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Dear Daddy��



He has gone�察�and we are missing him�  �When you get accustomed to

people or places or ways of living�察�and then have them snatched away��

it does leave an awfully empty�察�gnawing sort of sensation。 

I'm finding Mrs。 Semple's conversation pretty unseasoned food。



College opens in two weeks and I shall be glad to begin work again。 

I have worked quite a lot this summer thoughsix short stories and

seven poems。  Those I sent to the magazines all came back with the

most courteous promptitude。  But I don't mind。  It's good practice。 

Master Jervie read themhe brought in the post�察�so I couldn't

help his knowingand he said they were DREADFUL。  They showed

that I didn't have the slightest idea of what I was talking about。 

��Master Jervie doesn't let politeness interfere with truth。��

But the last one I didjust a little sketch laid in college

he said wasn't bad�察�and he had it typewritten�察�and I sent it

to a magazine。  They've had it two weeks�察�maybe they're thinking

it over。



You should see the sky�  �There's the queerest orange´coloured light

over everything。  We're going to have a storm。





It commenced just that moment with tremendously big drops and all

the shutters banging。  I had to run to close the windows�察�while Carrie

flew to the attic with an armful of milk pans to put under the places

where the roof leaks and then�察�just as I was resuming my pen��

I remembered that I'd left a cushion and rug and hat and Matthew

Arnold's poems under a tree in the orchard�察�so I dashed out to get them��

all quite soaked。  The red cover of the poems had run into the inside��

Dover Beach in the future will be washed by pink waves。



A storm is awfully disturbing in the country。  You are always having

to think of so many things that are out of doors and getting spoiled。



                                                   Thursday



Daddy�  �Daddy�  �What do you think�拭 �The postman has just come

with two letters。



1st。  My story is accepted。  50。



ALORS�  �I'm an AUTHOR。



2nd。  A letter from the college secretary。  I'm to have a scholarship

for two years that will cover board and tuition。  It was founded

for `marked proficiency in English with general excellency in

other lines。'  And I've won it�  �I applied for it before I left��

but I didn't have an idea I'd get it�察�on account of my Freshman

bad work in maths and Latin。  But it seems I've made it up。  I am

awfully glad�察�Daddy�察�because now I won't be such a burden to you。 

The monthly allowance will be all I'll need�察�and maybe I can earn

that with writing or tutoring or something。



I'm LONGING to go back and begin work。

                   Yours ever��

                                           Jerusha Abbott��



                               Author of When the Sophomores Won

                               the Game。  For sale at all news

                               stands�察�price ten cents。







                                               26th September

Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��



Back at college again and an upper classman。  Our study is better

than ever this yearfaces the South with two huge windows and oh��

so furnished。  Julia�察�with an unlimited allowance�察�arrived two days

early and was attacked with a fever for settling。



We have new wall paper and oriental rugs and mahogany chairs

not painted mahogany which made us sufficiently happy last year��

but real。  It's very gorgeous�察�but I don't feel as though I belonged

in it�察�I'm nervous all the time for fear I'll get an ink spot in the

wrong place。



And�察�Daddy�察�I found your letter waiting for mepardonI mean

your secretary's。



Will you kindly convey to me a comprehensible reason why I should

not accept that scholarship�拭 �I don't understand your objection

in the least。  But anyway�察�it won't do the slightest good for you

to object�察�for I've already accepted it and I am not going to change� �

That sounds a little impertinent�察�but I don't mean it so。



I suppose you feel that when you set out to educate me�察�you'd like to

finish the work�察�and put a neat period�察�in the shape of a diploma��

at the end。



But look at it just a second from my point of view。  I shall owe my

education to you just as much as though I let you pay for the whole of it��

but I won't be quite so much indebted。  I know that you don't want me

to return the money�察�but nevertheless�察�I am going to want to do it��

if I possibly can�察�and winning this scholarship makes it so much easier。 

I was expecting to spend the rest of my life in paying my debts��

but now I shall only have to spend one´half of the rest of it。



I hope you understand my position and won't be cross。  The allowance

I shall still most gratefully accept。  It requires an allowance

to live up to Julia and her furniture�  �I wish that she had been

reared to simpler tastes�察�or else that she were not my room´mate。



This isn't much of a letter�察�I meant to have written a lotbut I've

