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6 ONE WOMAN’S STORY By Carolyn* Beecher CHAPTER I. I WAS very young when I mar ried Robert Drayton. very young, very foolish, and at first, very, very happy. The winter after my coming out. Bruce, my fildest brother, brought Robert Drayton home with him for the holidays. I thought Robert rath er too serious at first, but as soon “as he commenced to notice, then to show admiration for me, 1 began to like him, and to encourage his aU t entions. Robert was a lawyer. He had fin ished his course at Yale, a post graduate course at Columbia, and now was looking for a suitable place to settle down “hang out his shingle'* as he expressed it. My brothers were both Yale men. Bruce would graduate in the spring; and up to the time Robert gradnated they had been Inseparable. “Damon and Pythias weren t in it with those two!” Philip, my younger brbther, told me. “If you marry ©ray ton. Bruce will be for him. if you don’t hit it off together.” Robert was handsome. He was quite the best looking man of my ac quaintance. He was big and broad, but carried his bigness gracefully; his hair and eyes were black, that inky black one so seldom sees in an American He looked a little tired when I first met him. but Bruce ex plained that: “Bob’s worked hard, too hard! he was honor man of his class, and that means something I can tell you!” I rather imagined Brnce was close to the foot of his. Robert had the charming, easy manners of those born to ease; and his broad education had enhanced their charm. He was full of courage and confidence in himself, though he had never been obliged to depend on his o<n resources. A wealthy uncle paying for his education. But with Bob’s easy, graceful manners there was also a certain sternness. Life, experience, would never break him. He would never pick qj? broken pieces of his own life. He might smash others, never himself. All this I knew long afterward. I have seen wonderful pictures in which the high-lights were so accen • tnated by the shadows that they stood out in boldest relief. I have seen days when the rays of the sun pierc ed through the angry clouds so tha’ the weeping skies were turned into laughter. Such was my life. High-light'* scattered across the years during which the shadows were deep and black, then only faint, the dim re flection of things; but now and again came a dark smudge, that if you saw closely enough, understand ing .the picture of Life, and the Painter, only served to make the Jiigh-lights more prominent. K My father and my aunt —my moth died when I was born —both ex me to make a good marriage, had said nothing of thia to me. but I understood, as I think every girl belonging to a family with social aspirations does understand. I bad been educated at home by tutors and governesses until I was sixteen, when I was sent south to a fashionable finishing school. Upon my return 1 had been formally introduced to so ciety, and since then had been very gay. and enjoyed’ myself in a well chaperoned way. Aunt Edith offered to turn the household reins over to me, but I saw she was much pleased when I said. "I don't want the bother! Why not let well enough alone." How often since I have wished I had acted differently. I would theu have had a little experience in mak ing a home. , I had received as much attention from the young men in New York, as in Thorndyke, where we lived We were so conveniently near and the train service was so good, to say nothing of the delightful automobile yoads, that we lived quite as gayly as we would had we resided in the city. One offer of marriage that I had ; ‘ -Oi IBHffiKgjwt; ' ■ 'Sgg&J Mwk ' ww k Jr 'JcSb <5Av > MMjtflF' MAGNIFICENT DINNER SET FREE. The Most Gigantic Offer Os The Century. You’Need No Money. We Trust You. We Pay Freight. 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Satisfaction guaranteed. 4 »?: JT Reference: First National Bank. Provident Bank. Postmaster. u) A JW^Ks? SPECIAL FREE PRESENT. jgF ’fl We give a 26-Pe. Silverine Knife. Fork and Spoon Set, or 7-Pc wjfeWinrC - High-Grade G-anite Kitchen Set, or Elegant lt>-Pc. Decorated „-?