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into cooks。
It was great fun�察�though I have seen better candy。 When it was
finally finished�察�and ourselves and the kitchen and the door´knobs
all thoroughly sticky�察�we organized a procession and still in our
caps and aprons�察�each carrying a big fork or spoon or frying pan��
we marched through the empty corridors to the officers' parlour��
where half´a´dozen professors and instructors were passing
a tranquil evening。 We serenaded them with college songs and
offered refreshments。 They accepted politely but dubiously。
We left them sucking chunks of molasses candy�察�sticky and speechless。
So you see�察�Daddy�察�my education progresses��
Don't you really think that I ought to be an artist instead
of an author��
Vacation will be over in two days and I shall be glad to see the
girls again。 My tower is just a trifle lonely�察�when nine people occupy
a house that was built for four hundred�察�they do rattle around a bit。
Eleven pagespoor Daddy�察�you must be tired� �I meant this to be
just a short little thank´you notebut when I get started I seem
to have a ready pen。
Goodbye�察�and thank you for thinking of meI should be perfectly
happy except for one little threatening cloud on the horizon。
Examinations come in February。
Yours with love��
Judy
PS。 Maybe it isn't proper to send love�拭 �If it isn't�察�please excuse。
But I must love somebody and there's only you and Mrs。 Lippett
to choose between�察�so you seeyou'll HAVE to put up with it��
Daddy dear�察�because I can't love her。
On the Eve
Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��
You should see the way this college is studying� �We've forgotten we
ever had a vacation。 Fifty´seven irregular verbs have I introduced
to my brain in the past four daysI'm only hoping they'll stay
till after examinations。
Some of the girls sell their text´books when they're through with them��
but I intend to keep mine。 Then after I've graduated I shall have
my whole education in a row in the bookcase�察�and when I need to use
any detail�察�I can turn to it without the slightest hesitation。
So much easier and more accurate than trying to keep it in your head。
Julia Pendleton dropped in this evening to pay a social call��
and stayed a solid hour。 She got started on the subject of family��
and I COULDN'T switch her off。 She wanted to know what my
mother's maiden name wasdid you ever hear such an impertinent
question to ask of a person from a foundling asylum�拭 �I didn't
have the courage to say I didn't know�察�so I just miserably plumped
on the first name I could think of�察�and that was Montgomery。
Then she wanted to know whether I belonged to the Massachusetts
Montgomerys or the Virginia Montgomerys。
Her mother was a Rutherford。 The family came over in the ark��
and were connected by marriage with Henry the VIII。 On her father's
side they date back further than Adam。 On the topmost branches
of her family tree there's a superior breed of monkeys with very
fine silky hair and extra long tails。
I meant to write you a nice�察�cheerful�察�entertaining letter tonight��
but I'm too sleepyand scared。 The Freshman's lot is not a happy one。
Yours�察�about to be examined��
Judy Abbott
Sunday
Dearest Daddy´Long´Legs��
I have some awful�察�awful�察�awful news to tell you�察�but I won't begin
with it�察�I'll try to get you in a good humour first。
Jerusha Abbott has commenced to be an author。 A poem entitled��
`From my Tower'�察�appears in the February Monthlyon the first page��
which is a very great honour for a Freshman。 My English instructor
stopped me on the way out from chapel last night�察�and said it was
a charming piece of work except for the sixth line�察�which had too
many feet。 I will send you a copy in case you care to read it。
Let me see if I can't think of something else pleasant
Oh�察�yes� �I'm learning to skate�察�and can glide about quite
respectably all by myself。 Also I've learned how to slide down
a rope from the roof of the gymnasium�察�and I can vault a bar
three feet and six inches highI hope shortly to pull up to four feet。
We had a very inspiring sermon this morning preached by the Bishop
of Alabama。 His text was�此 �Judge not that ye be not judged。'
It was about the necessity of overlooking mistakes in others��
and not discouraging people by harsh judgments。 I wish you might
have heard it。
This is the sunniest�察�most blinding winter afternoon�察�with icicles
dripping from the fir trees and all the world bending under a weight
of snowexcept me�察�and I'm bending under a weight of sorrow。
