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“LITTLE HOBGOBLiI
From “Kenilworth,”
(By Violet
PART 11.
When Amy R bsart wont out for her
morning walk that clear autumn
day she knew that she would not com ■
back for a long time. ; ht little
thought that she would rover see the i
Ftately form of h* v r h- father Sir
Hugh, again w•: I -i . • • n great
3y surprised !f som .’.'ry hid whispered
<o her that she gnyd her last upon the
>n?auties of Iddcote Hall. wV.lch Ind luen
her happy h'tne -•>
She went out r y a: d 1 :: •: think-
ing that h»‘r father would very soon
thank her for ■’ at day* 11 ■ die ice W< I
Ehlll s< o if he » ver did
Th*' name «»f the str.n 'ge [
tint «l;e hid !•• • ■ r ' d.:y |
In her wa ks was Pudh the ♦ ir! <d I
Jxisiej- h.- was . vry ;>>.• •mt in. •. .'.’.d I
Vlling r t! it sh- w - ’ • d< ..n t
t-wtf t.v t girl mt,, u • :M
r. aple usually . eUc\e -i ■ w’T.V
F- <; Amy ’ • 11
th It she promi ■ ! !•» leave h* t ir > and
h- r father a d run a wax a 1 in .i ’ > him ;
g
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Th I'-:! • I.<! w>s a great man 1
Khzi'. 'h. V' Wru'-ng :! it
try . We cann ■’ Man < p<«or Amy too se
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Amy t’> s.. would h; -«• b It e very
quietly h a bee mi bans histoid o!
mt hb" t o. aa , -'ie of Ikcnllw rth. Sh«
thought this lath 'r straeee i»r he of ,
course d; 1 not tel! why she must
loudly so much that she was willing to I
<r t ’ wll a g' at a of wicked:.<
Ax<‘if.d !..«\<- gone mab,«n s
Aft- r I M m.ur: to Amy the earl be- j :
eau ■ \• -x 'u ’ v He km w that if the ’
never allow him h n r ,■ i urt again, and , '
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bride. JIo had a man tlwr. named An
thony EoPter to keep the gates In the >
wall around the house locked. Tie was !
always afraid that some of Amy’s friends |
might see her. >
The earl had a friend named Richard j
V.iriiey who was a very wicked man. He, i
to-,, had onee loved Amy. but She hated
him and told him so. This made him very
ingrj and he was forever afterwards her |
ene.ny. He pretended to the <arl to bo '
v< ry fond of Amy as a friend and the I
•.tri believed him. He w’onld often tell |
his wife that she was unkind when she ;
spoke so li ’t.'-’iiy of him
ft was about this time that the queen ’
told the ar! that -he would like to see I
Kenilworth, bls beautiful home. The earl i
rnmedlntely Innvlted her to make him n ■
visit and with her all the noble and groat '
n■ n of England Os course thee- was a I
..re it de c to be done when the queen i
wc- oming, so Kenilworth castle and ,
the ma'-tor, tile earl of Leister, wer In a ,
state of great excitement If you have :
e. r help’d your mother "tlx up" for
\t 'i comp.iuv you can Imagine what i ,
tl re was to be done In a large castle : <
wlv ■' th, queen of the largest country In i i
tl. - world was coming.
T!i< : «.is -o much work that the earl |
di.i not ha -, e time to go down to see
\niv. but sent bl-; friend. Richard Var- 1
co' :<> tell her that h would come when 1 j
• ■ 'iti.l t>f eotirse Amy must know i ;
nothing of the queen's visit, j
V.-it-ii > w ... gl.id to go io t'umnor place, | ■
’o- then iie would have an opportunity to j
arm Xmv. 110 and the earl had often
-..liked t" -<-.m r and won.l red what they
would d i when they could deceive her no 1
b -I.; r. Th y bad oeeided that she would ; ,
li.ii’ to b< killed Yon think that a hor- ; ■
verj t i e Rut I
iho . wore dais when many horrible
d' - .is w i :e done. I i
■ n Varmw ,ch> d Comnor place he
t" d Anthony I’ostcr that he must poison
\m? Now Anthony was a very wicked '
"la m.in ind loved money better than
anything .is.- In this beautiful world. He
promised to do this .cruel deed for acer-
i-i sum of mone\ x iruey gave him the ,
’ey,; tiled amount and went away.
') " ■ Anthonx was left alot.o hr took I
i nettle of poison and pat It in the water I,
th t \my xxa to drink. I
Iler, we must go h.i. k to our old
friends, Edward Tress-elliln and Way
!‘-:d Smith. When they left the queer oil i
• >.. -k.-mlth shop they hardly knew which
x\ i y to go IT x Just rode on and on till '
It w is dark. At last they eam<- Io an inn. ■
xx ’-■ thex- decided to spend the ig’at.
1 ong after Edward Tresselllan had l '
gone to be,. Wayland Smith sat In the i
kitchen with the servants. From their j
g sip he I arned s miethiug that made I
lam think that Amy Ro.isart was not. far I
The next morning he told Mr Tressel- I
Htn that b. believed the; were very near <
am obje.-t al Hieir s arch, and Kwl him
that Im thought they had better stay ,
lb- re a text day.-. Mr. Tre.-s- llJar was i
xxilluig aad they stayed.
Son'-- time during th! day Wayland i ,
dt'-.-sed up as a fool pe idler and started :
out to sell his goods. When he reach'd ’
Cam:: 'r place for they weto in truth I
>.mry tn ar \my Robmirt tu- re was a
xxonian at the gab who would let no one
tin-a:,, a without ilr.st taking their name
to Anthony i'u. ier, who m-v-r lot any j
mu come in unb ss It was the earl or , ,
■ -me of his trusted servants, j
But p<-d Ib rs are sometimes very wise i -
a:.d old women are oft. a easily deceived. I
Waylaml gave her some fan -y articles j .
'rom bis : ... i,.,i she let him In. He I
started on to the house when Im saw two j (
ladies walking in tip. yard. He w, nt up . .
to them ana .-asked to show his goods.
Th-y were xvllling to look at them and he ' i
talked a good deal an I isk, i a great
many qtr stim-s all the time tti.it li< was
shoivhig tin ;n. He said a. jot of pleasant
tilings to .1 met. Amy's maid, and she
fell X'-rv piiur, d by his miinpian-nts. ;
M.-.yiie this w,i wi. . th i: Wayland man- ■
aged to see Janet many times alter that '
and tumid out all .'bom Amy.
It v e about this tlm, that Anthony ' ,
Foster wms trying to poison Amy- and !
so-U n.-; iojy Janel. diseovi r, .1 that this was
so b ■■ Amy drank enough to kill her. .
They xver,' both very mu ’n frighteiied
when tli km iv of the -,mison. Janet
i.a m • .1 to ■ Way'.-nd mV she • ■ d.i him.
ilf course Wayland told Mr. Tresselllan
.ml the-.-, too, wer. frightened. Wayland |
s.iiii that s • ns dark night he wo-.ii.l climb '
• ivcr tlie wall, get Amy and take her i
i nine to I 'up father. Ho told h, se plans to
Jam i, who toil timm to Amy and she :
was am i to have an opportunity to get I
away from am .g those wicked people.
li. Waylaml was v-ry much surprised
wi: --. Im ;d su o.l>-d in g' ttjng her j
over 'ln- hicli wall of Cnmnor place to |
: nd t'l.it she would not go to lu-r father. ■
"out :n.o tell on going to her husband at
K iid-worth. t’oo; Amyl She did not know !
that lie kn -a oxaeilv how she was being ;
iriatej by thc<,. xvleked people and that I
m was paying them to treat her so.
Now i: happened that this was the |
time tii.it Qin on El.zaiieth was going to 1
K'nflW'ith and it was th n the most '
public |d. -. i.i ill England. Wayland was I
rv much distressed at this notion of ■
-,my s. but he could do nothing but take |
i"-! to E milWirth. as she said she was .
<!" . rmini d to go there.
