I have been thinking about you a great deal this summer having somebody take an interest in me after all these years, makes me feel as though I had found a sort of family. I must take care to be Very Respectful.īut how can one be very respectful to a person who wishes to be called John Smith? Why could n’t you have picked out a name with a little personality? I might as well write letters to Dear Hitching-Post or Dear Clothes-Pole.
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She told me how to behave all the rest of my life, and especially how to behave toward the kind gentleman who is doing so much for me.
It seems queer for me to be writing letters at all-I ’ve never written more than three or four in my life, so please overlook it if these are not a model kind.īefore leaving yesterday morning, Mrs. It seems queer to be writing letters to somebody you don’t know. But I wanted to write a letter first just to get acquainted. Classes don’t begin until Monday morning, and this is Saturday night. I will write you a description later when I ’m feeling less muddled also I will tell you about my lessons. It ’s a funny sensation is n’t it? I never rode in one before.Ĭollege is the biggest, most bewildering place-I get lost whenever I leave my room. Here I am! I traveled yesterday for four hours in a train. DADDY-LONG-LEGS SMITHĭear Kind-Trustee-Who-Sends-Orphans-to-College, THE LETTERS OF MISS JERUSHA ABBOTT to MR.