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to have aboutand awfully destructive to the furniture。



Mercy� �how it keeps Pouring。  We shall have to swim to chapel tonight。

                               Yours ever��

                                               Judy









                                               20th Jan。

Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��



Did you ever have a sweet baby girl who was stolen from the cradle

in infancy��



Maybe I am she�  �If we were in a novel�察�that would be the denouement��

wouldn't it��



It's really awfully queer not to know what one issort of

exciting and romantic。  There are such a lot of possibilities。 

Maybe I'm not American�察�lots of people aren't。 I may be straight

descended from the ancient Romans�察�or I may be a Viking's daughter��

or I may be the child of a Russian exile and belong by rights

in a Siberian prison�察�or maybe I'm a GipsyI think perhaps I am。 

I have a very WANDERING spirit�察�though I haven't as yet had much

chance to develop it。



Do you know about that one scandalous blot in my career the time I ran

away from the asylum because they punished me for stealing cookies�拭�

It's down in the books free for any Trustee to read。  But really��

Daddy�察�what could you expect�拭 �When you put a hungry little nine´year

girl in the pantry scouring knives�察�with the cookie jar at her elbow��

and go off and leave her alone�察�and then suddenly pop in again��

wouldn't you expect to find her a bit crumby�拭 �And then when you

jerk her by the elbow and box her ears�察�and make her leave the table

when the pudding comes�察�and tell all the other children that it's

because she's a thief�察�wouldn't you expect her to run away��



I only ran four miles。  They caught me and brought me back��

and every day for a week I was tied�察�like a naughty puppy�察�to a stake

in the back yard while the other children were out at recess。



Oh�察�dear�  �There's the chapel bell�察�and after

chapel I have a committee meeting。  I'm

sorry because I meant to write you a very entertaining letter this time。

                               Auf wiedersehen

                                   Cher Daddy��

                                       Pax tibi��

                                                   Judy





PS。  There's one thing I'm perfectly sure of I'm not a Chinaman。





                                               4th February

Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��



Jimmie McBride has sent me a Princeton banner as big as one end

of the room�察�I am very grateful to him for remembering me�察�but I

don't know what on earth to do with it。  Sallie and Julia won't

let me hang it up�察�our room this year is furnished in red�察�and you

can imagine what an effect we'd have if I added orange and black。 

But it's such nice�察�warm�察�thick felt�察�I hate to waste it。 

Would it be very improper to have it made into a bath robe�拭�

My old one shrank when it was washed。



I've entirely omitted of late telling you what I am learning��

but though you might not imagine it from my letters�察�my time is

exclusively occupied with study。  It's a very bewildering matter

to get educated in five branches at once。



`The test of true scholarship��' says Chemistry Professor��

`is a painstaking passion for detail。'



`Be careful not to keep your eyes glued to detail��' says History

Professor。  `Stand far enough away to get a perspective of the whole。'