Wayland was airaid that this wicked :
Ai ihuii.i i■ - t'-r would discover their >
ii.~a: ~- d eom alter them, so he told <
Arm. tlm' she must tell every one that ho ,
x-.as her brotlu i' and that they wore ae- i
o s an,| on tiwir w.iy to Kenilworth to
.1 , lie! ore the qlll'en
C: in > ult" nd. w-re on th, roads i
and ii v, hard for Way'and and Amy I
I • ;-. member to .-my that they were i
biota :■ ami sister. Every mie througnout !
ti ■ who’ u.:try z.mn. going up to get a. ;
glimpse of her maj -sty.
Now. who should our two weary trav- 1
i eb : s run upon but little Hobgoblin. He
mid run away from his g-andmothe r mfil
v.e going to see good Queen Elizabeth.
A.- 1 Im told y m before. Hobgoblin
was a ~ irewd little fellow and be had
t .-■■■! bis wits a great deal since that ,
that morning that th, handsome stran
ger ealh-d at the front, door leading a
lame horse. He kept trace of Mr. Tres
m . n and Waylaml Smith, and he knew
, . it they stopped at the very inti that
they did and that Wayland Smith haunt- j
I v’umnor place in the guise of aped- 1
eil -i-. He km .v mot, than xVayiand ;
Smith though l he <ll,l about Amy Bob- 1
sa;-; and i n wickednes of her prison. I
" 'mind « glad -o have a iriend to ,
lull: to ind so : a while he and Hobgoblin .
i rode along together. Bui. by and by Hob- ,
I goblin got tired of going so slowly—or I
1 said that he did— tor Amy was very tired •
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and could not ride fast, and he went o»
ahead.
When Wayland and Amy came in sight
of Kenilworth they were daz<*d try tho
crowds and crowds of soldiers dressed
in shining uniforms. And people of every
kind were scattered around as far as
one could see and they were each one
shouting, "Good Queen Bess; long live
our noble queen!"
In those days there were largo walls
around the castles and one had to pass
through gates to gain entrance to the
castle. Kenilworth had stone walls
around it aiid every one had to have a
psss to get through the gates. They
were guarded by soldiers to kee.p all
but invited guests out.
Wayland and Amy had no pass and
were surprised thnt the guard at the
first gate lot them pass They were
riding up the avenue that was bordered
xx ith largo trees and which let to tho
gate In the second wall when little Hob
goblin fell out of ono of them plump
Into Hie saddle xxlth Wayland. Wayland
was much startled and exclaimed:
"Arc these the kind of acorns th.nt
Kenilworth trees hear?"
Hobgoblin whisjiored to them thnt he
had told the guards of the first gat**
thnt they were a part of tho company
that xvas to pl-ay before the queen and
nntuso her with their comic actions. Ho
said they were behind the others be
cause tho lady was 111 and they had to
stop till she was better. This xvas why
they got through the gate xvlth so Uttlo
trouble
But the second c.atc was yet to bo got
ten through. WTion they neared ft the
stiff soldiers put their hands on bhelr
swords and stared hard .at thorn. Hob
goblin hopped off tho horse and wont
turning heels over ho,ad square up to the
guards Ho fold them the same tale that
ho had told before and they nil wont
through.
Noxx- they were very near the lovely
castle .Xniv was very tired and felt HI.
yot Pho looked with prido on her htts
b.-ind s home.
Tin y went up to the castle on the
back side apd the servants gave them
•me fonts that li.-pl been set npnrt for
tho actors.
Amy gave W.ayl.nnd .a. letter .and told
him t<> take It -at once to the earl. This
was not .an easy task, for no ono dared
to i -ill him from the presence of tho
queen He gave It to Hobgoblin, who
Wils small and -hrow’ more likely
’-nd away to get It Into the hands
of tho earl.
Mr Tresselllan was .a nobleman and
and ho was ono of the guests at Kenil
worth. Ho would not haxo gone at all
but he xvanted to tell the queen how
cruelly Amy Rnbsart was being treated.
He was so distressed about his little
pl.-ixinate that he did not dress up 111
any line clotlies In honor of the quonn
bi.i. wns ,i dangerous thing to neglect,
for Elizabeth was very particular in,
exacting all the respect due hor.
