Tommy's Letters
by J.W. Foley
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Appletown, December 1, 1905.
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Dear Aunt Lizzie:
Maybe you have almost forgotten about your little nephew Tommy away out here and so I thought I would drop you a few lines to let you know I am well and getting along fine and hope you are the same. I do not write letters very often |
because you know how it is with boys. They cannot think of many things to say and are apt to make a good many blots if they write with ink. I just happened to think that maybe I had never written to thank you for those splendid books you sent me for last Christmas and as Christmas will soon be here again I do not want to get too far behind.
They were splendid books and I have read them all over and over again. I do not know of anything a boy likes better than books. It improves the mind and keeps them out of mischief and when we grow up to be men we can look back and see how the good books we got for Christmas helped to make us better. Nobody ever regrets sending a boy good books for Christmas, don't you think so?
One of the books you sent me had a sequel. It was the Red Ranger or the Mystery of the Indian Scout. The sequel is the Lost Trail or the Lives of the Gold-Hunters. We do not have it in the bookstore here. I am awful anxious to know if the Red Ranger finds the Lost Trail or not. Have you ever read the sequel? If you have I wish you would write and tell me if he finds the lost trail. I have lent the Red Ranger to some of the boys and they will all appreciate it very much if you will let us know.
If you know any good books for boys I wish you would write down their names and send them to me. You know two or three good books will last you nearly all winter. Some parts you can read over and over again where there is a lot of excitement until they are nearly wom out. The Red Ranger was that kind and the sequel would probably be almost as good.
It is too bad we are so far away from each other. Sometimes I think how much I could help you and Uncle
Jerry not having any boys of your own it would be extremely valuable to you. By chopping wood and filling the woodbox and otherwise doing chores. I could run in on the way from school and see if I couldn't do some
chores for you.
I hope you and Uncle Jerry will have a Merry Christmas.
Your affectionate nephew,
Tommy
P.S.-We all send love. The Red Ranger is by the author of the Desert Chief or the Capture of the White Princess.
Tommy
To Uncle Bill...
To Grandma...
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White fish -
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