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in her opinion。 Knowing a member of the Pendleton family
is the best introduction one can have at Lock Willow。
And the cream of the whole family is Master Jervis
I am pleased to say that Julia belongs to an inferior branch。
The farm gets more and more entertaining。 I rode on a hay
wagon yesterday。 We have three big pigs and nine little piglets��
and you should see them eat。 They are pigs� �We've oceans
of little baby chickens and ducks and turkeys and guinea fowls。
You must be mad to live in a city when you might live on a farm。
It is my daily business to hunt the eggs。 I fell off a beam in the
barn loft yesterday�察�while I was trying to crawl over to a nest that
the black hen has stolen。 And when I came in with a scratched knee��
Mrs。 Semple bound it up with witch´hazel�察�murmuring all the time��
`Dear� �Dear� �It seems only yesterday that Master Jervie fell off
that very same beam and scratched this very same knee。'
The scenery around here is perfectly beautiful。 There's a valley
and a river and a lot of wooded hills�察�and way in the distance
a tall blue mountain that simply melts in your mouth。
We churn twice a week�察�and we keep the cream in the spring house
which is made of stone with the brook running underneath。
Some of the farmers around here have a separator�察�but we don't
care for these new´fashioned ideas。 It may be a little harder
to separate the cream in pans�察�but it's sufficiently better to pay。
We have six calves�察�and I've chosen the names for all of them。
1。 Sylvia�察�because she was born in the woods。
2。 Lesbia�察�after the Lesbia in Catullus。
3。 Sallie。
4。 Juliaa spotted�察�nondescript animal。
5。 Judy�察�after me。
6。 Daddy´Long´Legs。 You don't mind�察�do you�察�Daddy�拭 �He's pure
Jersey and has a sweet disposition。 He looks like thisyou can
see how appropriate the name is。
I haven't had time yet to begin my immortal novel�察�the farm
keeps me too busy。
Yours always��
Judy
PS。 I've learned to make doughnuts。
PS。 ��2�� If you are thinking of raising chickens�察�let me recommend
Buff Orpingtons。 They haven't any pin feathers。
PS。 ��3�� I wish I could send you a pat of the nice�察�fresh butter
I churned yesterday。 I'm a fine dairy´maid��
PS。 ��4�� This is a picture of Miss Jerusha Abbott�察�the future
great author�察�driving home the cows。
Sunday
Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��
Isn't it funny�拭 �I started to write to you yesterday afternoon��
but as far as I got was the heading�察 �Dear Daddy´Long´Legs'�察�and then
I remembered I'd promised to pick some blackberries for supper��
so I went off and left the sheet lying on the table�察�and when I
came back today�察�what do you think I found sitting in the middle
of the page�拭 �A real true Daddy´Long´Legs��
I picked him up very gently by one leg�察�and dropped him out
of the window。 I wouldn't hurt one of them for the world。
They always remind me of you。
We hitched up the spring wagon this morning and drove to the Centre
to church。 It's a sweet little white frame church with a spire
and three Doric columns in front ��or maybe IonicI always get
them mixed��。
A nice sleepy sermon with everybody drowsily waving palm´leaf fans��
and the only sound�察�aside from the minister�察�the buzzing of locusts
in the trees outside。 I didn't wake up till I found myself on
my feet singing the hymn�察�and then I was awfully sorry I hadn't
listened to the sermon�察�I should like to know more of the psychology
of a man who would pick out such a hymn。 This was it��
Come�察�leave your sports and earthly toys
And join me in celestial joys。
Or else�察�dear friend�察�a long farewell。
I leave you now to sink to hell。
I find that it isn't safe to discuss religion with the Semples。
Their God ��whom they have inherited intact from their remote
Puritan ancestors�� is a narrow�察�irrational�察�unjust�察�mean�察�revengeful��
bigoted Person。 Thank heaven I don't inherit God from anybody� �
I am free to make mine up as I wish Him。 He's kind and sympathetic
and imaginative and forgiving and understandingand He has a sense
of humour。
I like the Semples immensely�察�their practice is so superior to
their theory。 They are better than their own God。 I told them so
and they are horribly troubled。 They think I am blasphemous
and I think they are� �We've dropped theology from our conversation。
This is Sunday afternoon。
Amasai ��hired man�� in a purple tie and some bright yellow buckskin gloves��
very red and shaved�察�has just driven off with Carrie ��hired girl��
in a big hat trimmed with red roses and a blue muslin dress and her
hair curled as tight as it will curl。 Amasai spent all the morning
washing the buggy�察�and Carrie stayed home from church ostensibly