been hemming four window curtains and three portieres ��I'm glad you

can't see the length of the stitches���察�and polishing a brass desk

set with tooth powder ��very uphill work���察�and sawing off picture

wire with manicure scissors�察�and unpacking four boxes of books��

and putting away two trunkfuls of clothes ��it doesn't seem believable

that Jerusha Abbott owns two trunks full of clothes�察�but she does�。�

and welcoming back fifty dear friends in between。



Opening day is a joyous occasion��



Good night�察�Daddy dear�察�and don't be annoyed because your

chick is wanting to scratch for herself。  She's growing up

into an awfully energetic little henwith a very determined

cluck and lots of beautiful feathers ��all due to you��。

                           Affectionately��

                                               Judy





                                               30th September

Dear Daddy��



Are you still harping on that scholarship�拭 �I never knew a man

so obstinate�察�and stubborn and unreasonable�察�and tenacious��

and bull´doggish�察�and unable´to´see´other´people's´point´of´view��

as you。



You prefer that I should not be accepting favours from strangers。



Strangers��And what are you�察�pray��



Is there anyone in the world that I know less�拭 �I shouldn't recognize

you if I met you in the street。  Now�察�you see�察�if you had been a sane��

sensible person and had written nice�察�cheering fatherly letters to your

little Judy�察�and had come occasionally and patted her on the head��

and had said you were glad she was such a good girlThen�察�perhaps��

she wouldn't have flouted you in your old age�察�but would have obeyed

your slightest wish like the dutiful daughter she was meant to be。



Strangers indeed�  �You live in a glass house�察�Mr。 Smith。



And besides�察�this isn't a favour�察�it's like a prizeI earned it by

hard work。  If nobody had been good enough in English�察�the committee

wouldn't have awarded the scholarship�察�some years they don't。 Also

But what's the use of arguing with a man�拭 �You belong�察�Mr。 Smith��

to a sex devoid of a sense of logic。  To bring a man into line��

there are just two methods�此 �one must either coax or be disagreeable。 

I scorn to coax men for what I wish。  Therefore�察�I must be disagreeable。



I refuse�察�sir�察�to give up the scholarship�察�and if you make any

more fuss�察�I won't accept the monthly allowance either�察�but will

wear myself into a nervous wreck tutoring stupid Freshmen。



That is my ultimatum��



And listenI have a further thought。  Since you are so afraid that by

taking this scholarship I am depriving someone else of an education��

I know a way out。  You can apply the money that you would have spent

for me towards educating some other little girl from the John Grier Home。 

Don't you think that's a nice idea�拭 �Only�察�Daddy�察�EDUCATE the new

girl as much as you choose�察�but please don't LIKE her any better than me。



I trust that your secretary won't be hurt because I pay so little

attention to the suggestions offered in his letter�察�but I can't

help it if he is。  He's a spoiled child�察�Daddy。  I've meekly given

in to his whims heretofore�察�but this time I intend to be FIRM。



Yours��

       With a mind��

           Completely and Irrevocably and

               World´without´End Made´up��



                                        Jerusha Abbott







                                                   9th November

Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��



I started down town today to buy a bottle of shoe blacking and some

collars and the material for a new blouse and a jar of violet cream

and a cake of Castile soapall very necessary�察�I couldn't be happy

another day without themand when I tried to pay the car fare��

I found that I had left my purse in the pocket of my other coat。 

So I had to get out and take the next car�察�and was late for gymnasium。



It's a dreadful thing to have no memory and two coats��



Julia Pendleton has invited me to visit her for the Christmas holidays。 

How does that strike you�察�Mr。 Smith�拭 �Fancy Jerusha Abbott��

of the John Grier Home�察�sitting at the tables of the rich。 

I don't know why Julia wants meshe seems to be getting quite

attached to me of late。  I should�察�to tell the truth�察�very much

prefer going to Sallie's�察�but Julia asked me first�察�so if I

go anywhere it must be to New York instead of to Worcester。 

I'm rather awed at the prospect of meeting Pendletons EN MASSE��

and also I'd have to get a lot of new clothesso�察�Daddy dear��

if you write that you would prefer having me remain quietly at college��

I will bow to your wishes with my usual sweet docility。



I'm engaged at odd moments with the Life and Letters of Thomas Huxley

it makes nice�察�light reading to pick up between times。  Do you know

what an archaeopteryx is�拭 �It's a bird。  And a stereognathus�拭�

I'm not sure myself�察�but I think it's a missing link�察�like a bird

with teeth or a lizard with wings。  No�察�it isn't either�察�I've just

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