COUSINS’ CORRESPONDENCE.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 18, 3 May 1911, Page 57

COUSINS’ CORRESPONDENCE.

Blenheim. ZfA EAR COUSIN KATE—I received I B your letter and badge on SaturI I day. and I think it is a very J nice one, and thank you very V*/ much. Red is my favourite colour. I wore the badge to acheel to-day, and all the girls asked me what it was, and when I told them they said they were going to write to you. I enjoy reading Buster Brown. When I come home in the afternoon from school I always look to see if "The Graphic” has come. I like looking at the cousins’ letters very much. I think Auckland must be a pretty place, but I have never been there. I will close now, dear Cousin Kate. With love.—From Cousin ESTHER. [Dear Cousin Esther. —I am glad you liked the badge, and I hope some of your school mates will join. Are you fond of flowers and gardening? Don't you think the pictures of flowers in- ‘The Graphic” are beautiful? With love.—Cousin Kate.] * i * Waipawa. Dear Cousin Kate.—l have been very anxious to join your circle. I intended writing to you on my last birthday, which was nearly nine months ago. I will be thirteen in June. I have quite a lot of pets—a dear wee Skye terrier which I call Lady Margaret, and a nice pony which I ride to school. Also. I have a cat, a calf, and a pet lamb. I think I will close now. dear cousin. Heaps of love.—From Cousin CECIL. P.S. —I also have a pup called Prince Charles. (Dear Cousin Cecil.—l am always delighted to welcome boy cousins, but as a rule they are very disappointing, and hardly ever write after the first few times. You have a grand lot of pets. How far do you have to ride to school? With love. —Cousin Kate.] * * * Masterten. -Dear Cousin Kate.—You must think I have forgotten you. but you know how trying it is in such hot weather to sit down and write a letter. Dear Cousin Kate. I don't think I told you that I got a first prize for my music, a first prise at Sunday School, and a first-class certificate at the day school, so that was the best I could possibly do. I have a little white pet kitten, and would you be so kind as to give me a name for it? It is such a pretty little thing. Do you like dancing? On the whole I like it very much. I also take a great interest tn swimming, which is very pleasant. I wiH now conclude. With beet love to all the cousins, not forgetting yourself.— Cousin LIZZIE. [Dear Cousin Lixaie,—Uany thanks for your very nice letter. I can well understand It is hard to write in hot weather. You indeed -did well iu your studies, and I gm very glad. I would suggest “Dainty” for your little kitten. Write some day soon agaui. With love.—douaUi Kals.J

Palmerston North. Dear Cousin Kate,—4 did not write to you for a good while, because I have had my photo taken, and I did not want mother to know before her birthday, because I am going to give her one then. If I had written she would have seen the letter in “The Graphic,** and found out all about it. I will send you one after Easter. The dancing class has commenced again. Cousin •Freda and I are learning, and we like it very much. Someone poisoned my little kitten Spot, and I am very sorry. I am in Che second music book now, and have to practice one and a half hours each day.— Your loving Cousin DAKYNB. (Dear Cousin Dakyns,—l am so pleased to hear from you again, and shall look forward to receiving the photograph. I can quite see how important It was to keep the secret. With love.—Cousin Kate.] ± £ * Palmerston North. Dear Cousin Kate, —It has been so hot this summer I have not been able to write «to you before. We have a new pretty cream pony, aud I think we are going to get a little carriage for it. Our other poor horse died, but we have got another horse. Mother and father are going to Rotonra tonight, and don’t I wish I was going for such a long journey. My eldest brother is coming back from Christ’s College after this term, and then he is going to work in dad’s office. I wonder if he will like it?—Your loving Cousin FREDA. (Dear Cousin Freda, —I know only too well how hard it is to write letters in hot •weather, so quite forgive you, and shall expect more when the winter comes. Will you be allowed to drive the cream pony if you get the carriage? That will be lovely Cun. I expect your girls will gets lots of teasing when your big brother comes home. With loce.—Cousin Kate.] Wellington. Dear .Cousin Elate. —May I become one of your senior cousins? I will be fourteen on the 15th of this month and am in the sixth, standard at school. I live with, my Grandma who is very good to me, but my parents and all my brothers and sisters (for I have four sisters and two brothers, the youngest child being a dear little girl of five months, whose name is Hazel Joyce)’ live in Palmerston North. In Wellington we have about seven Picture Theatres. Don’t you think that is rather many? We are having our Easter holidays from school at present. I am going up for the Scripture Examination which is to take place on the 30th of June. Please will you send me a badge? Well, I think I must close now, with lota of love.—From Cousin MABB. P/S. My proper name is Mabel. [Dear Cousin Mabs, —I am pleased to welcome you as a senior cousin, and shall look forward to lots of nice letters from you. I expect you often get homesick, especially when you have such a dear wee sister, but it is nice for you to look after your Gtannie. With love.—Cousin Kate.] * * & Morere. Dear Cousin Kate, —I have been going to write for a long time. May I become one of your cousins? I am in standard IV. There are hot springs here, but there was a flood last Easter, and it spoilt them. There are two men here now fixing them up. They are ~oing to build a new bath house, and it will be better then than before. It is a nice walk up to the baths, through some beautiful bush. I think I will close now. With lore to all the cousins, not forgetting yourself.—Cousin FAN. [Dear Cousin Fan,—l am very pleased you want to join our Circle. I have no idea where Morere is. You must tell me in your next letter. With love.—Cousin Kate.] ± £ * Wellington. Dear Cousin Kate, — I am writing to thank you for the badge you kindly sent me. It will do very nicely for a bookmarker. The word “marker” is familiar to me, because in Nelsou we used to have a shooting range, and if I was not shooting I was marking the targets. The highest score I ever made was forty-five out of fifty, and I was never below thirty-five. I have a friend staying with us, and she is going on up to Auckland to live. How I wish I could live there. My mother and I were horn there. We have been having rather bad weather. The fog has been fairly thick, but the weather la changing, and we are getting it pretty hot just now. It is true when you said that boys -wers lazy at times, for that is bow I have been feeling. With love. —Cousin CYRIL. [Dear Cousin Cyril,—l am glad you noticed what I said about lazy boy couaina, but 1 hope they will all do better when the winter comes, nad the nightm are long. How splendid to bo a good shot. Are yos

a Scout or Cadet? I hope you are. I think it is fine for t»oys to do something of that sort. With love.—Cousin Kate.] * * * Holmbank. Dear Cousin Kate, —I have not written to you for a long time, but now I will write a long letter. It has been very dry and hot lately. We broke up for our Easter holidays yesterday, and have till Monday, the 24th. I am going to Hamilton for a week. This morning father took me for a ride all over the farm. We were away about four hours. There is a great amount of feed In the swamps, and the little bit of rain we had the other day freshened the grass up a lot. We have got some lovely cosmos, out. and I have found two violets. Are you going away for Easter? I have just got a new pony. It is black, and only three years old. I am going for a ride with one of my school mates to-morrow. We are going to a place about seven miles away. Now I will say good-bye, with much love to all

the aad yvwroelf. — Your tfMk.il covin, MARIAN. I Dear Cousin Marian. —I waa no pleased to get yooc letter. I do hope you have a jolly holiday. It uiuat be graud going for a long ride like that, aud seeing bow the place looks. I am glad you have lots of feed; I bear it has l»eeu M diy in the Wai kato. 1 have not been away. We have iu lunch on iu Auckland at Easter, which has been very jolly. What do you call yout pony? With love. —Cousin Kate 1