I have been wanting to write to you for some time, and tell you about my pets, but was afraid my letter would not be published.
I have the sweetest little squirrel you ever saw. His name is Zeke, but we do not call him anything but Funny. Papa gave me a nice large cage for him. Mamma takes him out sometimes, and he plays with her just like a kitten. I am afraid of him, although I like to watch him play. I have a bird that sings from morning until night. I have a cat and two dogs. I have also three horses. I can ride one of them. My grandpa gave me such a nice little saddle and bridle! Don't you think I have a good many pets? I am eleven years old.
Irene N.
New York City.
I wrote to Harper's Young People once last summer, but that was while I was in Europe, so I thought I would write from my own home.
My grandpa and grandma had their golden wedding a short time ago, and I expected to have a great deal of fun, but I was sick, so I could not go to it, after all.
We are going to have a fair at our school soon, and so we are all hard at work making fancy-work for it.
Jessie C. S.
East Norwich, New York.
I am not a girl; I am a boy, nine years old. My name is Uel. It is a name which you can find in the Bible—Ezra, x. 34. If you want to know how to pronounce it rightly, you may know by its rhyme with jewel, fuel, and cruel. My father is a minister. I have three sisters. I have a cat named Tommy. I have a velocipede and a sled. I like Harper's Young People very much; I hope you will print my letter in it.
Uel G.