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to-morrow the composition must be ready, and 

 yet of all the well-sounding subjects not one 

 seemed to present a way of escape. The 

 teacher God bless her ! learned of my plight. 

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

 had last summer. Of course I 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 and then came 

 into the "clearing" where the skidded logs were 

 covered with the tangle of berries and berries 

 of course I knew! 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 



