a and papa
have taken HARPER'S WEEKLY and HARPER'S MONTHLY more years than I
can remember.

I like so much to hear all about the pets of the other children. I
have not any, but I have a dear little sister called Myra, and she
is my pet.

I liked the story "Across the Ocean" very much, but I think "The
Moral Pirates" was the best.

My governess is writing this, but soon I hope to be able to write
myself, as I have nearly finished my second copy-book. One year
ago I could not speak any English, but now I can read short
stories, and I am always so happy when YOUNG PEOPLE comes.

C. D. P.

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LYNCHBURG, TEXAS.

I am twelve years old. I have a little colt, but it is not gentle,
it is very wild. I also have a roan horse, named Sabine. Whenever
horses are gathered I help to herd them. I like to do it very
much. We generally have about three hundred head to herd. I have
no pets now, for my little dog died.

I visited Captain H----'s plantation last winter, and I had a very
nice time. I saw the men gin cotton, and I drove the horses round
in the gin.

CHARLES A. T.

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BUFFALO, WYOMING TERRITORY.

I have wanted to write to the Post-office Box for a long time for
I like YOUNG PEOPLE so much, but I thought as there were so many
children writing perhaps my letter would not be printed.

I live in a very lonely country. There are no little girls here at
all, but I have a good many pets. I have two colts, named Nellie
and Dollie, and a puppy named Carlo. Then I have a cat and four
little kittens, and six pigeons, and lots of little chickens. I am
going to get a pair of canaries very soon.

LUELLA A. M.

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WHEATLAND, NEW YORK.

I am eleven years old. I live in the Genesee Valley, which I have
heard is the nicest valley in the world. We have not many pets,
because there are seven of us children, and mamma thinks those are
pets enough for one house.

We have a black dog named Shot, but he is real old. We raised him
from a puppy. Once he was in a soap box, with three other puppies,
and mamma heard an awful squealing. There was a knot-hole in the
box, and the puppy's tail stuck out. My little brother Jim crept