to cook the dinner�察�but really to iron the muslin dress。
In two minutes more when this letter is finished I am going to settle
down to a book which I found in the attic。 It's entitled�察�On the Trail��
and sprawled across the front page in a funny little´boy hand��
Jervis Pendleton
if this book should ever roam��
Box its ears and send it home。
He spent the summer here once after he had been ill�察�when he
was about eleven years old�察�and he left On the Trail behind。
It looks well readthe marks of his grimy little hands are frequent� �
Also in a corner of the attic there is a water wheel and a windmill
and some bows and arrows。 Mrs。 Semple talks so constantly about him
that I begin to believe he really livesnot a grown man with a silk hat
and walking stick�察�but a nice�察�dirty�察�tousle´headed boy who clatters
up the stairs with an awful racket�察�and leaves the screen doors open��
and is always asking for cookies。 ��And getting them�察�too�察�if I
know Mrs。 Semple�。� He seems to have been an adventurous little soul
and brave and truthful。 I'm sorry to think he is a Pendleton��
he was meant for something better。
We're going to begin threshing oats tomorrow�察�a steam engine
is coming and three extra men。
It grieves me to tell you that Buttercup ��the spotted cow with
one horn�察�Mother of Lesbia�� has done a disgraceful thing。 She got
into the orchard Friday evening and ate apples under the trees��
and ate and ate until they went to her head。 For two days she
has been perfectly dead drunk� �That is the truth I am telling。
Did you ever hear anything so scandalous��
Sir��
I remain��
Your affectionate orphan��
Judy Abbott
PS。 Indians in the first chapter and highwaymen in the second。
I hold my breath。 What can the third contain�拭 �Red Hawk leapt
twenty feet in the air and bit the dust。' That is the subject of
the frontispiece。 Aren't Judy and Jervie having fun��
15th September
Dear Daddy��
I was weighed yesterday on the flour scales in the general store
at the Comers。 I've gained nine pounds� �Let me recommend Lock
Willow as a health resort。
Yours ever��
Judy
Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��
Behold mea Sophomore� �I came up last Friday�察�sorry to leave
Lock Willow�察�but glad to see the campus again。 It is a pleasant
sensation to come back to something familiar。 I am beginning to feel
at home in college�察�and in command of the situation�察�I am beginning��
in fact�察�to feel at home in the worldas though I really belonged
to it and had not just crept in on sufferance。
I don't suppose you understand in the least what I am trying to say。
A person important enough to be a Trustee can't appreciate the
feelings of a person unimportant enough to be a foundling。
And now�察�Daddy�察�listen to this。 Whom do you think I am rooming with�拭�
Sallie McBride and Julia Rutledge Pendleton。 It's the truth。
We have a study and three little bedroomsVOILA��
Sallie and I decided last spring that we should like to room together��
and Julia made up her mind to stay with Salliewhy�察�I can't imagine��
for they are not a bit alike�察�but the Pendletons are naturally
conservative and inimical ��fine word�。� to change。 Anyway�察�here we are。
Think of Jerusha Abbott�察�late of the John Grier Home for Orphans��
rooming with a Pendleton。 This is a democratic country。
Sallie is running for class president�察�and unless all signs fail��
she is going to be elected。 Such an atmosphere of intrigue you should
see what politicians we are� �Oh�察�I tell you�察�Daddy�察�when we women get
our rights�察�you men will have to look alive in order to keep yours。
Election comes next Saturday�察�and we're going to have a torchlight
procession in the evening�察�no matter who wins。
I am beginning chemistry�察�a most unusual study。 I've never seen
anything like it before。 Molecules and Atoms are the material employed��
but I'll be in a position to discuss them more definitely next month。
I am also taking argumentation and logic。
Also history of the whole world。
Also plays of William Shakespeare。
Also French。
If this keeps up many years longer�察�I shall become quite intelligent。
I should rather have elected economics than French�察�but I
didn't dare�察�because I was afraid that unless I re´elected
French�察�the Professor would not let me passas it was��
I just managed to squeeze through the June examination。
But I will say that my high´school preparation was not very adequate。
There's one girl in the class who chatters away in French as fast
as she does in English。 She went abroad with her parents when she
was a child�察�and spent three years in a convent school。 You can
imagine how bright she is compared with the rest o
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