While l am a little
farmer and live in the brush of Mont
gomery county, a life 1 most enjoy. 1t is
one OF NV greatest pleasures to minglc
with the young folks. being a young
American myself. and an interesting cor.
reSpOnuellce is especially an lHlpOT lhfit
link. and entertaining feature IN the fur
therance of pleasure.
How many of the boy juniors take
with them to church and social entertain
ments a revolver. a bottle of whisky or a
deck of cards? 1t is to be hoped that
none of them do. for certainly Aunt Su-
sic would not admit them into the band
If she but knew II. Boys should leave
such things alone and stear clear of those
whom they know use them. They bear evil
fruit. not good: Thefarmers are confronted
of course The farmers are confronted
with much unpleasantness this year.
Here In portions of grand old Texas.
seven months of this the very end-of-the-
century year. has been rained out and as
| am writing this warm July Sunday the
little drops of rain are gently falling upon
the housetoD.
=, Would like to exchanges The New
Hot Time in the Old Town" Would
like few Texas correspondents.
Laura E. Collins, Boxwood. Ga.-Dear
Junior: I've been Illuminating" as Bin
Arp says. on something to tell the cous-
ins, and have concluded that as Aunt
Susie and The Junior are interested in
the bird question, perhaps they would
like to hear how my pet partridge turned
out-for turned out II was. Although
a tender little maiden" l dearly love
to fish Yes. that's the correct express
sion, although my teacher did tell me
Wnen ne was numbering the innOcentS'
that II is a fact" the word shouldn't
be used in such a sense lie said I'VE
Ike tomatoes (Which | donD and love
our swethhearts (Which l also don't-with
the mt left off. l think we love things
well as people. Well, one evening
| started to meet some boys and girls who
were going with me to Burke's mill 10
enjoy an evening fishing and boat-riding.
Just bCc ~-e | met my friends / saw a 1T
tie wilte birds egg lying In the wagon
rut / was just wondering how It got
there. when II began TO bobble down
lion: it really was moving! On com
Ing up to II, 1 found that just behind 1t.
with It's little head not yet out of the
shell. was little partridge pushing its
way along. Suppose a big wagon had
me along before | did? l took the shell
and put the bird in my school bask-
until J had an opportunity TO give it
fishing and had splendid luck and really
our necks did not FRY at all" We
gathered in the twilight to go boat
riding. the boats would only carry two
persons safely 90 so l remained on the
bank awaiting my turn and drinking IN
the beauty OF the scene. Twas grand!
\ Guido or Raphael could only have done
justice to 1t. The moon-lit pond, tho
dark trees that border it. in whose bougns
the mockingbird. widest of singers"
still nuttered and SHOOK from It's lit
tie throat such floods of delrous music,"
The soft notes of boat song were watt
ed on the sweet-scented night air TO those
on tho banks AS the boats came back
| saw a pretty little girl point to a re-
Election of the moon in the water and re-
peat softly. yet clearly. LongfellOws
beautiful words about the moon
81 saws its bright reflection In the water
under me,
Like n golden goblet falling and sink
ing into the sea-"
N.Y. How I am DEPRESSING. To return
TO my subject. The next morning / took
the little partridge down near where
found il to a place where a drove was
seen and called them up by whistling like
"a partridge They came up near the
bushes among which | was sitting when
| opened my hands and the apparently
almost lifeless bird gave n happy little
scream and darted among the drove. the
most alive one OF them all. | went to
school last term and near the school I
found 4 discarded birds nest made Of
among other things. n piece of The Con-
stitution. New Providence. our school.
is soon to be honored by the presence
of Earnest Willie" or Mr.. Upshaw, who
is now I'm Arizona.
The birds in your neighborhood are ap-
preciative birds to use The Constitutions
II shows what a good paper II is to
raise the young on. Aunt Susie.
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