I don't know what to say now, so good-by.
Your friend,
DEAR LITTLE FRIEND:
We could not resist the temptation to publish your letter, though we have
not put your name to it, and so no one will guess that it comes from you.
Dear child, your gentle plea for dumb animals will do far more to make
thoughtless people care for them than any words of ours.
But we will do our best to help you, and will try to have the article you
ask for written.
There is a Society in New York for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
and it publishes a lot of little books and papers telling people how to
take care of animals. You should ask your mamma to let you go to the
Society's rooms at No. 10 East 22d Street, and get Mr. Haines to give some
of these books to you.
When you grow up you should join the Society, and then you would be able
to do a great deal for animals. They will love you for your kind little
heart as much as we do.
You might do something to help your favorites now, by getting all the boys
and girls you know to join you in forming Bands of Mercy.
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