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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
looked in t
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