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Show rang Chuangt Chlnau few. #, 190$, My d«ar nephews and naiaas and XittXa friends, That nearta HaroXr! mdfttth, nayttonti and Oamtfeftt OharXaa mat HXisabath, and a l l tha r a s t a t yam, WomXd you Xika to hear about a b i r t h d a y party, that I want to a few days agofloa ara aXX #a^in^,*¥aa*,ar# n»t yonf, It waa not amotXy a mimm party *«**»«« the XittXa girX who h a i the •-<••• *'>*!» nmif mim StamXay, and aha U an American awn i f she iras bora in c h l a a U u the guCsta , tawpiFfx?*** Ohinasa ahUdran, for wan If we had wished to h aw another k i n d f w l M a d not. I t the mwMm miction, forty mixes away i s a XittXa Ifegltah baby, cut hm i» too young to y ; e r o i a t a a p a r t y , • • a n if ha were not too far away to ooiM,If XittXa WiXXiam Tucker HM mm® hone Mr^m mmnsi»whara ha has bean a l l auiwar, ha and Mary H#lan sight h a w had a p a r t y tog*thftr,bitt no* two XittX* i*KyXfi a y**r oXd could h a w has anything likm tun® «-ond Una wm had at V t . party. Thar* « r # fourteen c h i l dren v-t ><et f i w y^y« old and with those outer who can* to take care of the l i t t . i * . m«i.a^ ha** %mmmf~tiw * Hie *»* wa.ee t he p a s t e d a l i t t l e grandson, the w a i l iv , d daughter of th*- . r t n o i e a l of the boya* academy,the mmnm taaoJiert^ ue g n: lMU» glrX,n u t i l e , bay who** tath--»» id one of air nalp-enipeai. Hae b., - .. m t u t -aid -vhn,,^ r.a:.er ,vn rentier *ra both hotguitai a s s i s t a n t s . Than* a l l H w right h^ra in our big yard, md if yon hxiat taan time in the mcriln*;; you woo in have Known that e w H h i n j •s.^-.Ui was gnirsg t o ha> i an, fO'» t h^y a l l had had t n e l r iu*i-. i* w*v«r# Their h a i r aaa not «1X ahawn, ye* ;U'V»w,but Jnct *nn5*yh to rcaae there loo,* neat * I auj*f.aaa your moth* a r s newr :iiiav- ; your haada whan you war* going to a r-arty , hut if th*y had oe«n y a y e - ^lin**** - w t ' t * ^ \mt you **u l - ea re,*-f o r boye anil girXa»that is j u a t what they ex..,** in b4f?r«, yon ecmXi g#« Di<! -'w ever ,<« to a t a r t y far which the ^ n « j n y i * *,i, ru tg?d' n, d€ id uae run-- f<-r t h i s :'*rT.y f "ny t ty nt thr*e o'clock, and the oh.Uron vera t'iara alaoct b*fry** i t xtuyyd* He Ux • *%'"••. tko u* **ho l i v e c w r in tke villa&e and haw nn olerd^ ^r-* d i r - ' lg *>*""arr< tha xeiiu^^, 4i f i r . i t tna.- cat around tha r o a - M ' i , | mm what td do/ aii^n X «»«« Aitoi iho roc>-« mrX wa* iuiro*1tt««« aowa **-f t h v . ot «r .-•^•»-x-a*« u ^ i r *>,-nn«/»#» t o aa bttt so.^n !m<i .forgotten what til-:.* eyuif t'» *o whu*i a ift^g- wn* irit^dee-nd %nd ficxn? w«r# too Xittla t o MKW, *auc-* only 'Unnkitd at m« with big *.\U •. . brown a./oa. . -ypg ny ?'* i«* w r y fon«i of riding in h^r .."-.^irt, md ^k^ ,ysar^ I t>.< ,« Xr -^Xaasad to !x*Wfw* l i r i . t#* u^??,-. ^u.jenf U.'Vr* t i t t l e boy y^^ a f r n i c to ri-^n ,aid cri#(ff au4 an^tha* w*,» in knv«y lr tha Cac*i tn^t ha cria*i mlian ha had to gst cutty-d jv* snnie.a-)^ ^y«# *i turn* ''.on*, of tJia^ have * n*-ahing of tha kim1 m hor*a. Wa tluin.k M^*g yyyn i# « v«iry #wp»nt baby,%i*! on 1i^r t a|iitlidaj lha MHHHd evfu ! e ^ - , " *' . : n«.u ^i^ i*t th« tiU,«J ^Ui r> t fc..vi. d e i h r i xtt,- finf. a r t , faaX hnrk,^tr»'-n d i ^ f - ^ n t f*u%*«? " , r ^ w*: J ^ i ^ ^ n .. * " ^", •>;/**' -;- a ^ i r t hff ^ke^-,yif-h tha tnn^u^t -,.nnd n^tne*.. nfi , l n / y ! ;c-...-A-b.>^ uifdx thaa" m.m pattf^aaka, and aaid h*i» ana worst,•Jetton1* in tha awaat®st t©»*t§«wa o f t a a talX h^jr sh*i t* tin* /an^ir^*t baby in China, and aJia onXy y i l l s t *oa bobba har ; »*-tt? h^rui -tul 1^:<ni #«r h^s., : t a* a utatisr a t aouraa, ^ 4Id not T .Mar that tha l i t t l * pia»t.s fuumt hur vary a t t r ^ . i t i w a. Rarrarf}v"-nt^ war* #*tnr«4 Q»t on tha p®&®h* tm children %^,m Kaatad in two t^wa facing * * ^ other, tha old#r anaa #h«r# thay couX4 h^lti the iittXa cat* tha aandwioi - %x* * on-^ ne,A«i war* «foraig.n coo^*n*.'t UO*J* tha Xt%* a^^ra- ©itt^d for that raaaon.H^ A i i w l araakarfl, %lm% had : >ne out h«r« ?*&!#€ up i a a t i n box,thay ^-i.*oyad jwat as yoyi Am tha a r a o . ^ r knr-*-s^irri nuT« sm«i bcara tk^t yoa hawa to *at« '.*a^ldaa th#*# tkmga, thay k-a^e„r-i-boilaa agga^ f t s r a , and nhinaaa Crtad aa*taafthat are about tha u w rr* ahaga of ono of yo»?r f i n h e r e . If you w«sr« Oniria>»>% c h t b l r a i It aowXd be niita tr®ij®t for you t o o^rry'homa frow a n^*»tg «tny fooa ihnt #a« affarwtf yau %lxt you did not e s r s to cat right aaay* than* XittXa un*ft^ta «ad# mm m t h a i r ixuud-.^redact»• wtry «oon» ,-fjd t i i a l r #*: run . ockata, a?id ato^«d n%ny c,| «- .1 xuauy tJxin ,a to taca homa,**oit ol ilia anxx^rtsii wwjfi fdif d i*ai fF, HM not at alX sr«#cSyt but C$ta XittXa buy «*t* MO aa^ar to ^at nia full ifcuur* of ^d® frla-i eaicea itfuit ha burring i^Ui *w*tii*.J ill Ilia uaii «su^ n»*l# tho l i t t l e oaken s n i i l o*ar onto tha rxoor, and »iaa Lyon« Jut4 no .ay,«0niy one hand mX a tlna** |