Sir Walter Ralelyh was also one of
the noble guests and quite a friend of
Edxvard Tres-olUnn. He told Edw.aVd
that he ought to change his costume
'ind sc: t. him to his own rosn> for that
purpose,
.Anthony Foster let Richard Varney
knoxx as soon as Amy had escaped from
t'umnor place. He wont at once to search
for her and traced her and Wayland
to Kenilworth. When he reached there
he had Amy locked up and was going so
h.-iv. Etlxvard Tresselllan locked up. too.
for he thought that It was Tresselllan
xx iio had brought her there. Sir Walter
Ihdeigl: found out that his friend was
lik'-ly to b< locke 1 up and kept him
li. his own room.
When Tresselllan had an opportunity
1" told the earl of Leister of ail his cruel
ty to Amy. and challenged him to fight
a duel. In that day and time no gentle
man could refuse to tight i duel when
challenged, so they r appointed a time
and place to fight.
Just as they were In the midst of this
battle, a. small In.p- our Hiobgobltn—ap
; rail'd. He grasjied the earl about tho
I no s ami begged him to read that letter
belor- h fought any more. Mr. Tressel
lian w is a kind man and ho would not
ii.ik' til i ni wiiil. he was held by Hob
goblin, 'lla- earl read the letter. It
v i- tho ore that Amy had written him.
She fold him of hoxv she had been treat
ed a.m: implored him to come to her.
It was such a pitiful and loving appeal
that th.- tears rolled down his face. He
m-k.d Mr. Trust-Ulan to take ills sword
and kill him. He was very sorry that
had b-n so cruel, but his sorrow
had come too late. -Never more would
In scr Amy.
Air. Tressellian told him that, he must
lill the queen that ho had married Amy
Bobsart. He said that Im would and
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he did. She was very angry, for she
had loved the earl herself and she be
lieved he loved her. She felt furious at
being deceived by one to whom she had
always been so partial. She exclaimed j
that England had lost a. king for she i
had expected to marry the earl.
She would not have him killed, although (
she was so angry. She did not want
her penpie to know that she had loved
him. She banished him from court for a
time and would give him no honorable
place among the nobles of England.
And Amy? Tho earl had himself given
the order tn have her killed, and Richard
Varney took hor back tn Cumnor place,
where she was cruelly murdered
This horrible deed broke Edward Tres
selllan’s heart and ho came with Sir Wal
ter Raleigh to Virginia, where ho soon
died.
After a few years the queen recalled
the earl to court and forgave him for
loving Amy Rnbsart all because she her
self had loved him so. But the for
giveness did not go far enough for Eng
land to have a king.
A few years later the earl dfod—the best
thing that ho ever did—from drinking
a glass of poison that he himself had
prepared for an enemy.
These wore the verses fhnt wore put
on his tombstone:
Here lies a vn.llnnt wnrrliw.
Who never drew a sword;
Hero lies a noble courtier.
Who never kept his word
Hero Iles the oarl of Leister.
Who govern’d the estates,
Whom the earth could never living love
And. tho Just heaven now hates.
Hobgoblin went home to his grand
mother, whore he lived to bo an old
man. and often and often did Tie i'll this
sad story to the children of England.
I know you arc all anxious to finish
tho story of "Little Hobgoblin, ami as It
Is rather long I will only add that the
young lady who has boon sn good as to
give you this story. Is coming to Atlanta
after Christmas and will come and see
me. and how glad T will be to see her
ami thank hor for her story. Yours.
AVNT SUSIE.
MAMMA'S KISSES.
"A kiss when T wait.' In the morning.
A kiss when T go to bod,
A kiss when I 'burn my fingers,
A kiss when I bump my head.
"A kiss when my bath Is oxer.
A kiss when my bath begins:
-My mama Is .as full of (Usses-
As full ns nurse Is of pins
“A ktss when T play with my rattle.
A kiss when 1 pull her hair.
She covered mo ox-er with kisses
The day I fell down stnlr.
‘‘A kiss when I give her trouble.
A kiss when I give hor joy;
There’s nothing like mama’s kisses
To her own little baby boy."
