CAMP MCBRIDE,
6th September
Dear Daddy,
Your letter didn't come in time (I am pleased to say). If you wish your
instructions to be obeyed, you must have your secretary transmit them
in less than two weeks. As you observe, I am here, and have been for
five days.
The woods are fine, and so is the camp, and so is the weather, and so
are the McBrides, and so is the whole world. I'm very happy!
There's Jimmie calling for me to come canoeing. