The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-13

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than Y, because they are not children.
| Vow, now many of you agree with mo
I9s pe, pecan ,will soon be falling and won't
pc with me and heir me eat, sure do love
! PecSns. was sorry 10 hear ~ Minnie
Ice Sols, death. I can sympathlze with
| WIN some Of You uaps please send me the
| words The Dying Cowboy?" I will give
On sH slsS@ss RG Boys Won't D9 e Trust
| had better close and let some other one
Mae Raakln
Cedar Bayod, Texas-pear fssphammer;
/ After an absence Of about year Asa
] mere again 10 chat awhile. | guess every
one Is glad TO see, autumn here once more
= KNOW am Tor one, but wasn't " hot the
past summer II was simply too hot to
1 81 sun down here, and guess this winter
y VIII he too cold 70 move around, but
I then we are never satisfied with the wenth.
er-it Is either too hot ct too cold or some.
/ ihlng \ few days ago | was In the ward
/ when ! heard something barking ike a
! squirrel up In the tree. | looked hut
! couldn't see anything resembling squirrel
/ but noticed a mocking bird up on a llmh ~
/ me tree, and what do you think IL was?
M M9cking Bird mocking a squirrel.
| telt Ike wringing his neck for him for
| fooling me SO badly. Now. ! must say a
] rev words about flowers. but not much,
/ i2r m taking MP too much space now. /
/ think nothing can add more to the charm
| or a nome than flowers IN winter the
! bright WinSome blossoms brighten dark
rooms and cheer lonely homes; &c is very In
! teresilnB To watch their various growths,
! the delicate froud Of the fern and splney
/ STEMS OF cactuSes are very pretty aud odd
/ TOO ! once had the meat eating cactus
! whlch ! liked very much. While In bloom
/ u q small piece Of meat was placed on
/ the hlossom II would consume Il In short
u sdn,o must st9R now and give room, TO
roster and the iiaps. am a sincere Hap,
Muricl.
sinner, Texas-Dcar Mrs Foster and all
the Haps: As my other letter missed the
waste basket, ! will venture forth again.
( am acquainted with two Of the Haps,
Lula and Addie Kinsel nm at their
houSc now. see some of tao Haps are
interested In reading. ] am very fond OF
good books and can remain for hours
companionShip with books alone. ! have
read Tennysons poems and also Longfel-
lows. have also read Robinson Crusue
/ Dora Thorn and great many more I
have just finished reading The Evil Of
Cities Talm0ge's sermons. ! am also very
fond Of music aud flowers | can play the
organ and French harp aud hope some day
/ 10 play the violin Ilaps, have been
away from home over three months hut
am going back next week / win sure be
glad to get back, FOR | expect my mamma
wants TO see me. Don't you3 III some Of
I RTsot H'Ps WI send me the songs lust
Dying Californian" I will send them Just
MS the sun Wont Down" and weeping
Willow. J see some Of the laps think
that vines can not he trained to run down
ward. ! have gotten them TO grow I'm al.
most any shape on. iiaps. Just think
there was young man killed at home the
caught and fen between two cars and three
cars ran over his body. His last words
were Boys, for Gods sake XIII me and
put me out ~ misery" Nv address Will
be Pearsall hereafter, ne Will return home
Tuesday. Nena French, ] know how bad
II Is to he disappointed hut we must al
ways look M the bright side All You
dreamers come again. | like to read your
letters they are sd Interesting Hams do
you not all feel sad for Mrs. Mckinley?
sure do. | Will try To send some money
for the helping fund next time. HANS. my
aunt died the other day and / feel So sad:
she left tour small children How many
OF the llaps are striving for uu educationg
l am, ana ! mean TO get 1t. too Well |
will step out and leave space for some
moro talented writer. SO love to Mrs
, Foster ana al the Haps. ! hid You all
adl"s. true HAP Bcrta Reece.
Beaumont, TeNas.- Dear Haphammer.
Here J come again this time to tell lhe
laps Of the wedding of two lIappvham
mers, but FIRST ! must tell You Of my trip
20 Shepherd, whore the wedding took mace.
You see ! knew nothing about the pros
pcctive wedding when went To Shepherd
My brothers and left Beaumont at $50
n. m. and there were only few persons
on the train Brother Charles seemed SO
happy. He played his guitar and we sang
z few songs and had real nice time. At
Cleveland we We're met by two Happyham.
mer girls who had become acquainted with
us through our PAGE We changed trains
al Cleveland. had Q nico lime there
train came and ! went on to Shepherd. my
old home, aud saw So many ftftnds We'll,
on the third day my brother Charles told
me he was to be married the next day.
was very much surprised and glad also. Tor
! never had n sister. aud the girl he mar
ried was an old ftcud Of mine. They
were To be married Wednesday nj 4 o'cloc[
p. m. ana take the evening train for home
OF course We girls We're greatly excited -
there were four ot rs together ON the wed.
ding day. After dinner the guests began
20 arrive and We-myself and Fannie, the
brides slster-wcrc to ne bridesmaids and
We were very full Of Importance. Nv
Younger brother and Mr. Harris were
by drilling" ana irving an sorts OF pranks.
We girls were dressed In pink, "tho brides
maids, with starry iessamines In our hair.
The bride in white with wreath OF les
samines She looked VERY sweet II was
4 quiet home wedding, with only members
Of the family and nearest friends present.
The groom finally came looking as male as
a sheet hut his color soon returned and
we marched ln the front room where Tho
ceremony was performed Immediately af.
ter we left for Beaumont, leaving sad
hearts behind for the bride was n great
favorlte, hut we are AT home now and on.
ioying life. Last Sunday we went 10
IbfN AFiNNI dNu INNE n Sill on sab ne
lake and had q real good time Charles
thinks he has done something great His
marriage was a surprise to all his friends.
and when us Kids" tell him of seeing
some one and telling them Of his marriage
he asks "Wh0t did they s0yf' He thinks
he has done a great deed aud Is prond OF
his Hnppyhnmmer bride, ana /. too. love
my Han sister. / believe ! see some one
smiling? Is this the first Hap weddngY
want to ask the Hans who wrote to me
for songs TO have patience. will send
them all soon Come again Cod Homer
Your letter was the best I have seen for
long time. To the Han who started to
make a remark "a me about the Indian
Layman," will you please write to me and
satisfy my curiosity? A true Hap.
EsSle Colleps
Navasota Texas. Dear Haphammer: I
think the present subject Is a fine one for
discussion don't all YOU Haps think sol
Now here ! go "a name somebody, and II /
make a very bad out at II don't Won Hans
say: ''Ha. ha, Ia; she doesn't know very
much about IT," Now do YOU all hear.
Thomas Alya Edison Is tho one I think was
the greatest man horn in the Nineteenth
century Thomas Edison may we'll he
called a wizard. They say II he had lived
In 400 in Europe he would have been
burned for practlcing the black art or deal.
ing with evil spirits. Mr.. Edison never
did ANYTHING unless ic had more than one