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imagine how bright she is compared with the rest of usirregular verbs

are mere playthings。  I wish my parents had chucked me into a French

convent when I was little instead of a foundling asylum。  Oh no��

I don't either�  �Because then maybe I should never have known you。 

I'd rather know you than French。



Goodbye�察�Daddy。  I must call on Harriet Martin now��

and�察�having discussed the chemical situation��

casually drop a few thoughts on the subject of our next president。

                       Yours in politics��

                                           J。 Abbott





                                               17th October

Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��



Supposing the swimming tank in the gymnasium were filled full

of lemon jelly�察�could a person trying to swim manage to keep

on top or would he sink��



We were having lemon jelly for dessert when the question came up。 

We discussed it heatedly for half an hour and it's still unsettled。 

Sallie thinks that she could swim in it�察�but I am perfectly sure

that the best swimmer in the world would sink。  Wouldn't it be funny

to be drowned in lemon jelly��



Two other problems are engaging the attention of our table。



1st。  What shape are the rooms in an octagon house�拭�

Some of the girls insist that they're square��

but I think they'd have to be shaped like a piece of pie。  Don't you��



2nd。  Suppose there were a great big hollow sphere made of

looking´glass and you were sitting inside。  Where would it stop

reflecting your face and begin reflecting your back�拭 �The more

one thinks about this problem�察�the more puzzling it becomes。 

You can see with what deep philosophical reflection we engage our leisure��



Did I ever tell you about the election�拭 �It happened three weeks ago��

but so fast do we live�察�that three weeks is ancient history。 

Sallie was elected�察�and we had a torchlight parade with

transparencies saying�察 �McBride for Ever��' and a band consisting

of fourteen pieces ��three mouth organs and eleven combs��。



We're very important persons now in `258。' Julia and I come in

for a great deal of reflected glory。  It's quite a social strain

to be living in the same house with a president。



Bonne nuit�察�cher Daddy。

                       Acceptez mez compliments��

                           Tres respectueux��

                               je suis��

                                   Votre Judy





                                               12th November

Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��



We beat the Freshmen at basket ball yesterday。  Of course we're pleased

but oh�察�if we could only beat the juniors�  �I'd be willing to be black

and blue all over and stay in bed a week in a witch´hazel compress。



Sallie has invited me to spend the Christmas vacation with her。 

She lives in Worcester�察�Massachusetts。  Wasn't it nice of her�拭�

I shall love to go。  I've never been in a private family in my life��

except at Lock Willow�察�and the Semples were grown´up and old and

don't count。  But the McBrides have a houseful of children ��anyway two

or three�� and a mother and father and grandmother�察�and an Angora cat。 

It's a perfectly complete family�  �Packing your trunk and going

away is more fun than staying behind。  I am terribly excited at

the prospect。



Seventh hourI must run to rehearsal。  I'm to be in the

Thanksgiving theatricals。  A prince in a tower with a velvet

tunic and yellow curls。  Isn't that a lark��

                                       Yours��

                                                   J。 A。



                                                   Saturday



Do you want to know what I look like�拭 �Here's a photograph of all

three that Leonora Fenton took。



The light one who is laughing is Sallie�察�and the tall one with her

nose in the air is Julia�察�and the little one with the hair blowing

across her face is Judyshe is really more beautiful than that��

but the sun was in her eyes。







                               `STONE GATE'��

                                   WORCESTER�察�MASS。��



                                         31st December

Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��



I meant to write to you before and thank you for your Christmas cheque��

but life in the McBride household is very absorbing�察�and I don't

seem able to find two consecutive minutes to spend at a desk。



I bought a new gownone that I didn't need�察�but just wanted。 

My Christmas present this year is from Daddy´Long´Legs�察�my family

just sent love。



I've been having the most beautiful vacation visiting Sallie。 

She lives in a big old´fashioned brick house with white trimmings set

back from the streetexactly the kind of house that I used to look

at so curiously when I was in the John Grier Home�察�and wonder what it

could be like inside。  I never expected to see with my own eyes

but here I am�  �Everything is so comfortable and restful and homelike��

