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buy some coal and some shoes for three children so that they could
go to school�察�and give a little margin so that she needn't worry
herself to death when a few days pass and she doesn't get work。
You are the richest man I know。 Don't you suppose you could spare
one hundred dollars�拭 �That girl deserves help a lot more than I
ever did。 I wouldn't ask it except for the girl�察�I don't care
much what happens to the mothershe is such a jelly´fish。
The way people are for ever rolling their eyes to heaven and saying��
`Perhaps it's all for the best��' when they are perfectly dead sure
it's not�察�makes me enraged。 Humility or resignation or whatever
you choose to call it�察�is simply impotent inertia。 I'm for a more
militant religion��
We are getting the most dreadful lessons in philosophyall of
Schopenhauer for tomorrow。 The professor doesn't seem to realize
that we are taking any other subject。 He's a queer old duck��
he goes about with his head in the clouds and blinks dazedly
when occasionally he strikes solid earth。 He tries to lighten
his lectures with an occasional witticismand we do our best
to smile�察�but I assure you his jokes are no laughing matter。
He spends his entire time between classes in trying to figure
out whether matter really exists or whether he only thinks it exists。
I'm sure my sewing girl hasn't any doubt but that it exists��
Where do you think my new novel is�拭 �In the waste´basket。 I can
see myself that it's no good on earth�察�and when a loving author
realizes that�察�what WOULD be the judgment of a critical public��
Later
I address you�察�Daddy�察�from a bed of pain。 For two days I've
been laid up with swollen tonsils�察�I can just swallow hot milk��
and that is all。 `What were your parents thinking of not to have
those tonsils out when you were a baby��' the doctor wished to know。
I'm sure I haven't an idea�察�but I doubt if they were thinking much
about me。
Yours��
J。 A。
Next morning
I just read this over before sealing it。 I don't know WHY I cast
such a misty atmosphere over life。 I hasten to assure you that I
am young and happy and exuberant�察�and I trust you are the same。
Youth has nothing to do with birthdays�察�only with ALIVEDNESS of spirit��
so even if your hair is grey�察�Daddy�察�you can still be a boy。
Affectionately��
Judy
12th Jan。
Dear Mr。 Philanthropist��
Your cheque for my family came yesterday。 Thank you so much� �
I cut gymnasium and took it down to them right after luncheon��
and you should have seen the girl's face� �She was so surprised
and happy and relieved that she looked almost young�察�and she's only
twenty´four。 Isn't it pitiful��
Anyway�察�she feels now as though all the good things were coming together。
She has steady work ahead for two monthssomeone's getting married��
and there's a trousseau to make。
`Thank the good Lord��' cried the mother�察�when she grasped the fact
that that small piece of paper was one hundred dollars。
`It wasn't the good Lord at all��' said I�察 �it was Daddy´Long´Legs。'
��Mr。 Smith�察�I called you。��
`But it was the good Lord who put it in his mind��' said she。
`Not at all� �I put it in his mind myself��' said I。
But anyway�察�Daddy�察�I trust the good Lord will reward you suitably。
You deserve ten thousand years out of purgatory。
Yours most gratefully��
Judy Abbott
15th Feb。
May it please Your Most Excellent Majesty��
This morning I did eat my breakfast upon a cold turkey pie
and a goose�察�and I did send for a cup of tee ��a china drink��
of which I had never drank before。
Don't be nervous�察�DaddyI haven't lost my mind�察�I'm merely quoting
Sam'l Pepys。 We're reading him in connection with English History��
original sources。 Sallie and Julia and I converse now in the language
of 1660。 Listen to this��
`I went to Charing Cross to see Major Harrison hanged��
drawn and quartered�此 �he looking as cheerful as any man could
do in that condition。' And this�此 �Dined with my lady who is
in handsome mourning for her brother who died yesterday of spotted fever。'
Seems a little early to commence entertaining�察�doesn't it�拭 �A friend
of Pepys devised a very cunning manner whereby the king might pay
his debts out of the sale to poor people of old decayed provisions。
What do you�察�a reformer�察�think of that�拭 �I don't believe we're so bad
today as the newspapers make out。
Samuel was as excited about his clothes as any girl�察�he spent
five times as much on dress as his wifethat appears to have
been the Golden Age of husbands。 Isn't this a touching entry�拭�
You see he really was honest。 `Today came home my fine Camlett
cloak with gold buttons�察�which cost me much money�察�and I pray God
to make me able to pay for it。'
Excuse me for being so full of Pepys�察�I'm writing a special topic
on him。
What do you think�察�Daddy�拭 �The Self´Government Association has
abolished the ten o'clock rule。 We can keep our lights all night
if we choose�察�the only requirement being that we do not disturb others
we are not supposed to entertain on a large scale。 The result is a
beautiful commentary on human nature。 Now that we may stay up as long
as we choose�察�we no longer choose。 Our heads begin to nod at nine
o'clock�察�and by nine´thirty the pen drops from our nerveless grasp。
It's nine´thirty now。 Good night。
Sunday
Just back from churchpreacher from Georgia。 We must take care�察�he says��
not to develop our intellects at the expense of our emotional natures
but methought it was a poor�察�dry sermon ��Pepys again��。 It doesn't
matter what part of the United States or Canada they come from��
or what denomination they are�察�we always get the same sermon。
Why on earth don't they go to men's colleges and urge the students
not to allow their manly natures to be crushed out by too much
mental application��
It's a beautiful dayfrozen and icy and clear。 As soon as dinner
is over�察�Sallie and Julia and Marty Keene and Eleanor Pratt ��friends
of mine�察�but you don't know them�� and I are going to put on short
skirts and walk 'cross country to Crystal Spring Farm and have a fried
chicken and waffle supper�察�and then have Mr。 Crystal Spring drive
us home in his buckboard。 We are supposed to be inside the campus
at seven�察�but we are going to stretch a point tonight and make it eight。
Farewell�察�kind Sir。
I have the honour of subscribing myself��
Your most loyall�察�dutifull�察�faithfull and obedient
servant��
J。 Abbott
March Fifth
Dear Mr。 Trustee��
Tomorrow is the first Wednesday in the montha weary day for the
John Grier Home。 How relieved they'll be when five o'clock comes
and you pat them on the head and take yourselves off� �Did you
��individually�� ever pat me on the head�察�Daddy�拭 �I don't believe so
my memory seems to be concerned only with fat Trustees。
Give the Home my love�察�pleasemy TRULY love。 I have quite a feeling
of tenderness for it as I look back through a haze of four years。
When I first came to college I felt quite resentful because I'd
been robbed of the normal kind of childhood that the other girls
had had�察�but now�察�I don't feel that way in the least。 I regard it
as a very unusual adventure。 It gives me a sort of vantage point
from which to stand aside and look at life。 Emerging full grown��
I get a perspective on the world�察�that other people who have been
brought up in the thick of things entirely lack。
I know lots of girls ��Julia�察�for instance�� who never know that they
are happy。 They are so accustomed to the feeling that their senses
are deadened to it�察�but as for meI am perfectly sure every moment
of my life that I am happy。 And I'm going to keep on being��
no matter what unpleasant things turn up。 I'm going to regard them
��even toothaches�� as interesting experiences�察�and be glad to know what
they feel like。 `Whatever sky's above me�察�I've a heart for any fate。'
However�察�Daddy�察�don't take this new affection for the J。G。H。
too literally。 If I have five children�察�like Rousseau�察�I shan't
leave them on the steps of a foundling asylum in order to insure
their being brought up simply。
Give my kindest regards to Mrs。 Lippett ��that�察�I think�察�is truthful��
love would be a little strong�� and don't forget to tell her what a
beautiful nature I've developed。
Affectionately��
Judy
LOCK WILLOW��
4th April
Dear Daddy��
Do you observe the postmark�拭 �Sallie and I are embellishing
Lock Willow with our presence during the Easter Vacation。
We decided that the best thing we could do with our ten days
was to come where it is quiet。 Our nerves had got to the point
where they wouldn't stand another meal in Fergussen。 Dining in
a room with four hundred girls is an ordeal when you are tired。
There is so much noise that you can't hear the girls across the table
speak unless they make their hands into a megaphone and shout。
That is the truth。
We are tramping over the hills and reading and writing�察�and having
a nice�察�restful time。 We climbed to the top of `Sky Hill'
this morning where Master Jervie and I once cooked supper
it doesn't seem possible that it was n
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