Now for the newscourage�察�Judy��you must tell。
Are you SURELY in a good humour�拭 �I failed in mathematics and
Latin prose。 I am tutoring in them�察�and will take another examination
next month。 I'm sorry if you're disappointed�察�but otherwise I don't
care a bit because I've learned such a lot of things not mentioned
in the catalogue。 I've read seventeen novels and bushels of poetry
really necessary novels like Vanity Fair and Richard Feverel
and Alice in Wonderland。 Also Emerson's Essays and Lockhart's
Life of Scott and the first volume of Gibbon's Roman Empire
and half of Benvenuto Cellini's Lifewasn't he entertaining�拭�
He used to saunter out and casually kill a man before breakfast。
So you see�察�Daddy�察�I'm much more intelligent than if I'd just stuck
to Latin。 Will you forgive me this once if I promise never to fail again��
Yours in sackcloth��
Judy
Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��
This is an extra letter in the middle of the month because I'm
rather lonely tonight。 It's awfully stormy。 All the lights are
out on the campus�察�but I drank black coffee and I can't go to sleep。
I had a supper party this evening consisting of Sallie and Julia
and Leonora Fentonand sardines and toasted muffins and salad
and fudge and coffee。 Julia said she'd had a good time�察�but Sallie
stayed to help wash the dishes。
I might�察�very usefully�察�put some time on Latin tonight but��
there's no doubt about it�察�I'm a very languid Latin scholar。
We've finished Livy and De Senectute and are now engaged with De
Amicitia ��pronounced Damn Icitia��。
Should you mind�察�just for a little while�察�pretending you are
my grandmother�拭 �Sallie has one and Julia and Leonora each two��
and they were all comparing them tonight。 I can't think of
anything I'd rather have�察�it's such a respectable relationship。
So�察�if you really don't objectWhen I went into town yesterday��
I saw the sweetest cap of Cluny lace trimmed with lavender ribbon。
I am going to make you a present of it on your eighty´third birthday。
� 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。�
That's the clock in the chapel tower striking twelve。 I believe
I am sleepy after all。
Good night�察�Granny。
I love you dearly。
Judy
The Ides of March
Dear D。´L。´L。��
I am studying Latin prose composition。 I have been studying it。
I shall be studying it。 I shall be about to have been studying it。
My re´examination comes the 7th hour next Tuesday�察�and I am
going to pass or BUST。 So you may expect to hear from me next��
whole and happy and free from conditions�察�or in fragments。
I will write a respectable letter when it's over。 Tonight I have
a pressing engagement with the Ablative Absolute。
Yoursin evident haste
J。 A。
26th March
Mr。 D。´L。´L。 Smith��
SIR�此 �You never answer any questions�察�you never show the slightest
interest in anything I do。 You are probably the horridest one of
all those horrid Trustees�察�and the reason you are educating me is��
not because you care a bit about me�察�but from a sense of Duty。
I don't know a single thing about you。 I don't even know your name。
It is very uninspiring writing to a Thing。 I haven't a doubt but that
you throw my letters into the waste´basket without reading them。
Hereafter I shall write only about work。
My re´examinations in Latin and geometry came last week。 I passed
them both and am now free from conditions。
Yours truly��
Jerusha Abbott
2nd April
Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��
I am a BEAST。
Please forget about that dreadful letter I sent you last week
I was feeling terribly lonely and miserable and sore´throaty the night
I wrote。 I didn't know it�察�but I was just sickening for tonsillitis
and grippe and lots of things mixed。 I'm in the infirmary now��
and have been here for six days�察�this is the first time they would let
me sit up and have a pen and paper。 The head nurse is very bossy。
But I've been thinking about it all the time and I shan't get well
until you forgive me。
Here is a picture of the way I look�察�with a bandage tied around
my head in rabbit's ears。
Doesn't that arouse your sympathy�拭 �I am having sublingual
gland swelling。 And I've been studying physiology all the year without
ever hearing of sublingual glands。 How futile a thing is education��
I can't write any more�察�I get rather shaky when I sit up too long。
Please forgive me for being impertinent and ungrateful。 I was badly
brought up。
Yours with love��
Judy Abbott
THE INFIRMARY
4th April
Dearest D
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