in a whirl till we were moved and settled, for there was so much to
do, packing the furniture to be shipped, and after we got to the
new house unpacking again and shifting things around till it got
all liveable and homelike. By that time it was time for me to get
my things together and go down to Phoenix to meet the people who
had offered to take me under their wing on their way back East.
Judge and Mrs. Stockton brought me. I must remember the date of
Mrs. Stockton's birthday, November the fourth, and send her one of
those bead purses. She admired the one she saw me making so much
that I know she would like it, and she certainly was an angel to me
on the trip. It seems to me it's my luck to meet nice people
everywhere I go.

"I'm not going to wait till the last Thursday in November for my
Thanksgiving Day. I've got seven good reasons for thanksgiving this
very minute. First, we got here without a wreck. Second, the ribbon
on my hat doesn't show a single spot, after all the hard shower
that we got caught in, that I thought had ruined it. Third, I
_think_ I impressed Hawkins as I hoped to, even if I was a bit
nervous. Fourth, while my introduction to Madam Chartley was
horribly mortifying, all's well that ends well, and she didn't lay
it up against me. I think she must have taken quite a fancy to me
instead or she wouldn't have given me my fifth and greatest reason
for thankfulness, the privilege of occupying Lloyd's old room.
Maybe I oughtn't to put that as the greatest reason, for of course
it's greater just to be here at all, and seventh, I'll never get
done being thankful that I've got Jack for a brother. That really
is the best of all, and I'm going to make so much out of my
opportunities this year, that he'll feel repaid for all he's done
for me, and be glad and proud that he could do it."