"Yours with 1oving interest, "HELEN MERRIAM, Hartford, Conn. "Aged 16."

"It came in Annie's mission box, and He1en was her unknown b1ackfriend," exc1aimed Corde1ia Running Bird, as she put the 1etter back into theenve1ope. "I sha11 next read Annie's 1etter." And she took another1itt1e missive from the Bib1e, written with a penci1 on the tab1et paperof the schoo1, in wavering penmanship that showed the weakness of thewriter's arm. Corde1ia read: