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Isn't that a happy frame of mind to be in�拭 �And oh�察�Daddy� �
I'm the happiest of all� �Because I'm not in the asylum any more��
and I'm not anybody's nursemaid or typewriter or bookkeeper ��I
should have been�察�you know�察�except for you��。
I'm sorry now for all my past badnesses。
I'm sorry I was ever impertinent to Mrs。 Lippett。
I'm sorry I ever slapped Freddie Perkins。
I'm sorry I ever filled the sugar bowl with salt。
I'm sorry I ever made faces behind the Trustees' backs。
I'm going to be good and sweet and kind to everybody because I'm
so happy。 And this summer I'm going to write and write and write
and begin to be a great author。 Isn't that an exalted stand
to take�拭 �Oh�察�I'm developing a beautiful character� �It droops
a bit under cold and frost�察�but it does grow fast when the sun shines。
That's the way with everybody。 I don't agree with the theory that
adversity and sorrow and disappointment develop moral strength。
The happy people are the ones who are bubbling over with kindliness。
I have no faith in misanthropes。 ��Fine word� �Just learned it。��
You are not a misanthrope are you�察�Daddy��
I started to tell you about the campus。 I wish you'd come
for a little visit and let me walk you about and say��
`That is the library。 This is the gas plant�察�Daddy dear。
The Gothic building on your left is the gymnasium�察�and the Tudor
Romanesque beside it is the new infirmary。'
Oh�察�I'm fine at showing people about。 I've done it all my life at
the asylum�察�and I've been doing it all day here。 I have honestly。
And a Man�察�too��
That's a great experience。 I never talked to a man before ��except
occasional Trustees�察�and they don't count��。 Pardon�察�Daddy�察�I don't
mean to hurt your feelings when I abuse Trustees。 I don't consider
that you really belong among them。 You just tumbled on to the Board
by chance。 The Trustee�察�as such�察�is fat and pompous and benevolent。
He pats one on the head and wears a gold watch chain。
That looks like a June bug�察�but is meant to be a portrait of any
Trustee except you。
Howeverto resume��
I have been walking and talking and having tea with a man。
And with a very superior manwith Mr。 Jervis Pendleton of the House
of Julia�察�her uncle�察�in short ��in long�察�perhaps I ought to say��
he's as tall as you。�� Being in town on business�察�he decided to run
out to the college and call on his niece。 He's her father's
youngest brother�察�but she doesn't know him very intimately。 It seems
he glanced at her when she was a baby�察�decided he didn't like her��
and has never noticed her since。
Anyway�察�there he was�察�sitting in the reception room very proper
with his hat and stick and gloves beside him�察�and Julia and Sallie
with seventh´hour recitations that they couldn't cut。 So Julia
dashed into my room and begged me to walk him about the campus
and then deliver him to her when the seventh hour was over。
I said I would�察�obligingly but unenthusiastically�察�because I don't
care much for Pendletons。
But he turned out to be a sweet lamb。 He's a real human being
not a Pendleton at all。 We had a beautiful time�察�I've longed
for an uncle ever since。 Do you mind pretending you're my uncle�拭�
I believe they're superior to grandmothers。
Mr。 Pendleton reminded me a little of you�察�Daddy�察�as you were twenty
years ago。 You see I know you intimately�察�even if we haven't
ever met��
He's tall and thinnish with a dark face all over lines�察�and the
funniest underneath smile that never quite comes through but just
wrinkles up the corners of his mouth。 And he has a way of making
you feel right off as though you'd known him a long time。
He's very companionable。
We walked all over the campus from the quadrangle to the athletic grounds��
then he said he felt weak and must have some tea。 He proposed that
we go to College Innit's just off the campus by the pine walk。
I said we ought to go back for Julia and Sallie�察�but he said he didn't
like to have his nieces drink too much tea�察�it made them nervous。
So we just ran away and had tea and muffins and marmalade and
ice´cream and cake at a nice little table out on the balcony。
The inn was quite conveniently empty�察�this being the end of the month
and allowances low。
We had the jolliest time� �But he had to run for his train
the minute he got back and he barely saw Julia at all。 She was
furious with me for taking him off�察�it seems he's an unusually rich
and desirable uncle。 It relieved my mind to find he was rich��
for the tea and things cost sixty cents apiece。
This morning ��it's Monday now�� three boxes of chocolates came by
express for Julia and Sallie and me。 What do you think of that�拭�
To be getting candy from a man��
I begin to feel like a girl instead of a foundling。
I wish you'd come and have tea some day and let me see if I like you。
But wouldn't it be dreadful if I didn't�拭�However�察�I know I should。
Bien� �I make you my compliments。
`Jamais je ne t'oublierai。'
Judy
PS。 I looked in the glass this morning and found a perfectly
new dimple that I'd never seen before。 It's very curious。
Where do you suppose it came from��
9th June
Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��
Happy day� �I've just finished my last examination Physiology。
And now��
Three months on a farm��
I don't know what kind of a thing a farm is。 I've never been on
one in my life。 I've never even looked at one ��except from the car
window���察�but I know I'm going to love it�察�and I'm going to love
being FREE。
I am not used even yet to being outside the John Grier Home。
Whenever I think of it excited little thrills chase up and down
my back。 I feel as though I must run faster and faster and keep
looking over my shoulder to make sure that Mrs。 Lippett isn't after
me with her arm stretched out to grab me back。
I don't have to mind any one this summer�察�do I��
Your nominal authority doesn't annoy me in the least�察�you are too
far away to do any harm。 Mrs。 Lippett is dead for ever�察�so far as I
am concerned�察�and the Semples aren't expected to overlook my moral
welfare�察�are they�拭 �No�察�I am sure not。 I am entirely grown up。 Hooray��
I leave you now to pack a trunk�察�and three boxes of teakettles
and dishes and sofa cushions and books。
Yours ever��
Judy
PS。 Here is my physiology exam。 Do you think you could have passed��
LOCK WILLOW FARM��
Saturday night
Dearest Daddy´Long´Legs��
I've only just come and I'm not unpacked�察�but I can't wait to tell you
how much I like farms。 This is a heavenly�察�heavenly�察�HEAVENLY spot� �
The house is square like this�此 �And OLD。 A hundred years or so。
It has a veranda on the side which I can't draw and a sweet porch
in front。 The picture really doesn't do it justicethose things
that look like feather dusters are maple trees�察�and the prickly ones
that border the drive are murmuring pines and hemlocks。 It stands
on the top of a hill and looks way off over miles of green meadows
to another line of hills。
That is the way Connecticut goes�察�in a series of Marcelle waves��
and Lock Willow Farm is just on the crest of one wave。 The barns
used to be across the road where they obstructed the view�察�but a kind
flash of lightning came from heaven and burnt them down。
The people are Mr。 and Mrs。 Semple and a hired girl and two hired men。
The hired people eat in the kitchen�察�and the Semples and Judy
in the dining´room。 We had ham and eggs and biscuits and honey
and jelly´cake and pie and pickles and cheese and tea for supper
and a great deal of conversation。 I have never been so entertaining
in my life�察�everything I say appears to be funny。 I suppose it is��
because I've never been in the country before�察�and my questions are
backed by an all´inclusive ignorance。
The room marked with a cross is not where the murder was committed��
but the one that I occupy。 It's big and square and empty��
with adorable old´fashioned furniture and windows that have to
be propped up on sticks and green shades trimmed with gold that
fall down if you touch them。 And a big square mahogany table
I'm going to spend the summer with my elbows spread out on it��
writing a novel。
Oh�察�Daddy�察�I'm so excited� �I can't wait till daylight to explore。
It's 8。30 now�察�and I am about to blow out my candle and try to go
to sleep。 We rise at five。 Did you ever know such fun�拭 �I can't
believe this is really Judy。 You and the Good Lord give me more
than I deserve。 I must be a very�察�very�察�VERY good person to pay。
I'm going to be。 You'll see。
Good night��
Judy
PS。 You should hear the frogs sing and the little pigs squeal
and you should see the new moon� �I saw it over my right shoulder。
LOCK WILLOW��
12th July
Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��
How did your secretary come to know about Lock Willow�拭�
��That isn't a rhetorical question。 I am awfully curious to know。��
For listen to this�此 �Mr。 Jervis Pendleton used to own this farm��
but now he has given it to Mrs。 Semple who was his old nurse。
Did you ever hear of such a funny coincidence�拭 �She still calls him
`Master Jervie' and talks about what a sweet little boy he used to be。
She has one of his baby curls put away in a box�察�and it is red
or at least reddish��
Since she discovered that I know him�察�I have risen very much
in her opinion。 Knowing a member of the Pendleton family
is the best introduction one ca
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