Tke Corn Lady 



2 772- 2- 

 Wheaton, Iowa, September 3, 1910 



DEAR DADDY : Yes, I have really taught 

 my first day of country school. I do like 

 it, just as I always thought I would, for 

 there is so much that must be done. You 

 know how I love the country, Daddy, and 

 how way back in those dear days at Sunny- 

 side Farm, I used to declare in my few seri- 

 ous moments that I was going to be a coun- 

 try teacher when I grew up. I remember 

 how your brown eyes twinkled as you looked 

 at my cropped head and bare brown feet 

 and said: 



"But is it possible that my tomboy daugh- 

 ter will ever sober down enough to be a 

 dignified teacher?" 



Then I would run under the colt, jump on 

 his back and slide off just to show you 

 what I could do; or I'd scamper away to 



