.'

"Miss Annie says she isn't a poet, and I don't
suppose any of the verses were really very good,
but they made everybody laugh. It was funny to
have 'board' and 'bored' in the same verse, but
Miss Lamont said she got hopelessly stuck when she
had written the first two lines, and had to end up
with 'bored,' because it was the only word she
could think of to rhyme with 'the Thanksgiving
board.' I sat next to Mr. Ward--Aunt Julia's other
sister's husband--and he was very kind, and told
funny stories all the time. After dinner we had
charades, and played old-fashioned games, which
were great fun.

"Lulu Bell, one of the girls at school, has gotten
up a Club, which is to meet every Friday evening
at the different girls' houses. We had the first
meeting last night, and every girl had to write a
poem in order to become a member. Some of the
poems were very clever, and some very funny. One
girl made 'close' rhyme with 'nose.' My poem was
silly, but I am going to send it to Aunt Jessie,
because she likes to keep all my foolish little
things.

"I am so glad you are happy, and are growing so
fond of Mother and Aunt Jessie. The more people I
meet, the more convinced I am that they are the
two of the very best in the world. I am glad,
too, that you are trying not to worry about the
things you can't remember. I have told the girls
at school about you, and they all think you are
the most wonderful person they have ever heard of.
The lady who took me to the football game had a
little girl who was killed in the San Francisco
earthquake. Her brother told me about it, and it
is a very sad story. He asked me not to mention
you to his mother, because it always distresses
her to hear anything about the earthquake. She is
perfectly lovely, and so bright and jolly that it
seems hard to realize she has had such a great
sorrow, but her son says that is because she is so
unselfish, and is always thinking of other people.
Isn't it wonderful how many brave, unselfish
people there are in the world?

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