P. S.――We are just informed by Messrs. Bradbury & Soden,
that the stray dollar is found. It appears that it was in
the letter, but crept on to the floor; it was caught,
however, and is safely put in crib.
――――
The following epistle, from a romantic, descriptive, warm-hearted
friend, was very welcome to us, and will be so to our readers. Alas!
for those bright days when everything gives pleasure, and even the
flowers seem like things of life! They are gone from Robert Merry
forever; but he loves to see them reflected in the eyes of his
youthful friends. We have been at Springfield, and can testify to the
accuracy of the following description of that beautiful town. One
thing our fair correspondent has failed to notice, and that is the
cemetery, which is scarcely inferior to Mount Auburn. Cannot “Constant
Reader” tell us something about it? Instead of sending us the flower
she promises, she may send us her miniature. We have an eye for things
of that sort yet.
_Springfield, Feb. 29, 1844._
A long time ago, I addressed a letter to the little readers
of the Museum, and I have had it in my mind for some time to
write them another. I told them how old Peter Parley learned
me to make pens, and how much good Robert Merry was like
him, and how very glad I was that Peter Parley gave him all
his writings before he died. It is not probable that all of
your little friends will recollect this, but perhaps some of
them may. I was just on the point of writing to them again,
and was about to say, “Little readers of the Museum,” when
it occurred to me that I had never written to you. So this
time I will speak to you, Mr. Merry, and tell you something
about this old town, that has been settled for more than two
hundred years; for you tell such good stories, and talk so
much like our old _benefactor_, that I love you now almost
as much as I did him.
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