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[typed] May 4, 1896

Is it possible I have written a whole letter and not mentioned the
maple sugar? A week ago when the expressman drove up, I watched him
with a most[written] longing wish that by some strange chance he might have
something for me, when lo--he did, and of all things the thing I love
most. I took a saucer of it to Miss Thompson who is one of the poor
girls in the Hall, and treated our end of the table, and there was
enough left to make Theodora and me happy all through the week. It's
all gone now but I never enjoyed a thing so much in my life. Thank
you so much, my Nannie. And now I must sy bye-bye.

Oh--Miss Thompson is not going to be here next year for a friend
of Mrs. Stanford's is going to take her place--a Mrs.Reed whom we are
all most curious about. I only hope whe will be as good as Miss
Thompson has been. Oh the Junior day Sequoia wasn't much good--this
number had two or three of my things in it. So I'll send that if you
want, too--They accepted that crazy little thing I wrote on the
mountain instead of what I wrote for the occassion, and owing to the
fault of the printers & the number of pages it didn't get in, I was
happy to say.

Bye-bye
Your Toodles.