Year: 1872

Uncle Horace, who lived out West,
wrote mother a letter. He wrote my name
in it, and he said he must have the little
rogue's picture.


He meant me.


I guess he does not know 1 wear boots.


1 asked mother how she would send
one. She said we must have pho-l
forget what the rest of it is; it means a
picture, and 1 don't see why they can't
call it so, but grown-up folks always have
to use bigger words than we do.


We went to the man that makes the
pictures.


was frightened.


1t smelt lust like the dentists when
Cousin Nelly had five teeth taken out at
once. The man put something up to her
nose, and the teeth got pulled out and she
didn't know it.


l had one out, and it hurt SO much, i
am not fond of going to the dentists.


The picture man was pleasant man.


He said having pictures taken didn't
hurt anybody, and mustn't be fright
ened.


The dentist told me it wouldn't hurt to
hate tooth out. But it did. 1t hurt
dUfM.


There was something in the middle OF
the room l did not like the looks of. II
was covered over with a cloth. When
can see things plain, l am not quite SO
much afraid of thefd.


When it was time the man put me in a
high chair.


Then he put my head into something.
looked around to see if it was scissors.
1t was not. It was something to keep
my head from jogging. It was pretty
hard.


Then the man took the cloth off the
thing I didn't know the name of.
thought it looked good deal like a can,
non. Mother said it was a camel, or cam
something.


If they called a picture a photo-some
thing or other, they might call cannon
a cam-whatever it is.


If that dentist had been more truth,
full, perhaps would have thought less OF
it.


The man said 1 must sit very still and
look at the glass, and so did. When
had got all fixed up, the man felt in his
pocket.


1 thought he was hunting for match
and was going to shoot the cannon off. ]
began to feel frightened, so 1 shut my
eyes tight When he came to look at the
picture it looked like blind boy had
shut my eyes and forgot to open them
again.


He had to try it over. A great buzzing
fly lit on my nose, and took my hand
up to chase it away. That spoiled the
picture again.


Then had to sneeze, and there were
mouths all over the picture. 1 told the
man guessed he'd better draw picture
on piece of paper.


He said he couldn't do that, but might
look at the picture on the wall.
1t was a very nice one, indeed.
There was a lake frozen over, and boys
we're skating on it. And there was some.
body feeding some chickens. 1t was
winter time and it looked very cold. Peo-
pie were in a sleigh.
There was church at one corner of it.
could not tell if was open. guess il
wasn't Sunday, because people wouldn't
be sleighing and skating. They hadn't
ought to, anyway.


/ don't think 1 could ever have goi
tired of looking at that picture, but
mother told me my picture was finished
1t was done without my knowing it
| There was more than one of them.
Six Jack Stones all together, and they
every one looked like me.


l shall always speak well of that pic
ture man, for he told me the truth. He
said it wouldn't hurt, and it didn't.
/ should like to have you see those pic
lures, but they are all given away.
think Uncle Horace will like it.
think had rather have that picture Of
winter than any person. You get tired OF
looking at PERSONS face all the time, but
I couldn't ever get tired looking at thai
winter scene.


have made up my mind that would
rather have picture taken than tooth
out Teeth hurt when they are pulled
out, but there isn't any pain when you ge
your photo-what's the rest of it?
I don't know what else to say, excep
you mustn't sneeze, or have fly walk OF
your nose, for then you won't get goo(
picture -Yo,Lth's Companion.