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You can't imagine how disappointed I was at having to give up
the McBrides' camp。 Of course I know that you're my guardian��
and that I have to regard your wishes in all matters�察�but I couldn't
see any REASON。 It was so distinctly the best thing that could
have happened to me。 If I had been Daddy�察�and you had been Judy��
I should have said�察 �Bless yo my child�察�run along and have a
good time�察�see lots of new people and learn lots of new things��
live out of doors�察�and get strong and well and rested for a year
of hard work。'
But not at all� �Just a curt line from your secretary ordering me
to Lock Willow。
It's the impersonality of your commands that hurts my feelings。
It seems as though�察�if you felt the tiniest little bit for me the
way I feel for you�察�you'd sometimes send me a message that you'd
written with your own hand�察�instead of those beastly typewritten
secretary's notes。 If there were the slightest hint that you cared��
I'd do anything on earth to please you。
I know that I was to write nice�察�long�察�detailed letters without ever
expecting any answer。 You're living up to your side of the bargain
I'm being educatedand I suppose you're thinking I'm not living up
to mine��
But�察�Daddy�察�it is a hard bargain。 It is�察�really。 I'm so awfully lonely。
You are the only person I have to care for�察�and you are so shadowy。
You're just an imaginary man that I've made upand probably
the real YOU isn't a bit like my imaginary YOU。 But you did once��
when I was ill in the infirmary�察�send me a message�察�and now��
when I am feeling awfully forgotten�察�I get out your card and read
it over。
I don't think I am telling you at all what I started to say��
which was this��
Although my feelings are still hurt�察�for it is very humiliating
to be picked up and moved about by an arbitrary�察�peremptory��
unreasonable�察�omnipotent�察�invisible Providence�察�still�察�when a man
has been as kind and generous and thoughtful as you have heretofore
been towards me�察�I suppose he has a right to be an arbitrary��
peremptory�察�unreasonable�察�invisible Providence if he chooses�察�and so
I'll forgive you and be cheerful again。 But I still don't enjoy
getting Sallie's letters about the good times they are having in camp��
Howeverwe will draw a veil over that and begin again。
I've been writing and writing this summer�察�four short stories
finished and sent to four different magazines。 So you see I'm
trying to be an author。 I have a workroom fixed in a corner of the
attic where Master Jervie used to have his rainy´day playroom。
It's in a cool�察�breezy corner with two dormer windows�察�and shaded
by a maple tree with a family of red squirrels living in a hole。
I'll write a nicer letter in a few days and tell you all the farm news。
We need rain。
Yours as ever��
Judy
10th August
Mr。 Daddy´Long´Legs��
SIR�此 �I address you from the second crotch in the willow tree
by the pool in the pasture。 There's a frog croaking underneath��
a locust singing overhead and two little `devil downheads'
darting up and down the trunk。 I've been here for an hour��
it's a very comfortable crotch�察�especially after being upholstered
with two sofa cushions。 I came up with a pen and tablet hoping to
write an immortal short story�察�but I've been having a dreadful time
with my heroineI CAN'T make her behave as I want her to behave��
so I've abandoned her for the moment�察�and am writing to you。
��Not much relief though�察�for I can't make you behave as I want
you to�察�either。��
If you are in that dreadful New York�察�I wish I could send you some
of this lovely�察�breezy�察�sunshiny outlook。 The country is Heaven
after a week of rain。
Speaking of Heavendo you remember Mr。 Kellogg that I told you about
last summer��the minister of the little white church at the Corners。
Well�察�the poor old soul is deadlast winter of pneumonia。 I went
half a dozen times to hear him preach and got very well acquainted
with his theology。 He believed to the end exactly the same things
he started with。 It seems to me that a man who can think straight
along for forty´seven years without changing a single idea ought to
be kept in a cabinet as a curiosity。 I hope he is enjoying his harp
and golden crown�察�he was so perfectly sure of finding them� �There's a
new young man�察�very consequential�察�in his place。 The congregation
is pretty dubious�察�especially the faction led by Deacon Cummings。
It looks as though there was going to be an awful split in the church。
We don't care for innovations in religion in this neighbourhood。
During our week of rain I sat up in the attic and had an orgy
of readingStevenson�察�mostly。 He himself is more entertaining
