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1、SCHOOLDAYSMama'shealthbegantofail,andafteralingeringillnessshepassedawayMarch24,1908,leavingKatieandI.Afterdividingupallthepersonalandhouseholdthings,thefarmwassoldanddivided,andKatieandIwereseparated.Shewenttoliveinonesister'shome,andIwenttotheothersister,asthereweretwomarriedgirls.Theylivedami
2、leapart,sosheandIweretogetheroften.Aftermovingtomysister'shometolive,Ifinishedouttheschooltermatalittleone-teacherschooltaughtbyMissLelaHannah.Itwasonlyashortdistanceaway;aboutaquartermile.Thiswasspringof1908.ThenameoftheschoolwasPrairieMound,butlaterhadanewnamebyaccident.Aboywastakingajarofbutt
3、ermilktoschooltohavewithhislunch,andafterwalkingalongdistanceinthecold,hefinallyreachedtheschoolhousedoor.Justashesteppedinthedoor,thejarburst.Themilkhadfrozenonthewayandfromthenon,aslongasthebuildingstood,itwasknownfarandnearas"Buttermilk".Wehadschoolprogramsoccasionally,andMissHannahgavemearec
4、itation,writteninlonghand,tomemorizefortheprogrambeingplanned.ItseemedIstudiedfordaysonit.IwouldtakeitwithmewhenIwalkedafterthecowsinlateafternoon,andrepeatitoverandover.Finally,thedaycamefortheprogram.Ihadmypartready,butthepaperitwaswrittenonwasaboutwornout.IthrewitawayandIdidnotkeepacopyofther
5、eading.Onlyinmymemory,andnow1968,60yearslate,Iwilltrytoputitinwritingagain.Thetitle"ChristmasEveatHunter'sLodge".(omitted-longpoem)ThenextyearIwenttostaywithWillieandMaggie,myoldestbrother,ashelivedinwalkingdistanceofatwo-teacherschool.Dr.DanPearsontaughtthehighergrades.Hewasmyteacher,andMissHar
6、risontaughtthelower.Itwasalmosttimeforschooltoclose.Theyhadaboxsupperandprogram.WalterThornton,whoIthoughtatthattimewastheverynicestboyinschool,andgoodlookingtoo,andtomysurprise,hewastheonethatboughtmybox.Ihaveforgottenifhehadapartontheprogram,butIhadbeengivenareadingtomemorize.Iwellremembertryi
7、ngtohaveitreadytorecitebythenightoftheprogram.Thatwasthespringof1909,andatthetimeIamwritingthis,itisMarch,1969,sixtyyearslater.WrittenfrommemoryonlyasIhavenothaditinwritingsincethattime.Sothereareprobablyerrors.Thetitlewas"V
