The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-11

The following letter was written ey
Joel Chandler Harris 10 his TWO 90 us''-
ters when they were al Oo@i ING
school in South Georgia
saturday Evening, Dec g. leSa'
Dear Billy and Tommy
Dear gals. you ask so many Jus
tons in your letters that IL Qutte
takes my breath away, ana pE NV
time YOU get through asking 'htft, 70"
are through with your letters $50"
don't think that's quite fa'f 10
moor old man who expects /" sel IVY
ters every week and who goes soiefni'F
So +ha nostof4cs to get them. sup
nosa he were to do that way sup
nnsa he were to write seven lines on
a mage saving How 1t Mildred
hone she is we'll How is Lillian
hons she In better than she was week
hsfora last. And how is Mrs Glenn
and Mrs Hen and Mrs. Men and Mfs
wrenn7" Well you'd say was
cheating: and youd be correctness ''
in YOUR surmises tI tell YOU III
right in the game when IL comes 70
sinRing big words at my es'eeii'e"
correspondents' Bat, by the way mas
eurmise a in it, or an 81 mean
two Sc IN.
Things are beginning to smell hSe
Christmas again, but the frhiA Nan
vy{ll have To keep sober until the 10Th,
so ma ma saws. Fine weather or foul
nsrna Will be seen slipping on up
town next week. and the. only way
1rn know she's not at Aliens Will
ha when the doorbeH rings -FOUR OF
Ave times a day and men ana boys
come delivering ali sorts Of mysterious
nseksges and bundles, the messenger
rernarkirg, DE lady say psnteols DAT
IA bundle ANT 10 he open ten sue
cir back-er den" There's a good
deal OF, whispering going on In the
house and various half~remarks ana
references that nobody is supposed 10
understand but those who are IN the
secret. As for ma | sit and moo ana
write and rouse up and write and moo
just the same as ever.
sunday December %th---Georg
0haar came out To see Incien yes
,e~day. and stopped here few mo-
ments Interfering with a deep and
sweet silence that was taking place
ha,weau Ess!e and Charles. He didn
stav long. Just long enough to warm
IRIS hands The weather Ia VARY colo
today. thanks to a gale from tne
Snutbwest This morning we mad
homiuy snow. but the supply was smut
off about ten and we haven't had any
nnc> II hope we'll have no more.
snow il beautiful TO think about, 10
remember. but it's not pleasant 10
deal with I suppose YOU girls wouid
enioy il, bat II you had TO go back
and forth 10 town and the cars weren I
running. you d soon say you had
enough. am willing you should have
as much as you want IN wilkes II
you'u keep It there
I'm sorry for the poor little guinea
niys tonight: they have good quarters,
hut there are so many of them II 8
a prohlerl 10 feed them when there
no grass.
Brother can stand alone and take
a stem or two. He's very quiet baby
Altogether different from stewart In
HIS WAYS. But Stewart Is really smart
His memory is as long as wire renee
He saw me shave fortnight ago, ana
Yesterday he got n toothbrush ana
said: "Alleen, Stewart goin' shave,
Ooh, the wind is bowling up the
chimney as II 1t had got caught in
the fiue and couldn't get out; and IN
thinking now of the hundreds OF poor
little chiiiuns who have no nre 10
warm hy and who are shtvertng with
cold. There are many thousands OF
them in this broad land. Oh. what q
pity that this should be 80! I started
out without having any news to write,
and that's the way I'll have To end
no news nothing; even RUFUS has