Better Than Spanking.
Snnnklng does not cure children of bod
wetting. If It did there would bo few
children that would do It. There Is a
constitutional cause for this Mrs. M.
Summers, box 404, Notn Dame. Ind.,
will send her home treatment to any
mother. She asks no monox- Write h> r
today If your children trouble you In
this way. Don’t blame the child. The
chances are it can’t help It.
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE
Ed Lankford, Warm Springs. Ala Dear
Junior: 1 thought I would write a short
letter and see If Aunt Susie xx.xuld print
It. I xvant the cousins to give mo i
letter party on tho 25th of I'.eembet,
Christmas day. 1 live 7 miles from the
little t.iwn of Sylacauga, back In the
mountains, and have':* pretty lonesome
time. My sister Is xvriting this for me,
for lam a blind boy. I will close, xvlsli
ing all a merry Christmas.
Arthur Green. McCarters. S C. -Dear
Junior: On a visit to some of my friend'- ;
I rear! some of the. letters from the boys ■
and girls, which enticed mo to write
my first time. I live about 4 mil . ’
north of Greenville. My home is situat I
on a hill, in plain view of Faris and Blue
Ridge mountains. I like to travel around
and see the country; but I soon got tired
and xvant to return home again. Home
is a quint, secluded place where loving
hearts dvv-11. At home wo have a loving
mother and father, who try to teach us
tho way of life. A home without a kin 1
affectionate mother is dark and dr. ary.
To make our homes pleasant we ought to
be kind one to another. Correspond
ence solicited.
Jessie M. Vann. Iddo. Fla.—Dear Junior:
As this is .i x.-ry cold, cloudy evening, T
thought T would write a letter. I am not
going to school now. as our school closed
the last of Sejxtember. Our teacher lias
gone to Defunlak Springs to attend
school. Well, cousins, it will -non b
time for old Santa Claus to visit us. I
don’t know what he will bring m, this
year, but I know what he brought w last
year me and my little
doll 2 feet high amt we named them
Alberta and Annie, after our sehorl i
teacher. I sold some pecans and got a I
little money and 1 am going to s.-nd 5
cents for Aunt Susie to buy something
for the little children on < ’liristrnas. Age
11.
Pantha Bishop. Farmington. Ga., R. F.
D No. I.—Dear Junior. I’ve been think
ing for some time that 1 would write and
ask to be permitted into your happy •
band of correspondents. T will select for
my subject "Gambling " It is the most
degrading habit that any man or boy |
ever Just think of a. man with
a house full of nice little boys and girls !
sitting off in some place with a crowd ;
gambling, probably ruining some moth
er’s bov and happiness of many a home. I
They will actually get men and boy s be- I
fore they know wh t they .ire after to
playing cards or throwing dice just for
fun. as they call it: then they son that
yon Tiki* to play and they will say. just
have a little skin game, it’s not any i
harm. The best of people gamble; then
they toll of some ,>f the wealthiest riu n
who gamble, and how they rank with
the best of people, and most of them will
t ike Sunday and sjiend the whole day
without eating or drinking anything,
(without it’s whisky). Some of their
familb s at home are without the nco.-s-
Hities "f life; wife almost heart-broken,
and their, little bovs in all kinds of bad
ness and some of them hid from their ■
mothers with their deck of cards, trying ,
to do like their father. Tn the neighbor
hood where there is gambling He re is
no Sunday school, or prayer nieeting, I
and a. few that will go to preaching .
Boys, for your sake and your mothers,
father’s ami sisters’ sake, and for the.
good Os your country, don’t 1"' ■
snaded by those wicked and 1-'v bin
gamblers. Best wishes to Aunt Susie and
the cousins. Would like a. few cori--- j
spondents
Kate M. Chapman. Paynes. S.
C.-Dear Junior; Hero comes a
stranger. Will you admit ia-r into
your band? She is from t.ie I al
metto State, and a happy country gi’i,
and has lived In the country all my life.
Know nothing about town only what 1
learn while visiting there, and that, was
enough. What a glorious time, we coun
try girls have every morning! M e at e
ready to rise with the birds and get tho
benefit of the pure air. M hen we
the early morning we liras the choice
part of the day. What a. blessing to live
in God’s country.