£w ToUet Set FREE of all eost or work of any kind. Simply send us your name and address and ask for this FREE PRESENT. We alse give Beautiful Presents for appointing one or more Agents to work for us. You advance nomooey. You have nothing to risk. Remember. theSPECIAT, PREMIUM AND SAMPLE OUTUT are both absolutely free. A 2-CSPt stamp or post card is your only expense. WRITE TODAY. THE PURE FOOD C0.,237 W. PEARL ST., CINCINNATI, OHIO. refused quite annoyed both father and Aunt Edith. Tod Freeman was very rich, but old enough to be my father, and worldly as I was I could not bring myself to accept him. The young men in our set were all well enough, but they seemed insipid, and I was never more than mildly inter ested in any of them. I was said to be rather good look ing. 1 was tall and slender with quantities of light hair, a good com plexion. and dark blue eyes, “corn flower eyes. ’ Robert called thpm. i dressed well, as my allowance wa’s most generous, and father always in sisted upon my being properly gowned. Robert left us New Year’s day. and I saw nothing more of him until the following summer, although 1 heard from him occasionally; then he came to us at the seashore, where father owned a cottage. He was devotion itself. My slight est wish was anticipated. It was de ligbtful to be so watted upon, and deferred to by a good looking man. and quite the cleverest one 1 knew. At the shore I was allowed much more freedom than at home, and Robert and I took long walks un chaperoned. The night he asked me to marry him we were sitting on the sand watching the beach tires. I can remember now thinking how roman tic it was, and really not hearing half that Robert said. But when he assured me that my wishes would always he his, and that his only ob ject in life would be to make me happy. I thought that of course that meant continuation of the happy days we had been spending together, so I told him “yes.” I was the more willing to marry him that father had only a day or two before informed the assembled family—assembled for that purpose —that he was soon to marry a young widow whom I cordially detested, and who I was sure had the same feel ing for me. TIME-LT TOPIC? WTTTttS. U HJELTDA. THE COUNTRY HOME. By Matt G. Perkins. 1 dearly love my Os its retreats I’ll never tire: And if around the the world I roam Gumins with adventurous fire. No gilded palace that I may see That shows the wondrous power of « Art Can allure, or even tempt me. From my dear country home to part. To live among the country scenga And watch the seasons come and go— Ah. this delightful pleasure screens The darkest clouds of bitter woe. No din of traffic can you hear, At ni«ht the toils of commerce cea-se. Disturbing sounds can’t reach your ear— Your very soul can rest in peace. I love to see the- husbandmen As they go forth Uyeir seed to sow. All mankind does on them depend. Tts by their toil, that empires grow. Their country home —it is their all. Yet sweeter than a monarch’s reign. No trials of state their lot befgll. No lien comes on their fields of grain. And in the sultry summer days • When Phoe’jus takes his mighty orb And sends to earth his melting rays— Oh. these cannot my joy absorb; For near my country home so dear I’m cooled by every passing breeze: Beside a spring that’s coo! and clear 1 rest in peace beneath the trees. But best of all the happy time Is when the days of harvest come When overall the sunny clime You hear.the laborer’s hum. And when the harvest days ate oer Gathered in are all the treasures. The country home is filled galore With gastronomical pleas-ures. I dearly love my country home, THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1917. ®f=O& # rar? ’ w Dear Children: Our plan for a letter box is suc ceeding admirably. Since I explained to you a wees ago that I wanted every child who reads the Semi Weekly to write me of anything he or she Is in terested in. I have received six.y !et t.is. That’s fine. But here's the trou ble: Most of the letters just give age and r< sidence and that’s about all And they wind up by saying, “if this .e'.ter is printed i’ll write again soon. Now. let's don't allow that * if’’ to Marti in the v.ay. 1 can t print all the six.y letters at once. You can see at a glance tihat space forbids. But. if our letter box is going to be as good as 1 w'sh to make it. you must keep writ ing. and you must make eac.