Sadie Kate.

I say so, too.

My love to the president,

SALLIE.



March 13.

MRS. JUDY ABBOTT PENDLETON,

Dear Madam:

Your four letters, two telegrams, and three checks are at hand,
and your instructions shall be obeyed just as quickly as this
overworked superintendent can manage it.

I delegated the dining room job to Betsy Kindred. One
hundred dollars did I allow her for the rehabilitation of that
dreary apartment. She accepted the trust, picked out five likely
orphans to assist in the mechanical details, and closed the door.

For three days the children have been eating from the desks in
the schoolroom. I haven't an idea what Betsy is doing; but she
has a lot better taste than I, so there isn't much use in
interfering.