Please write as soon as you receive this. I am anxious to hear from Daddy and Fanny.
Your affectionate
Little Wolf."
From Mrs. Tinknor's answer we extract the following:
"As we had not heard from Daddy for some time, I persuaded Tom to go down and see how they were getting along. He has just returned and stands ready to relieve your anxiety. I will leave him to give an account of affairs in his own language."
"I am requested to give my testimony which is this: The house was in apple-pie order. Not a fly had the temerity to approach the parlor. Miss Fanny had learned to knit, and had constructed a pair of stockings. Mrs. Recta says if she lives she will make a good housekeeper. I shall marry her when she is old enough. The old folks are sure she will die 'afore the year is out, 'cause a bird flew in at her winder.' I told them the bird was after Daddy, and the superstitious old man was instantly seized with a violent pain in his big toe. I am afraid he will feel it is his duty to die. He and Recta bill and coo like two old fools.
I am ready to swear to the above testimony.
T. T.
P. S. Daddy saw six ghosts last evening in the pasture where half a dozen sheep were grazing.