You can see with what nicety we have to trim our sails between

chemistry and history。  I like the historical method best。 

If I say that William the Conqueror came over in 1492�察�and Columbus

discovered America in 1100 or 1066 or whenever it was�察�that's a mere

detail that the Professor overlooks。  It gives a feeling of security

and restfulness to the history recitation�察�that is entirely lacking

in chemistry。



Sixth´hour bellI must go to the laboratory and look into a little

matter of acids and salts and alkalis。  I've burned a hole as big

as a plate in the front of my chemistry apron�察�with hydrochloric acid。 

If the theory worked�察�I ought to be able to neutralize that hole

with good strong ammonia�察�oughtn't I��



Examinations next week�察�but who's afraid��

                               Yours ever��

                                           Judy







                                               5th March

Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��



There is a March wind blowing�察�and the sky is filled with heavy��

black moving clouds。  The crows in the pine trees are making such

a clamour�  �It's an intoxicating�察�exhilarating�察�CALLING noise。 

You want to close your books and be off over the hills to race with

the wind。



We had a paper chase last Saturday over five miles of squashy

'cross country。  The fox ��composed of three girls and a bushel or so

of confetti�� started half an hour before the twenty´seven hunters。 

I was one of the twenty´seven�察�eight dropped by the wayside��

we ended nineteen。  The trail led over a hill�察�through a cornfield��

and into a swamp where we had to leap lightly from hummock to hummock。 

of course half of us went in ankle deep。  We kept losing the trail��

and we wasted twenty´five minutes over that swamp。  Then up a hill

through some woods and in at a barn window�  �The barn doors were all

locked and the window was up high and pretty small。  I don't call

that fair�察�do you��



But we didn't go through�察�we circumnavigated the barn and picked up

the trail where it issued by way of a low shed roof on to the top

of a fence。  The fox thought he had us there�察�but we fooled him。 

Then straight away over two miles of rolling meadow�察�and awfully

hard to follow�察�for the confetti was getting sparse。  The rule is

that it must be at the most six feet apart�察�but they were the longest

six feet I ever saw。  Finally�察�after two hours of steady trotting��

we tracked Monsieur Fox into the kitchen of Crystal Spring ��that's

a farm where the girls go in bob sleighs and hay wagons for chicken

and waffle suppers�� and we found the three foxes placidly eating milk

and honey and biscuits。  They hadn't thought we would get that far��

they were expecting us to stick in the barn window。



Both sides insist that they won。  I think we did�察�don't you�拭�

Because we caught them before they got back to the campus。 

Anyway�察�all nineteen of us settled like locusts over the furniture

and clamoured for honey。  There wasn't enough to go round�察�but Mrs。

Crystal Spring ��that's our pet name for her�察�she's by rights a Johnson��

brought up a jar of strawberry jam and a can of maple syrup

just made last weekand three loaves of brown bread。



We didn't get back to college till half´past sixhalf an hour late

for dinnerand we went straight in without dressing�察�and with

perfectly unimpaired appetites�  �Then we all cut evening chapel��

the state of our boots being enough of an excuse。



I never told you about examinations。  I passed everything with the

utmost easeI know the secret now�察�and am never going to fail again。 

I shan't be able to graduate with honours though�察�because of that

beastly Latin prose and geometry Freshman year。  But I don't care。 

Wot's the hodds so long as you're 'appy�拭 。�That's a quotation。 

I've been reading the English classics。��



Speaking of classics�察�have you ever read Hamlet�拭 �If you haven't��

do it right off。  It's PERFECTLY CORKING。  I've been hearing about

Shakespeare all my life�察�but I had no idea he really wrote so well��

I always suspected him of going largely on his reputation。



I have a beautiful play that I invented a long time ago when I first

learned to read。  I put myself to sleep every night by pretending

I'm the person ��the most important person�� in the book I'm reading

at the moment。



At present I'm Opheliaand such a sensible Ophelia�  �I keep

Hamlet amused all the time�察�and pet him and scold him and make him

wrap up his throat when he has a cold。  I've entirely cured him

of being melancholy。  The King and Queen are both deadan accident

at sea�察�no funeral necessaryso Hamlet and I are ruling in Denmark

without any bother。  We have the kingdom working beautifully。 

He takes care of the governing�察�and I look after the charities。 

I have just founded some first´class orphan asylums。  If you

or any of the other Trustees would like to visit them�察�I shall be

pleased to show you through。  I think you might find a great many

helpful suggestions。

                       I remain�察�sir��

                           Yours most graciously��

                               OPHELIA��

                                   Queen of Denmark。







                                           24th March��

                                           maybe the 25th

Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��



I don't believe I can be going to HeavenI am getting such a lot

of good things here�察�it wouldn't be fair to get them hereafter too。 

Listen to what has happened。



Jerusha Abbott has won the short´story contest ��a twenty´five

dollar prize�� that the Monthly holds every year。  And she's a Sophomore� �

The contestants are mostly Seniors。  When I saw my name posted��

I couldn't quite believe it was true。  Maybe I am going to be an author

after all。  I wish Mrs。 Lippett hadn't given me such a silly name

it sounds like an author´ess�察�doesn't it��



Also I have been chosen for the spring dramaticsAs You Like It

out of doors。  I am going to be Celia�察�own cousin to Rosalind。



And lastly�此 �Julia and Sallie and I are going to New York next Friday

to do some spring shopping and stay all night and go to the theatre

the next day with `Master Jervie。'  He invited us。  Julia is going

to stay at home with her family�察�but Sallie and I are going to stop

at the Martha Washington Hotel。  Did you ever hear of anything

so exciting�拭 �I've never been in a hotel in my life�察�nor in a theatre��

except once when the Catholic Church had a festival and invited

the orphans�察�but that wasn't a real play and it doesn't count。



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