-i . ust as complete, just as interesting, ’list as full of readable things as possible. Don't be discouraged if your first let ter iJ passed over for awhile, or if it isn't printed at all. This letter box i». yours and mine, for us to wank for a:id make little sacrifices for. That s the only way things are accomplished. I'll do mv share by uaing just as m.tiiy letters in each iosue as I tan pcr.slbiy find space for. and you do yours by continuing to write me all your interesting experiences. I don't mean for you to make your letters too long. That would be bad. Just cram *hem as full of interesting th'ngs as you can. Yours very truly, AUNT JULIA. Hello. Aunt Julin and Cousins! Will you ad mit me In your corner to chat with the cousins awhile? We sure have had some cold weather and a lot of rain this winter. Mother's flowers all froze the other week when it was so cold. I am going to school at Thomasville. Miss Edith Ledbetter is my teacher. I am in the fifth grade. I will let the cousins guess my age. I will close, hoping to see this tn print. I will ask a question: What is the shortest chapter in the Bible? Good-bye. laivonia, Ga. Jt'I.IA MAI BURTON. Hear Cousins: As that ts what I guess we will be called. I thought I would try to write a little something to get ns started off. As we take the dear old Semi-Weekly Journal. 1 till SO glad to know that we can bare a cor ner. I certainly hope it will be a success. I am a Georgia girl, aw you know, and my home Is about four tulles from Elberton. »I I’ll never tire of its retreats. But man can’t always have his own— I may live on the crowded streets. If I do, oh, heavenly powers, I humbly make this prayer to thee: That 1 may spend many blissful hours At my country home, so dear to me. COUNT BEBNSTOBFF, THE GERMAN AMBASSADOR. fount Bernstorff is a magnificent I German. He married an elegant Amer ican woman. It was considered! a fine thing, when the kaiser commissioned Count Bernstorff to represent Germany in Washington City. He did his work well. He was respected at home and abroad. However it was decreed in this war time that the German government en * roached on the rights of Americans. Ships were sunk by German subma rines that destroyed American women, men and children. So many times had this -happened that the United States was forced to break with Germany. President Wilson decided to give a note of warning to the kaiser, and to do "this. Mr. Wilson told Count Bernstorff he must pack his trunks <wid go back to German v. that our country could not <’-eal with any nation that killed our people sailing on • the high seas. The oiean does not belong to Germany in fee simple. Therefore Germany has outlawed itself by continuing to sink \merican ships and drown our Ameri can men. women and children. And this great ambassador having been given his “walking papers,” is on the high seas, trying to make his way to his native land. He is In a big ship, rt Halifax, Newfoundland, and the cap ain is watching his chance to slip out end make the trip to some European port not at war with Germany. And Count Bernstorff regrets all this trouble. He is loyal to his govern- ment. but no ambassador likes to be sent home In disgrace. Having dis missed him we cannot allow him to come back to us. as ambassador again. So he feels very anxious to get home and relinquish the <-ares of his troublesome office. Such is life! Such is human vanitj-! Up today on a pinnacle And down tomorrow, withoui tlie Glory and glamour of high office! WMT SHOULD WE FEAR DEATH? Surely there is no need to be un happy about a eat tv, in (rod’s own good time. A life of useful activity ; will occupy the best of us until age qUces away the activity, then it is Wish- to jfiit one's house in order, letting read) for the dose. 1 have seen a few people who clung to life wtih passionate tenacty after thej’ aad outlived youth, friends and ofi- I entimes prosperity: but I never saw one who was contented in friendless ‘ old age—burdened with a feeling of : dependence. God’s time is the time to go. God's way is the best way, and this gentle petition. “If the day is marked with | sorrow, make living to endure it,’’ ' covers the very living germ of wise human philosophy. The beauty of the prayer lies in its exceeding fit- i less for each and every human ex- i stence. In this day of strange happenings -with the eastern world in war. and he Wf'stern world in dire anxiety, is It noi well to remember, that the Bible says there is a rest that re naineth for God’s people? ABOUT OLEOMARGARINE. Demorest, Ga., March 2. 191“. Hrs. W. H. Felton. Cartersville. Ga. —Dear Mrs. Felton: In an article in vour last issue of The Journal you luote an opinion to the effect that deomargarlne is equally palatable .vlth butter. Now, 1 have eaten I deomargarine. and beg leave to dis- ! er with the gentleman quoted. Oleo nargarine makes pretty good short- , ning. but when it comes to eating t as a substitute for butter, excuse . ne. <»f course, butter can and does I :et rancid, but the sample of oleo nargarine 1 ate tasted rancid to me. \nd as for eating it in place of )>ut er—well, will do "ithout first. And t was in the winter—not summer— hat I tried the oleo that hAd such j i strong taste. Very sincerely. MATTI E V. MITCHELL* live close to a fine school, about eighty pupils. I am sure we have one of the bust teachers there Is; she is Miss Mabel Wright. I guess some of you cousins know her. I am in the eighth grade. I want to sity that I certainly enjoy the story Iha t appears in each Issue of The Journal. Now, Georgia cousins, please write to our cor ner and ilon't let tiie otaor states push in and run us out of our places. As Aunt Julia said she didn't want long let ters. 1 will get up and rim. If I see this in print I will try to write to you again. So. goodie GEORgTa Bi.IE EYES. Itenr Aunt Julia: I have just read your loi ter in The Semi Weekly Journal, and iiaie decided that I wanted to lie one of the first to write you. • I live < n tlie farm at Lilly, Ga. I think 1 like It better than I would in the dry. 1 nm thir teen years of age. I do embroidery and eroebet work.' I like sewing very much. 1 am boarding witli my sister and going io sebiad at Ebenezer iu Crisp county.. 1 am In Hie sixth grade. My teachers are Miss Maggie Mae Humphrey, of Milledgeville. Ga.. mid Miss Christina Bussie, of Cordele, Ga. 1 like my teachers very much. My school will be out tile second week in May. We will have a con cert when school doses, mid after school I will take charge of mamma's chickens. I like [Miultry work fine. I would like very much to meet you. and hope some day will have the pleasure of do ing ««. “Baddy" says I may learn to drive tbe ear after school closes. I have n pony that I drive or ride <'rer.r day when I am at home. Jler name Is “Maud. I will close, hoping to see my letter in print. Your niece. EIJEIN ROYAL Lilly. Ga.. Route 1. Hear Aunt Julia: I saw your letter box in Tlie Journal a few minutes ago and thought I would write to you. 1 am very glad you are going to have a letter boa for the boys mid. girls jn Tlie Journal, as ii is very nice mid also funny. Most papers and magazines have children's corners, and 1 am glad The Journal is going to. I have lived on the farm now two months. I lived in town eleven years. 1 am enjoying the country and everything is ao free, gel water from a nice spring. I had the I 1 ure of riding on a two-horse wagon load of wood this afternoon. and it sure was funny. H jump ed and bumped me around so much. . .. We are expecting to have plenty of fruit and watermelons this summer. I hope Io form acquaintances with the cnii dreu who write to the letter box. Wishing Aunt Julia much success in her new work. I bld you all adieu. „„. w _ nRn Lavonia. Ga. OLADYS CRAWFORD. Hear Aunt Julia. Here I come to join your letter box. 1 "ill tell you about w> moves. 