It is said that "God made country amt
man made town." How often xvc have
repeated those lines and call them tiue.
Can xve not walk down the crowded
streets in the city and see the difference
in children's faces there and in the coun
try? Tn the town their faces are pale.
in the country always flushed and resem
ble the rising sun
1 wonder which one of my cousins en
joys rambling belter than 1. I do not be
lieve there Is any oiiv (I am speaking
j for myself), for I am ready every time
I anyone mentions a -stroll. My home Is
'on -a large farm, beautiful streams
- flowing through the tlelils and pastures. I
In the spring we wander down those ,
streams to gather flow'is. In the winter ,
to gather what we can find. We always !
know where to find the lovely ferns. In ,
a few more days wo will go to gather ,
ferns, holly and cedar to decorate our ;
homes for Christmas.
Most of the Junior letters show that
they are anticipating a grand time
Christmas. 1 must say that. 1 am look
ing forward to that week. ( know there
• will be many sad hearts Christmas
I morn. Mothers Mid daughters will weep
because there Is so much drinking in
their homes.
I wish that all girls could wake as hap
py as I will Christmas. The thought of
seeing my 'brothers and father drunk .
does not. cross my mind, for my brothers
do not partake of the poisonous stuff. .
Girls, why do you tempt the young man ’
with the cup? When yoiT offer them i
wino and cake you are lust tempting j
them. If you would only stop nnd think
and study about the misery you are
bringing in this world vou would never
do It again. Correspondence solicited.
Samuel Smith, Silverstone, N. C.—Dear
Junior: I have been thinking for some time
• that I would write and ask to be per
/ rnltted Into your happy band. This is my
; first effort to try to write to the Junior
| page. My papa Is a subscriber to The
: Constitution. Tho first thing when Aunt
■ Susie’s paper comes I look for the Junior
i page. Well, I will give you a short, de
> seiTjition of this place. Silverstone is
I situated In the Rich mountains. The i
l taller hill Is a high pinnacle siutated on ;
the top of the mountain. Tt Is nearly
seven thousand foot above sea level. Con
gressman R. Z. Linney had a great din
ner or feast on the top of tho high peak
some time In October. Boone is the ■
coiintv site; ft Is n very largo tofn. Blow- ■
Ing Book Is ,i very largo town Corre- i
j spondenee sol’elt 'd from boys nr girls.
l Love to Aunt Susie and the cousins. -
Ethol K-nnody. Ridings. Tex.—Dear
Junior: Will you admit nm Into your
h ippy golden band of sturdy boys and
maidens f ilr? I will ask Aunt Susie
for a seat over in the corner by the I
fire. j
Long have I boon a silent reader and
admirer of The Constitution.
There Is nothing so nice as to corre- i
spoml with your friends. I think we are ;
all boni lit-d by It. There are so many i
j whoso hearts wore sad that hav,-. been ;
made li i.ppx the many o;c - cheerful
ami int ii -ling i iters written by the i
dear cousins. The hoys are certainly
luit'ii' i:,p. I think t!i'-x must Intend
t i belt us, though their letters ate all
good, ind 1 think our page would be in- ;
complete without thorn. Bruce Jackson i
eome again. J th'light your letter tine.
Yu : spoke of poets and [looms. I too .
am I '■ of : -ems M\ 'avorites are
t hi e wrltti t by Longfellow. A g<><>d '
one Is:
I "Lives of groat m u al! remind us,
W' ,-in make on.- lives sublime,
’ Ami. departing, have ncliiml us
| Footprints on the sands of time.” i
If wo could all renllz. the sentiments '
of each poem ft would ilo u- good.
Wishing you all a nteriy < hristmas, .
I will Lid you adieu Correspondence '
j sollfitod, <4l her sex.
I
I A Mountain Giri, Warm Springs. Ala.
1 Dear Junior. I would [ike to say a tew
j words to the cousins and if 1 cannot ( .
guoss th' waste i-asket will give me a
I weh-ome. 1 live seven miles east of Syl • ■
' lacuuga, two mil'.-- from tho t'entral of !
