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upholstered the top and moved it up against the window。  It's just

the right height for a window seat。  You pull out the drawers like

steps and walk up。  Very comfortable��



Sallie McBride helped me choose the things at the Senior auction。 

She has lived in a house all her life and knows about furnishing。 

You can't imagine what fun it is to shop and pay with a real

five´dollar bill and get some changewhen you've never had more than

a few cents in your life。  I assure you�察�Daddy dear�察�I do appreciate

that allowance。



Sallie is the most entertaining person in the worldand Julia

Rutledge Pendleton the least so。  It's queer what a mixture

the registrar can make in the matter of room´mates。 Sallie thinks

everything is funnyeven flunkingand Julia is bored at everything。 

She never makes the slightest effort to be amiable。  She believes

that if you are a Pendleton�察�that fact alone admits you to heaven

without any further examination。  Julia and I were born to be enemies。



And now I suppose you've been waiting very impatiently to hear

what I am learning��



I。 Latin�此 �Second Punic war。  Hannibal and his forces pitched camp

at Lake Trasimenus last night。  They prepared an ambuscade for

the Romans�察�and a battle took place at the fourth watch this morning。 

Romans in retreat。



II。  French�此 �24 pages of the Three Musketeers and third conjugation��

irregular verbs。



III。  Geometry�此 �Finished cylinders�察�now doing cones。



IV。  English�此 �Studying exposition。  My style improves daily

in clearness and brevity。



V。 Physiology�此 �Reached the digestive system。  Bile and the pancreas

next time。  Yours�察�on the way to being educated��

                                       Jerusha Abbott





PS。  I hope you never touch alcohol�察�Daddy�拭 �It does dreadful

things to your liver。



                                               Wednesday



Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��





I've changed my name。



I'm still `Jerusha' in the catalogue�察�but I'm `Judy' everywhere else。 

It's really too bad�察�isn't it�察�to have to give yourself the only

pet name you ever had�拭 �I didn't quite make up the Judy though。 

That's what Freddy Perkins used to call me before he could

talk plainly。



I wish Mrs。 Lippett would use a little more ingenuity about choosing

babies' names。  She gets the last names out of the telephone book

you'll find Abbott on the first pageand she picks the Christian

names up anywhere�察�she got Jerusha from a tombstone。  I've always

hated it�察�but I rather like Judy。  It's such a silly name。 

It belongs to the kind of girl I'm nota sweet little blue´eyed thing��

petted and spoiled by all the family�察�who romps her way through

life without any cares。  Wouldn't it be nice to be like that�拭�

Whatever faults I may have�察�no one can ever accuse me of having been

spoiled by my family�  �But it's great fun to pretend I've been。 

In the future please always address me as Judy。



Do you want to know something�拭 �I have three pairs of kid gloves。 

I've had kid mittens before from the Christmas tree�察�but never real

kid gloves with five fingers。  I take them out and try them on every

little while。  It's all I can do not to wear them to classes。



��Dinner bell。  Goodbye。��





                                               Friday



What do you think�察�Daddy�拭 �The English instructor said that my last

paper shows an unusual amount of originality。  She did�察�truly。 

Those were her words。  It doesn't seem possible�察�does it��

considering the eighteen years of training that I've had�拭 �The aim

of the John Grier Home ��as you doubtless know and heartily approve of��

is to turn the ninety´seven orphans into ninety´seven twins。



The unusual artistic ability which I exhibit was developed at an early

age through drawing chalk pictures of Mrs。 Lippett on the woodshed door。



I hope that I don't hurt your feelings when I criticize the home

of my youth�拭 �But you have the upper hand�察�you know�察�for if I become

too impertinent�察�you can always stop payment of your cheques。 

That isn't a very polite thing to saybut you can't expect me

to have any manners�察�a foundling asylum isn't a young ladies'