1 was born at Waco. Texas, and later we went to south Texas; lived there four years and went back to Waco, Texas; stayed there three years and then moz si to Georgia i'. October 1916. I sure do like this country. I •ike Io live here far letter than in 1«‘V«. All of my mother's neople, excepting a sister, live in Georgia, and of oittce ma nnm likes It better. I will fell you how I look ana th< w n go- Have ilar'; brown hair, dak eyes, dark com plexion and will be 11 yean old May 14 next- Wishing you success with my main. almva . i v'allai oosa. <•«.. Kt 1. Hear Aunt Julia We take the Semi-Weekly j..nrnal. and 1 think it would be nice to have a children's column, so we enn tell each other wbal we a.e <’..m g ar I "here v.e !i.i. I used to write to our church paper when I was quite a small girl. I am not very large now. just four t< en years old. mn small io my age. 1 school and am in the seventh grade. If this escapes the waste basket I will describe the pla.e "here I live in my next letter. With best wishes to Aunt \ " ,goN. Piedmont. Ala. Hear Aunt Julia and Cousins. 1 was so glad toilav nhen I looked in the Semi- Weekly Jour nal and saw that we were to be given « P« r ‘ in the paper for letters. 1 had thought of tiiat plan several times. I want to say a few words of praise for The Journal. We are sub scribers and have been for a year. W e enjoy reading nil parts of the paper, especially the stories. I think the oue we are reading is very interesting. 1 don’t think we could hardly do without Tlie Journal. We live in the coun try, on a farm, about two miles from the little town of Healing Spring*, which is famous for its different kinds of healing waters. There Is a spring that comes up In the middle of a small creek. I think the springs are in a beautiful pla<e. 1 sure do like to go there. I have been going to school but my school is out now. 1 wns in the eighth grade. I have ......•..•.♦•••♦■•-♦•••••“•-a I i Laugh When People Step On Your Feet; Try this yourself then pass n it along to others. It works! ’ I ? ! ! This kind of rough talk will be heard less here in town if people troubled with corns will follow the simple advice of this Cincinnati authority, who claims that a few drops of a drug called freezone, when applied to a tender, aching corn, stops soreness at once, and soon the corn dries up and lifts right out without pain. He says freezone is an ether com pound which dries Immediately and never inflames or even irritates tlie sur rounding tissue or skin. 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You may pay ail I3 _ „ii | i~ JlJTiiii W- v *cash if you prefer as many do. But it costs not one penny ex:ra to take a Ivantage of C. L. ADLER, Pr«S>C»nt, ■ n>y 3-year-to-paycharg e account plan ! charge Adl«r Manufacturing CompMy, Mail Coupon! n l ”!'’.. ’ H aee my plan to save you half or more. Mail Coupon or a Fl < O pun a Book' ■ B I>osta ‘ » or Orßan or Piano Book risrht now - B k C. L. ADLER, President, Adler Msgr. Co. NAME I 1 " 1 5630 W. Chestnut St., Louisville. Ky. ■ ■ four brothers and five sisters, so you see I don't get lonesome. Aunt Julia, what do you and the cousins do for pastime? I cook, crochet and read for my pastime. I would like to exchange some designs with you all. My desire is to get an education. 1 think every boy and girl siicnld have a good education. I’ll hush, hoping to hear from more of you all. Your loving niece. BESSIE CRANFORD. Healing Springs, Ala. Dear Aunt Julia: i was very much pleased with your letter in The Semi-Weekly Journal. I think the plan Is a vegy good one. I al ways like to read letters from the other little girls. I am going to the Underwood school ami am learning fast. 1 study the fourth and fifth grades. My teacher's name is Mis's Annie Carroll. My play mates are Masie Rasch and Carmie Lindsey. 1 live in Alabama. 1 am nine years old. and have six sisters and four brother. All are living. I like to help mamma with her little chickens, nut we haven’t many yet. She has n fvlv liens setting. I'll go, hoping to see this in print, as it is my first letter to any paper. ODF.LLE WALLACE. Dear Aunt Julia—l roael your letter in The .Semi-Weekly Journal, anil I think your plan is tine. I live on a farm. My father takes The Semi- Weekly Journal. 1 am eleven years old and am in tbe sixth and seventh grades. 1 at tend school at Spring Creek. I am very much interested in music, flowers and farm life I hare five sisters and three brothers, and we all like The Semi-Weekly Journal. As this is tbe first attempt I have made I will write a short letter. 