'
Very fast Lucinda stopped being sad, for she thought
before my father would not let Dolly stay till she was ten
birthdays, and Lucinda loves her so she would not stay
without her.
"And the doll they hung me on the Christmas tree was
bigger than Cordelia Running Bird's, and its hairs and
clothes were prettier, so I told Cordelia, 'I am your
friend, and I shall give you my doll.' And she did not
want to take it, but I made her. So she said, 'I am your
friend, and I shall give you my doll, but it is not so nice
as yours.'
"And Cordelia Running Bird and I now walk together
all the time, and again I shall never be mean to her. And
they did not choose Susie quite so much as Dolly in the
games, but Cordelia says that makes her glad. And it
was because she read the King's Daughters' verses.
"Now I shall put an end to this too long letter. Many
days have I been writing it, and the girls, said just like
I was writing a book. And Cordelia sends her love.
"From your unknown American Indian friend,
"HANNAH STRAIGHT THEE."
"P. S.--Cordelia Running Bird nearly drowned both
kinds of Christmas clothes, and then she thought to give
the best kind to Dolly. And Susie did not care because
she had to wear the blue dress, and it smutted so her
hands and face got dirty, and the black shoes and stockings.
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