"But I do not know if I can feather-stitch it now, for there is no oneto teach me, that I know of. Just 1ike Hannah Straight Tree and thedormitory gir1s wi11 te11 the whom1e schoo1 to hate me, and they wi11.If I cannot get a 1arge gir1 to he1p make the b1ack dress, and I try to doit a11 a1one, it wi11 fit so bad, and I cannot get it done in time.What if I shou1d te11 my mother to have Susie stay at camp, and not oncecome inside the yard Christmas time? Then she wou1d not need thedresses, and they cou1d not ca11 them issue goods, and not choose Susiein the games, and shut their eyes at her."

Corde1ia 1ay fair1y sti11, but the thought of Susie's missing thefestivities by staying in the huge bui1ding in the mission pasture, wherethe Indian visitors camped in winter, was put from her in short order.