1 hope that my tetter will escape Mr. Wastebasket. I will close, hoping that I will see my leter in next week's paper. THALIA ALLEN. Montevallo, Ala. Aunt Julia’s Letter Box: Dear Boys and Girls -Let us try to make Aunt Julia’s letter box an Interesting one. , I am now going to school at Belcher s school nouse We have a nice school, with SI scholars enrolled. We are now practicing an enter tainment for the last of school, which is tn April. We hope to have an interesting one. and wish all of you could be with- us. I live in north Georgia and think it is a fine place We go to preaching every fourth Sat urday and Sunday and to singing every first Sunday afternoon at Plainview. There is n large crowd there, and we sure do have fine nroatbing and singing. I will bld you adieu, and If this eseapes it he the waste basket I "dll wr ‘’ e . bl -VhER Adairsville, Ga. ESTHER BElAHf.it. Dear Aunt Julia: I have mere was a part of the Atlanta Journal for the boys and girls, and now I have mj « s • For a description of myself 1 will say that I am a tall, slender blonde, twelve years old. I live a. half mile from Kent. Ga.. and go to school there. 1 am in the eighth grade. We have in our school I<X> pupils and three teach ers. Also n music and expression teacher Aunt Julia. 1 would like to see yourure at tue bead of the letterbox, for I am sure all of vour nieces and nephews want to * no how you ktok. 1 am signing my full address and would like to correspond with some of the irlrl readers of the letterbox. I will ask and answer a riddle W hat time of de.v was Adnm created? A little before Eve. ’ atcb it 0 With best wishes for the letter I am. . THOMSON. Swainsboro. Ga.. R- I*. IL -• Dear Aunt Julia. Won’t you please allow me to lie one ~f the first to gain admission to the letterbox? I think that this Is one of the best features iu any paper. I am a school teacher, have black hair and ~ve< five feet 8 inches tall, weigh 15.> pounds, and mv age is between 18 and 24. Can any of the cousins guess my age.' 1 live on a large farm out in the open < oun trv I like farm life, and believe in the old nroverb- “God made the country and man made the citv.’' Although there are advantages on both sides but 1 choose country life so [ n T y £ e ’ f I live ten miles south of Virginia and Kem tuckv I H’e within n quarter of a mile of Powell's river and I like to go fishing. Come on. cousins, and let's go fishing. 1 would be pleased to exchange <•«”*’• tens, and photos with the readers of the let n MUth verv best wishes to Aunt Julia and nil of tbe readers of this department. I am. sincerely yours. I.ON ROBERTSON. Gain, R. 3- Dear Aunt Julia—l saw your letter in SemL Weekly todav and was so Interested in it I couldn't wait any longer to write. Hunk you are doing the very thing to devote a column for ?be t»vs and girls to write you of something Infecting. Aunt Julia. I think thing to interest children Is to tak, for a task everv <iuv one verse in tbe bible to meia dze and’ "hen the year is out they wont know how much good they have gained. I am h little Georgia girl, reared on a farm of »0 acres. 1 had better bring this to a close, or Aunt Julia won t print >*• With love to Aunt Julia and all. Hoping, that she (Aunt Julia) may have great suc cess wnh LEO DANIER. Fitzpatrick, Ga. Dear Aunt July—l notice in the Semi-Weekly Journal you wish to establish a letter box for the children. a f T am a little girl It years old. 1 go to school at Waverly Hall. I never miss a day unless I am too sick to be out. We fine school. We have f< ur teachers and up wards of nliout one hundred pupils. t live one and a half miles out »f »»*•• . Wp havp two chnruhP". Methodist ana list. Preaching three Snr.days In the two Sunday schools, one In the morning and one in the afternoon. My P«P« « * farmer and raises something of most "by thing that grows on the farm. Wishing yon great success. I am. Your’ very sincerely. MABIE HENDRICKS. Waverly Hnll. Ga. Dear Aunt Julia—l am very glad we ar te have a children's column In the Scml-Weck iv Journal. D Is what I bare been wisbtng for a long time, and 1 hope it- will be inter esting to us all. Spring is here at I«*t the birds are coming back. 1 like the spring best of all the seasons, because everything scem« so merry and glad. The .birds singing and tbe flowers beginning te bloom and ev orvthing “"ems to wnken from winter s slum ber. . How many have planted Howers? I have Started a few In boxes Roses and not How ers end all kinds of bulbs are mv favor’D-s 1 think -vo -l.ould all Plant Howers, for they will anrelv pa- yon foe the t-ouble. although T don't call <t trouble, for I like to work wlt’> them. How many *r® going tn heln erntoct the b'rds this roar? If the hunters don’t ston killing th<mn thov will soon be gone. 1 Intend to put UP bores for thorn to build In and hone others will too. I nun* Die bovs might to ho ashamed to kill then i»«t for *nn. .Tost ston and think how man’ Insects they destroy in the orchards and fields. V’ishlnc von much success, with love tn an. MARY THOMAS. Tuscumbia. Ala D-a- Aunt Julia Tb"n' von f« r the letter »-ot. T nm I will enjoy reading letters f *’irl 12 mar* oH. flnrt live n fßrm. I P*"* farw Hf* wc car ~l'o «n manv kinds of nl-* Dnlt« and vef and r»n have nil the Pro stock and poultry wo want. My naps n farm"- He ho« boon tak Ing The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal for a number of years. Don’t think we could get along well without it. We live within one mile of a beautiful waterfall. , With love to Auut Julia. ALTA BURT. Dawsonville, Ga. Dear Aunt Julia—l saw yonr letter in The Semi-Weeklv Journal, and thought I would write. 1 ain a little girl, ten years old. I am going to s<’hqol and in the fourth grade. Aunt Julia. 1 studr very hard and try to keep up with my class. I think everybody ought to strive to get an education. 1 am a farmer's daughter, and am very much Interested in the duties of the house. I help attend to the chickens and help on tbe farm as much as I can. .... I will close for this time, and if 1 see this in print 1 will write again. Your little friend. JEW ELL MOORE. Route 2. Jackson. Ga. Dear Aunt Julia: Just to get the new letter box started off. I will try to help you a little. 1 am just a little old white bead boy down here in tbe woods. We live on a farm and the bovs and girls all know what is to be done on the farm. 1 have to get up the eggs and feed the little chicks and carry water to papa when be is in the field. I stay with him most all the time. I like the field, anyway. 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Jerry btone, Athena. Oregon. ■ 1 . Thia ic vntir hiz A R W.w. RHOADS:-Ttmr letter of th. full particulars. This is j our big M 15th Inst, is at hand and the new, tt chance! Act now. gSj brought to me that I was the owner of • K al MUflouri. I pay the R’’ ?ds Auto Club EiJ W. W. RHOADS: —Tour Ireidht Capital Bldd. Saya Kr.J telegram received last Satur- topeka. Kansas W 23 Ka da? evening and wa* glad to V -jtfßUyaaKj gSj bear-the r 1 news it b: ght t ' fIERj _ ig» "■Jli!' WXC r ■ ■ - I v.s t. - u»i..r <f IMlwtwJffl gjr t’i" t * rt"g ‘ --a <>. mu- vXa “J f? . u-.< >. mu F goes to school. It is four miles to school, but we have some good neighbor children who take sister and bring her back at night. I have a baby sister whose name is Bessie Katheleen. Some times 1 have to stay with her at the bouse and I don't like the job very much. That Is why lam such a papa's boy. Mamma makes me work and papa don't. He takes me to town and gets me candy and crackers, and that is just what I like. Guess I had better stop for this time and give some other boy or girl a chance. Come on, boys, and help the letter box. CARL WHITFIELD. Ty Ty, Ga. Dear Aunt Julia: I was certainly glad to see your announcement In Tuesday's Issue of The Journal. For the past few months I have been hoping that The Journal would start something like you have now started. I am a farmer boy, living in Claiborne coun ty, Tenn. I am eighteen years of age, and am going to teach school this falL The railroad station Is eight miles from our farm, which Is near Powell’s river. The three states of Kentucky. Virginia and Tennessee meet about ten miles from my home. J hope that this department of The Journal will prove a great success, for I am anxious to hear from the boys and girls sll over ths entire south. I will dose. Good luck to the Letter Box boys and girls. JOHN M ROBERTSON. Goin, Tenn. Route 3, Box 22.
