Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-10

idn uoWn STAIRS ana was up again. she
very much; oh. thank you again and
again" You cannot imagine how delighted
she was. Her father took her to ride after
breakfast and she was the coach. She
had very nice time and enjoyed her car
riage so very much. She fed her pony and
did everything for it till it became quite
fond of Mary and took food out of her own
hanos. She gave 1t apples and sugar to
eat every day, and never such merry days
she had ever since she had her pony. She
had two comforts, riding and feeding him.
ALICE L. c., age 13.
Massachusetts.
MY OLD HOUSE
1t was an old tumble-down house stand
Ing on neglected road frequented only by
robbers and highwaymen. The first time
saw 1t l gazed long at the odd and pic
turesque bit of scenery. The house had not
been inhabited for years, so that nature
ran wild about the place. An unkempt
uncared-for garden, overrun with weeds
ana ana IVY. lay before the house. An old will
low tree hung its branches idly over the
roof and made it look entirely out of pro-
portion Moss had grown over the door
steps, as If to prevent the intruder on the
auie. seehe from making unnecessary noise
IN entering the house. But not very many
people cared to break the Sabbath stiffness
which seemed to hold the house together
approached little paneless window and
.ooNeu iiilo tIic sumner emptiness OF the
interior. Nothing but dust and fallen
beams was to be seen. 1 felt as though
were an intruder very much as one
might feel In entering a sepucher and
this was really burying place for old
memories; so l moved quietly away
PEN H, age 10 years
Dear Editor: I am a little western boy
was born out on the great plains of Ne
praska. l am very proud of my birth place.
because it is Billy Bryan's state 1 lived on
Dig farm with my papa, mamma, brothers
anu SiSteTs. we had great many animals
OF all kinds, and / always had a great many
pets-i1ttle colts, calves, pigs, chickens, tur-
Keys ana many other animals But of all
my pets the ones liked best was two white
raDpltS that boy friend gave me- One I
called Jennie and the other Freddie They
mad coats of pure white and pink ewes.
winch tW1nkled like little stars I built a
nice htlle mouse for them. but they did not
seem 10 IKE 1t, for they burrowed In the
ground and made new ones for themselves
was very proud of my pets. They were
so tame and gentle, and would eat their
1000 from my hand. l taught them many
TICKS ana they would always run to me
When L called them by name One day I
was astonlshed to see nearly all the down
stripped off Jennie's breast l thought some
bad dog had caught her for she seemed to
De dull and would not eat. l was very
sorry, for l thought / was going to lose NV
pretty pet. For a whole day | did not see
ner, ana for nearly a week she would run
out and take a little food and then run in
the burroW again. Freddie was very lone
some He sat in the corner and refused to
ce comforted. One day, after coming home
from school i'm tgine my surprise when |
went. to feed my pets, and guess what I
round There was Jennie and Freddie bask-
ing IN the sun, ard lying curled I'D between
them was four of the cutest little baby rab-
DIS you ever saw. They grew very fast
ana soon were as big as the old ones Papa
sald they We're now big enough to leave
their mother. SO gave one pair to a little
lame GIRL who did not have any pets | was
sorry 10 lose Them but mamma told ire
that God likes little boys who tried to make
others happy, and l knew they would be a
great pleasure for this little crippled girl
ne other pair L gave to a little schoolmate
VINO often saw them and wished he had
some ike them A year ago papa thought
ne would como back to his old home in New
ork city, so l bade goodbye to all nv old
!tieLoS; 1e!t very sorry to lose them; I
think they felt sorry, too. Some day am
gong back to see them all. Mamma saws
II write much more you won't have room
LOT anything else in the paper l hope YOU
VIII PRINT my letter, and, if you do, | might
write again and tell you how like this big
city. PETER r, HOEV Apa1 ~