I walk from room to room and drink in the furnishings。



It is the most perfect house for children to be brought up in��

with shadowy nooks for hide and seek�察�and open fire places for pop´corn��

and an attic to romp in on rainy days and slippery banisters with a

comfortable flat knob at the bottom�察�and a great big sunny kitchen��

and a nice�察�fat�察�sunny cook who has lived in the family thirteen years

and always saves out a piece of dough for the children to bake。 

Just the sight of such a house makes you want to be a child all

over again。



And as for families�  �I never dreamed they could be so nice。 

Sallie has a father and mother and grandmother�察�and the sweetest

three´year´old baby sister all over curls�察�and a medium´sized brother

who always forgets to wipe his feet�察�and a big�察�good´looking brother

named Jimmie�察�who is a junior at Princeton。



We have the jolliest times at the tableeverybody laughs and jokes

and talks at once�察�and we don't have to say grace beforehand。 

It's a relief not having to thank Somebody for every mouthful you eat。 

��I dare say I'm blasphemous�察�but you'd be�察�too�察�if you'd offered as

much obligatory thanks as I have。��



Such a lot of things we've doneI can't begin to tell you about them。 

Mr。 McBride owns a factory and Christmas eve he had a tree for

the employees' children。  It was in the long packing´room which was

decorated with evergreens and holly。  Jimmie McBride was dressed

as Santa Claus and Sallie and I helped him distribute the presents。



Dear me�察�Daddy�察�but it was a funny sensation�  �I felt as benevolent

as a Trustee of the John Grier home。  I kissed one sweet��

sticky little boybut I don't think I patted any of them on the head��



And two days after Christmas�察�they gave a dance at their own house

for ME。



It was the first really true ball I ever attendedcollege doesn't

count where we dance with girls。  I had a new white evening gown

��your Christmas presentmany thanks�� and long white gloves

and white satin slippers。  The only drawback to my perfect��

utter�察�absolute happiness was the fact that Mrs。 Lippett

couldn't see me leading the cotillion with Jimmie McBride。 

Tell her about it�察�please�察�the next time you visit the J。 G。 H。

                       Yours ever��

                                    Judy Abbott





PS。  Would you be terribly displeased�察�Daddy�察�if I didn't turn

out to be a Great Author after all�察�but just a Plain Girl��







                                       6。30�察�Saturday

Dear Daddy��





We started to walk to town today�察�but mercy� �how it poured。 

I like winter to be winter with snow instead of rain。



Julia's desirable uncle called again this afternoonand brought

a five´pound box of chocolates。  There are advantages�察�you see��

about rooming with Julia。



Our innocent prattle appeared to amuse him and he waited for a later

train in order to take tea in the study。  We had an awful lot of

trouble getting permission。  It's hard enough entertaining fathers

and grandfathers�察�but uncles are a step worse�察�and as for brothers

and cousins�察�they are next to impossible。  Julia had to swear

that he was her uncle before a notary public and then have the

county clerk's certificate attached。  ��Don't I know a lot of law�殖�

And even then I doubt if we could have had our tea if the Dean

had chanced to see how youngish and good´looking Uncle Jervis is。



Anyway�察�we had it�察�with brown bread Swiss cheese sandwiches。 

He helped make them and then ate four。  I told him that I had

spent last summer at Lock Willow�察�and we had a beautiful gossipy

time about the Semples�察�and the horses and cows and chickens。 

All the horses that he used to know are dead�察�except Grover��

who was a baby colt at the time of his last visitand poor Grove

now is so old he can just limp about the pasture。



He asked if they still kept doughnuts in a yellow crock with a blue

plate over it on the bottom shelf of the pantryand they do� �

He wanted to know if there was still a woodchuck's hole under the pile

of rocks in the night pastureand there is�  �Amasai caught a big��

fat�察�grey one there this summer�察�the twenty´fifth great´grandson

of the one Master Jervis caught when he was a little boy。



I called him `Master Jervie' to his face�察�but he didn't appear

to be insulted。  Julia says she has never seen him so amiable��

he's usually pretty unapproachable。  But Julia hasn't a bit of tact��

and men�察�I find�察�require a great deal。  They purr if you rub them the

right way and spit if you don't。 ��That isn't a very elegant metaphor。 

I mean it figuratively。��



We're reading Marie Bashkirtseff's journal。  Isn't it amazing�拭�

Listen to this�此  �Last night I was seized by a fit of despair

that found utterance in moans�察�and that finally drove me to throw

the dining´room clock into the sea。'



It makes me almost hope I'm not a genius�察�they must be very wearing

to have aboutand awfully destructive to the furniture。



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