than any of the characters in his books�察�I dare say he made himself
into the kind of hero that would look well in print。 Don't you
think it was perfect of him to spend all the ten thousand dollars
his father left�察�for a yacht�察�and go sailing off to the South Seas�拭�
He lived up to his adventurous creed。 If my father had left me ten
thousand dollars�察�I'd do it�察�too。 The thought of Vailima makes
me wild。 I want to see the tropics。 I want to see the whole world。
I am going to be a great author�察�or artist�察�or actress�察�or playwright
or whatever sort of a great person I turn out to be。 I have a
terrible wanderthirst�察�the very sight of a map makes me want to put
on my hat and take an umbrella and start。 `I shall see before I die
the palms and temples of the South。'
Thursday evening at twilight��
sitting on the doorstep。
Very hard to get any news into this letter� �Judy is becoming
so philosophical of late�察�that she wishes to discourse largely
of the world in general�察�instead of descending to the trivial
details of daily life。 But if you MUST have news�察�here it is��
Our nine young pigs waded across the brook and ran away last Tuesday��
and only eight came back。 We don't want to accuse anyone unjustly��
but we suspect that Widow Dowd has one more than she ought to have。
Mr。 Weaver has painted his barn and his two silos a bright pumpkin yellow
a very ugly colour�察�but he says it will wear。
The Brewers have company this week�察�Mrs。 Brewer's sister and two
nieces from Ohio。
One of our Rhode Island Reds only brought off three chicks
out of fifteen eggs。 We can't imagine what was the trouble。
Rhode island Reds�察�in my opinion�察�are a very inferior breed。
I prefer Buff Orpingtons。
The new clerk in the post office at Bonnyrigg Four Corners drank
every drop of Jamaica ginger they had in stockseven dollars'
worthbefore he was discovered。
Old Ira Hatch has rheumatism and can't work any more�察�he never saved
his money when he was earning good wages�察�so now he has to live
on the town。
There's to be an ice´cream social at the schoolhouse next
Saturday evening。 Come and bring your families。
I have a new hat that I bought for twenty´five cents at the post office。
This is my latest portrait�察�on my way to rake the hay。
It's getting too dark to see�察�anyway�察�the news is all used up。
Good night��
Judy
Friday
Good morning� �Here is some news� �What do you think�拭 �You'd never��
never�察�never guess who's coming to Lock Willow。 A letter to Mrs。
Semple from Mr。 Pendleton。 He's motoring through the Berkshires��
and is tired and wants to rest on a nice quiet farmif he climbs
out at her doorstep some night will she have a room ready for him�拭�
Maybe he'll stay one week�察�or maybe two�察�or maybe three�察�he'll see
how restful it is when he gets here。
Such a flutter as we are in� �The whole house is being cleaned and
all the curtains washed。 I am driving to the Corners this morning
to get some new oilcloth for the entry�察�and two cans of brown floor
paint for the hall and back stairs。 Mrs。 Dowd is engaged to come
tomorrow to wash the windows ��in the exigency of the moment�察�we waive
our suspicions in regard to the piglet��。 You might think�察�from this
account of our activities�察�that the house was not already immaculate��
but I assure you it was� �Whatever Mrs。 Semple's limitations��
she is a HOUSEKEEPER。
But isn't it just like a man�察�Daddy�拭 �He doesn't give the remotest
hint as to whether he will land on the doorstep today�察�or two weeks
from today。 We shall live in a perpetual breathlessness until he comes
and if he doesn't hurry�察�the cleaning may all have to be done over again。
There's Amasai waiting below with the buckboard and Grover。
I drive alonebut if you could see old Grove�察�you wouldn't be
worried as to my safety。
With my hand on my heartfarewell。
Judy
PS。 Isn't that a nice ending�拭 �I got it out of Stevenson's
letters。
Saturday Good
morning again� �I didn't get this ENVELOPED yesterday before
the postman came�察�so I'll add some more。 We have one mail a day
at twelve o'clock。 Rural delivery is a blessing to the farmers� �
Our postman not only delivers letters�察�but he runs errands for us
in town�察�at five cents an errand。 Yesterday he brought me some
shoe´strings and a jar of cold cream ��I sunburned all the skin
off my nose before I got my new hat�� and a blue Windsor tie and a
bottle of blacking all for ten cents。 That was an unusual bargain��
owing to the largeness of my order。
Also he tells us what is happening in the Great World。
Several people on the route take daily papers�察�and he reads them as he
jogs along�察�and repeats the news to the ones who don't subscribe。
So in case a war breaks out between th
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