Georgia railroad. 1 live in tile mountains ;
■ and have i lonely time, but I can enjoy j
• th'- lieaiitb> ol nature in spring the ■
, Howers and songs of the birds, and in !
(Summer th,, cooling bnez,- and drink
the cold water that runs et'-ar and
i sparkling from the mountain sides; then j
I comes autumn, tho in"; beautiful sea- ■
S’ n of til' year, with H clear skies ai d I
! bright snnhine and beautiful leaves of I
: all color ami th< •-•vi"l goldenrod wav- j
i log in th'.' balmy leoeze. Well, ('.'iristti-.as
. will soon be het', guess the cousins will
• ■’’■ gl:i‘l. 1 thin . a i'-ttt r from om-'s own
I thoughts thoiigh it be [I * -r. is better
, than t-hose c qy;-d front other people's
! writings,
l Nari'-tt, Campbell, Goodes Ferry. Va.- - :
‘ Dear .Jttplor: 1 am a litth girl 11 years '
-old. My home i. in Norfolk, Va. I am
i visiting my aunt out in the country. It. ’
is a. very l>< i ttitiil jilae,-. surrounded by i
I beautiful oak groves. It has a lovely
mineral spring on the plantation. 1 spent i
the summer at Vir-iini-i Beach, where I
saw tile old ocean every day. Every ’
morning I would go out ami gather shells
, on the beach, then go in and get my
bi'-akfast. and then . onies the bathing
We Lad lots of fun then. I can wini a
little. My father has been baching int
how to swim. Bcliind our home at the
beach there are the beautiful lakes, and
in front is the oeean. This is my first
att< mpt i" xx’rite a I- tter, tnd not wanting I
to tl!' you 1 <i" . , wi'i i':g -'you all a ,
Merry Chris ttn as.
Genie I’etty. Indian Village, La.--Dear i
Juni"i : I wrote to tills page once be
fore and Aunt Susm was kind • i. mgh t..
let me in. J r- ad this most valuable
paper every time it conies I’apa Is go
ing to kill hogs this evening, so you
cousins and Aunt Sin de conn’ and we will
cals, ribs and sausage. There was the
heax'i'.st rain today that has fallen in
! several months. (t will soon Lie t'hrisl-
I mas and 1 gm -s al; the -ousitis are .-x
I peetiiig a gram! time. School will su." i
i pend on th'- 23d for the Christmas holt
■ days i’.i; .1 is j.rineip:’! of tho school.
Tlieri arc. two more teachers besides him i
They h.ivt 112 pupils on roll. Cousin
Bolwrt Foxworth, your letter was nice, i
if (-Very girl and boy would hood your .
advice to always sp.ak the truth there '
would !•• briar girls and boys tmlay i
' Aunt Z-. i I h.iv l your picture ami all ;
ths co : ins' 1 i i ■’-■■■ that have b< cn .
In The Con- tlßiti"U sine, we subscribed |
j for till- paper. Love to ail.
Annie Warren. Enterprise. Ala—Dea r
I Junior: 1 guess 1 am a new cousin, as I
I have never written before. I delight n
j reading the cousins’ letters. J live tn the
I thriving little city of Enterprise. It is
a beautiful lif.il" place. It’s inhabitants
: are about 2.000 or 3.000. It has a largo
coTton factory ami electric lights will
drive the darkm-s from our town next
I Thursday- night, and we will have the
water works, too. We have a very nice
; school building. We have seven teach
i ers with music and elocution teachers,
i Consuls. 1 gm - you ar. anti' ipating a
gran' titm I’hridnias. 1 sure am. I
know a litth’ poem that is very Interest- •
■ ing to mo and I semi it to the boys:
"Beware th.’ boy’s that bid you drink.
Ta ss to the e unkard’s doom you sink
I Touch not th wi..- cup. ruby red
, Twill 1 ad to death, God's word has
said.”
AVclI. before my letter is too long I will ;
| ring off. Wishing Aunt Susie and th'*
m my cousins a men-.' Christmas.
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