Lucille Meredith Clay,  [Dear Mr. Riley, I'd like to say,]

The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Indiana, October 13, 1913
Dear Mr. Riley, I'd like to say, How much I love your poetry. But I am only eight years old, And rather under size. So it hustles me to write a verse J'st 'cause I want a prize.
Added August 15, 2026. One of the finalists from a poetry competition celebrating "the great Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley". For another, see #00004. JV