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	District f 5	.	Joikiirs	~
Sikeston, Missouri.


To rsad, writ• and sp.l1

I love my teacher‘s ~iiI• again

And get my lessons wsll
	:	~	(Yollosing is a speech given as a child)
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	~ . ..‚ .	Hear the ch~1dren gay].y shout
	 ‚~\ ~K~r
	%~%\S~~>	Half past four, school is out
		Jlerry, merry, playftil girls and boy.

.	Thinking of game. and toys
		Slates, sleds, dolls and books
		O~! ~ how happy each one looks
	. .	‘Now for snowballs‘, Harry cried
		And to hit hie sister tried
		Sister Tiara full of fun
		With her litt],? hand making one

At her brother Harry threw

Butt it flew and hi~ hi. nose

‘Bays I hurt you brother dear?‘

Asked his sister running near

‘No indeed‘, said he

‘Thie is ~nly Sport for me‘.


.	.~ ~ (Pollowing is a familiar prayer when she ~s a child)
	 ~ ~	“Savior, tender shephird hear inc
	\~•„~.‚/	Bises the little lambs tonight
O	Through the. ~arknees b. they nsare.t

~.; .	. latch my sleep ‘iii aerninglight

11•ss the frids I love so well
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