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to-morrow the composition must be ready, and 

 yet of all the well-soundinjr subjects not one 

 seemed to present a way of escape. The 

 teacher — God bless her! — learned of mv nli<rht. 

 She asked me what was the best "time" I had 

 had last summer. Of course T knew — the time 

 when we all went blackberrying, with all of us 

 rolled Into the bottom of the wagon-box that 

 went bumping and rattling over the stones and 

 grinding through the sand, when we crept 

 through the deep cool woods :\iu\ then came 

 into the "clearing" where the skidded logs were 

 covered with the tangle of berries and berries 

 — of course I knew I With what wild delight 

 I told her! and then she said, "Just write that 

 down and it will be your composition." From 

 that day until this I hope I have written only 

 on those things that are dear to me. 



I have a similar word to say about drawing. 

 The other day I heard Mrs. Comstock speak 

 on this subject before a convention of teachers. 

 She Is herself an artist. She said that there are 

 two kinds of drawing — the kind that is the 

 child's self-expression, and the kind that makes 