finishing school。



You know�察�Daddy�察�it isn't the work that is going to be hard in college。 

It's the play。  Half the time I don't know what the girls are

talking about�察�their jokes seem to relate to a past that every one

but me has shared。  I'm a foreigner in the world and I don't understand

the language。  It's a miserable feeling。  I've had it all my life。 

At the high school the girls would stand in groups and just look at me。 

I was queer and different and everybody knew it。  I could FEEL

`John Grier Home' written on my face。  And then a few charitable

ones would make a point of coming up and saying something polite。 

I HATED EVERY ONE OF THEMthe charitable ones most of all。



Nobody here knows that I was brought up in an asylum。  I told

Sallie McBride that my mother and father were dead�察�and that a kind

old gentleman was sending me to college which is entirely true

so far as it goes。  I don't want you to think I am a coward��

but I do want to be like the other girls�察�and that Dreadful Home

looming over my childhood is the one great big difference。 

If I can turn my back on that and shut out the remembrance�察�I think��

I might be just as desirable as any other girl。  I don't believe

there's any real�察�underneath difference�察�do you��



Anyway�察�Sallie McBride likes me��

                           Yours ever��

                                       Judy Abbott

                                           ��Nee Jerusha。��





                                           Saturday morning



I've just been reading this letter over and it sounds pretty

un´cheerful。 But can't you guess that I have a special topic due

Monday morning and a review in geometry and a very sneezy cold��





                                           Sunday



I forgot to post this yesterday�察�so I will add an indignant postscript。 

We had a bishop this morning�察�and WHAT DO YOU THINK HE SAID��



`The most beneficent promise made us in the Bible is this��

;The poor ye have always with you。;  They were put here in order

to keep us charitable。'



The poor�察�please observe�察�being a sort of useful domestic animal。 

If I hadn't grown into such a perfect lady�察�I should have gone up

after service and told him what I thought。





                                           25th October

Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��



I'm in the basket´ball team and you ought to see the bruise on my

left shoulder。  It's blue and mahogany with little streaks of orange。 

Julia Pendleton tried for the team�察�but she didn't get in。  Hooray��



You see what a mean disposition I have。



College gets nicer and nicer。  I like the girls and the teachers

and the classes and the campus and the things to eat。  We have

ice´cream twice a week and we never have corn´meal mush。



You only wanted to hear from me once a month�察�didn't you�拭 �And I've

been peppering you with letters every few days�  �But I've been so

excited about all these new adventures that I MUST talk to somebody��

and you're the only one I know。  Please excuse my exuberance��

I'll settle pretty soon。  If my letters bore you�察�you can always

toss them into the wastebasket。  I promise not to write another till

the middle of November。

                   Yours most loquaciously��

                                           Judy Abbott











                                       15th November



Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��



Listen to what I've learned to´day。



The area of the convex surface of the frustum of a regular pyramid

is half the product of the sum of the perimeters of its bases

by the altitude of either of its trapezoids。



It doesn't sound true�察�but it isI can prove it��



You've never heard about my clothes�察�have you�察�Daddy�拭 �Six dresses��

all new and beautiful and bought for menot handed down from

somebody bigger。  Perhaps you don't realize what a climax that marks

in the career of an orphan�拭 �You gave them to me�察�and I am very�察�very��

VERY much obliged。  It's a fine thing to be educatedbut nothing

compared to the dizzying experience of owning six new dresses。 

Miss Pritchard�察�who is on the visiting committee�察�picked them out

not Mrs。 Lippett�察�thank goodness。  I have an evening dress�察�pink mull

over silk ��I'm perfectly beautiful in that���察�and a blue church dress��

and a dinner dress of red veiling with Oriental trimming ��makes

me look like a Gipsy���察�and another of rose´coloured challis��

and a grey street suit�察�and an every´day dress for classes。 

That wouldn't be an awfully big wardrobe for Julia Rutledge Pendleton��

perhaps�察�but for Jerusha AbbottOh�察�my��



I suppose you're thinking now what a frivolous�察�shallow little

beast she is�察�and what a waste of money to educate a girl��



But�察�Daddy�察�if you'd been dressed in checked ginghams all your life��

you'd appreciate how I feel。  And when I started to the high school��

I entered upon another period even worse than the checked ginghams。



The poor box。



You can't know how I dreaded appearing in school in those miserable

poor´box dresses。  I was perfectly sure to be put down in class

next to the girl who first owned my dress�察�and she would whisper

and giggle and point it out to the others。  The bitterness

of wearing your enemies' cast´off clothes eats into your soul。 

If I wore silk stockings for the rest of my life�察�I don't believe

I could obliterate the scar。



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