The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-22

WI bring this uninterestIns letter 10 :
M ipse w. Win lots of love to the liups and
Ing fund. ''"'s ''' '"' "s'P
luke luke Texas. Dear Haphammcr: can
tro,t13e III y Is so cold out here, ! won't
c @b"uo'e you Of all | Just want to have a
tbn9t With the Hnps awhile say Haps,
s spM l'q you all fare with our September
49, ~ was not here at the time
was at Yarhoro Texas. In Grimes county,
b Pus ! have some little friends that had d
= Ia r. Time Of II. l am with them now.
i WI tell you their names. the oldest one
bsiorenee and the next Is Ola Boyk
nave three OF four little baby friends.
rIao, ivy are too little TO talk about am
s,au 10 near Of Mrs, Foster calling IN
Z ,euetE as some Of them are very Interest.
fnS', lnciosed lind 10 cents Tor the helping
ruuu. Iiease enroll me as a new Han:
and 23 wa Ju my @ge; mt opt am between II
XXX Wnste basket just let me slip in and
n mn before j gets here. | must close as
WIZ , ,nn Is too long now. SO VIII close.
Luther Mckinney.
,palo Pinto, Tcxas. Dear Mrs Foster and
| laps As II hns been quite n while since
y Wrote 10 tue Hnps | thought ! would just
Yep IN and chat awhile This morning /
see We have dropped our contest / think
plume When l read a letter that has some
ttan'y name signed 70 II | can remember
the name better than ] can real name
As many OF the 1Iaps are telling dreams /
WIN tell one. 1t was beautiful night and
laH on my bed looking at the stars and
wishing they were closer so could see
them hettor. All Mt once two stars came
together aud began to waltz and then an
%larr Joined In; finally there were eight
sight II was" They came down lower and
I lover AMI got larger and larger, until they
We're about as large as washtuhs ana |
could see they had hands and feet / ran
to wake mother Wp and ms went out Of
the door | fell ana It woke me up. | was
real sorry, too, because my head is sore
YET from the bump 1t got VIII send some
thing to the helping fund when We get our
cotton picked. With love and best wishes
to all, | VIII say goodbye.
Lone Star.
Randals Store Texas-pear Haphammer:
May | step in ana chut awhile with you
all; suppose YOU have. oil forgotten me,
but haven YOU. | read the Haps' letters
every week and also read THE Club
| Talk and the poems at the head of the
page. How do you all like to go 10 par c3f
/ 1 went to ono not long ago and had the
finest kind Of time We played snap
and cross questions and crooked answers
and sang n few songs. 1t Wns 3 o'clock
when we got home have no brothers
old enough to go to parties. so I 20 tn
my aunt and her brothers hey are 10 and
| Ia years olu. W g are going TO n UArDeCNo
/ at Lynch Springs next Thursday and
| hope to have a nice time. | am L. years
| old and have sister years old We hoed
! nearly, all Of papn's cotton this y2ar Oh
| girls, how many of you ride ho"seb tckf |
! do. ! have a pony that ! ride; h is per
| fectly gentle. only when he comes 10 II
house whore he wants to stop II | don't
want to stop he rears up and turns around
and Just has regular tits but h. has never
| thrown me off yet The last time wrote
! G the lI9ps was when they were buying
| Jimmie Edwards artificial leg. | VII close
! Tor this time. With love to all the Haps
/ Ten cents for the helping fund. Pansr
Roberts, ARK. Dear Haphammer: vii
you ADMIT = little Arkansas girl - years
Of age; School has begun and | go every
day. unless ] am sick, and that II not verl
often. Have any Of YOU Iinps ever had &
chill: If so. how did You enjoy 1t? ! dom
If this isn't a good letter. as my friend
Lille Is bothering me SO can hardly write
at all ! have been n silent admlrcr Of thu
letters for somr time and Just AS hnC
screwed up enough courage to write
Lille has To bother me, 50 ! am SURE | vii
make "muss' OF the whole affair; hut 4
Bans for the contest | think We SHOULD
sign any name We please. and ask no on,
anything about 1t. und hope Mrs, Foster
our kind editress will agree with me 0nC
let us Sign pen names. As for me, I can
think ht an appropriate fancy name an'
SO will Just not take the trouble Of huniinl
like 10 read novels and don't care VIII
knows IT, VIII exchange Tempest am
Sunshine" for "Madoln,s Lovers or an
other good book novel that the Hap
Vaught. "Woodblne." Pet" princess
and all the other good writer's. With low
to Mrs. Foster and Philip Webster | am
new but true Hap, Mae TlSaale'
Houston, Tcxas--Dcar Haphnmmer |
has been some time since | visited 10
dear old Post. and agalni IT. vi ASK nc T.,
talk She Inns written us such an intel
cstlng letter this week about the ol
Alamo l would like so much to, visit III
place myself My papn visited the Alan
few years ago and he often tells Il
children about the place. / see the col
tfst has been dropped am real ela'
f fans t to sen II thcr II real names Con-
again Clodhopper, You write such int
esting letters. l. for one. have read Len
suppose Nippts wlllam vauFht thought h.mse
nuife small boy when the COW kcko
I him through such small crack hut "
hope it viii not stunt his erowrh' tor W
that he could not 20 through such srna
, Mace, | would like to exchange my favo
no song. The Saddcst Day Of An {,
i the one Give Ny Love, 70 Nelly" WI
, re ae"s song. Wei / suppose had hett'
bring this unInterestlngs letter to clos y,
L
1 waste basket and | know the waste bask
s is hungry. as ! have not written IN
. i6ug By.bye; love 20 Mrs. Fostcr and a
the Haps Suuo NAY p'rhe!i'
: victoria. Texas.--Dear H1ph0mm r WI
. ,.ou nIense opcn the door ani let me In
= cbat n fcw minutes ] won't stay lonl
2 wrote once before, but ! su2pose you q
2 have forgotten me. Ny papa Is a farme
I We live nine miles north ~ Victoria, hB
y ~ n mile west Of us Is the public roat NJ
/ nile and half east of MS IL The Quad
y irpe river We live on the prairie. II
a notton crop in this county is rot Very GO
: an account Of the boil weevll, and Il
n cnyn crop was cut short by the drout
& Tho most cotton ! ever picked IN one dl
!. VAS is5 pounds, What hos become
d Fclicin NJ. Pope Annie /. Rlchey, Fam
n Tones Maggie Harrison and host
e otbcrsq Why don't they write oftene
7 ngree with some OF the Haps about In
loo Mrs Fosters picture printed. /. e
rink that II would be nice VI we cou
lbave reunion next summer Come Q
fans with your nickeis and dimess l.
IS ,,v nv TO he worthy OF our name. Ju
u MINI there are over 1l,sOo m 'mbe' NJ
a M SeipIpg fund does not amount 20 81.
a a week. 1t is simply a shame Won
le like very much 10 correspond win som
D. he Hans II they viii write FIRST; 70 Ger
e ar The fund 10 cents for my sister Ma
II ( cents FOR my brother John and 10 Ger
e Sor mvself 1 VIII bid you adieu. Q