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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。
And what do you think we're
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