ur days; he likes him very much, and has given him a Canadian pony,
with saddle and bridle. I might mention other cases, but I know the
above to be facts.

"'The boys met with a great deal of sympathy. One old gentleman came in
just for the purpose of seeing a little boy who had lost an eye, and was
a brother to a boy his son had taken. When I told the little fellow that
the gentleman lived near the man who had taken his brother, he climbed
up on his knee, and putting his arms around his neck, said: "I want to
go home with you, and be your boy; I want to see my brother." The old
gentleman wept, and wiping the tears from his eyes, said: "This is more
than I can stand; I will take this boy home with me." He is a wealthy
farmer and a good man, and I am sure will love the little fellow very
much, for he is a very interesting child.
YOURS,
"'C. R. FRY'"

"This letter is from a farmer--a deaf-mute--who has a destitute
deaf-mute lad placed with him:--

"'C---- H----, IND., March 5, 1860.

"'MY DEAR SIR--I received your kind letter some days ago. It has given
me great pleasure to hear that you had arrived at your home. I got a
report from you. The first of the time when you left D----, he cried and
stamped on the floor by the door, but I took him to show him the horses;
I told him when he will be a big man I would give him a horse. Then he
quit crying, and he began to learn A, B, C, on that day when you left
here. Now D---- is doing very well, and plays the most of anything; he
likes to stay here very well; he can learn about dog and cat. I am
willing to take care of him over twenty-one years old, if he stays here
as long as he ever gets to be twenty-one years old; then I will give him
a horse, money, clothes, school, etc. Last Saturday, D---- rode on my
colt himself; the colt is very gentle; on advice, he got off the colt;
he petted the colt the most of time; he likes to play with the young
colt. He likes to stay with me, and he said he don't like to go back
where you are. He gathers chips and fetches wood in the stove, and is
willing to do all his work directly. I wonder that he bold boy and mock
some neighbors.
"'Yours truly, friend,
"'L. F. W.

"'Write a letter to me im