The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-13

wudge dat he has COPIED at de swell
school:
Dear Dad, I am glad 1 am going to you
and mamma for the holida which some
boys has to stay here for they don't have
no place to go to their pa & mas being
most in urope and caroliny hunting and
house partys. am glad you and mamma
do not have to hunt house partys but have
them yourselfs so can go to one two. One
boy licked am sorry ne can't go home
for his pa &c ma have invited so many other
mas & pas what have boys and girls of
their own they have no room at home for
their boy so / am sorry 1 licked him but he
had no right to say 1 was bowery when
i won his nife in fair swap. Tell mamma
/ want to visit grandma Fadden because
she makes the kind of pi like best & I will
bring some of II TO the boy who has no
home because the house party at his home
Is two big for him. I want STAY to coast
Gown hill back of the school faster than
the other boys for we bet. I want pare
of gIuves for the housekeeper here she
makes good jam and you get more If you
happen to give her something she wants.
don't see why she wants anything else
when she can have all the jam she wants
and no switching if she's cot stealing by a
teacher. 1 want a hocky stick and pare
OF skates because IL you play hocky all
winter and baseball all spring you play
better football in the fall & football is the
real thing If you want to shine. Dear dad
please send me a other dollar for the one
you sent for me to buy mamma a present
1 haven't got any more because a village
boy had three peas and said / couldn't
guess where one was he put Under shell
and / saw him put IL there but when /
betted tie dollar it wasn't there when he
raised the shell and so / licked him, but
couldn't take the dollar for 1T his. He
sed So y two dollar bill won't cost any
more to put in the letter than one dollar
bill so please put two dollar and will get
dear mamma her present with half of it
and save the other half because there is a
boy On the train who sells candy on the
train which makes the time go faster on
the way home IL you please and oblige
your luving son James Napoleon emmett
Fadden. If there are three dollar bills it
will do just well and 1 remain the same.
Up. s. / have a picture of grandma Fad
den 1 drew myself with the drawing teach
er to help for If he don't help you get
marked down but he was footballer when
ne was boy he sed IL would be a shame
for boy who plays football good me
to get marked down grandma viii have
a fine picture II is lady without no arms
which she lost in a tackel L spose but she
Is a shine the teacher says for fair and she
is standing like she was going to make a
swipe at gof ball if the dear lady had
arms to swipe with. / told the drawing
teacher that and he said praps and praps
not but sure gof was as old as her but
sweeping cut Mr.. Milo's room her name
being Miss venus Milo and 1 hope Grandma
wont make no kick because she has nothing
much on except a dinky mighty. No more
from your luving son at present except the
two or three dollar bill affectionately James.
"P. s. II it cont any more to send
a four dollar bill than three dollar bill
please send four dollar bill and will tell
you wy. Little Fannie has sent me a pair
of rist mlttens to ware on my rists and
keep warm they are dinky but If a girl send
a present you must let on you are ticlxled
TO deth the drawing teacher sed so and he
played football when he was a boy two
So he nose. He nose everything. He has
long hare not for football but for art
Dear Dad do not forget that 1 need a
pare OF hockey skates and not just skates
for plane skating there is a difrence but
am Just the same. J. ~. r. F."
Say. it's a good ting we called de kid
Little Duke" after his ma. Duchess. for
he has her fine touch. When 1 was as old
as him II l spent more dan five cents day
out OF me earnings selling papers 1 got
someting to remember when | sat down
All de rest of me Doodle l TONED in at night
for de family. and a touch for two cases
would make me modder fall dead OF sur
was. De void moves. and de signs what
shows dat IL moves look like dollar mark.
But 1 takes de letter TO Duchess, she be-
ing de banker OF our firm, and says TO her,
Duchess" / says. what do you tink OF de
gaI of our foist born?" l says He only
wants two or tree bones, simoleins. cases.
What shall send him?' says. "our love
and kndest resards?" I says.
I hoped she'd loosen up, and pass me out
at least dollar for de lad. but I didn't
sink she would-just hoped it, She's a good
goiI. Duchess Is, but de way she can freeze
TO our savings would make a safe deposit
vault look like sand bank. OATS de
French OF her. French COILS has two re-
ligions: one is TO save DER souls and de
odder is 10 save DER money; but IL YOU
asks me which dey calls DER Number One
i passes de question along TO some mug
what is wiser on de game dan Is yours
truly.
But p'chem Duchess she never made no