“September 22.
“Little Elfie is an angel. We all love her to death. I took a walk with her and her black mammy to-day.
“September 23.
“There’s a funny thing I never thought to put down before. When we got back to school we found the high iron front gate taken down and heavy wooden doors with a big bolt put in its place. Mrs. Abbott hasn’t told us why it was done, and Miss Blake only said that Mr. Bellamy had it done. It’s horrid; we are entirely shut in. The board fence has spikes on it, so we couldn’t climb up and look over if we wanted to. We used to be very fond of looking out of the iron gate. Edna says she thinks there is some mystery somewhere. She wont tell what she means, but she says an old man where they used to live put a high board wall around his place and then got married and made counterfeit money. That’s silly, for Mrs. Abbott hasn’t got any tools and machinery; besides, she would never do any thing wrong.
“September 23.
“Knew all my lessons. Lily missed in political economy.
“September 24.
“I missed in algebra—generally do.
“September 25.
“New French teacher came. Made us all laugh at prayers. When it was her turn to read a verse she read, ‘And He healed de six,’ instead of the sick.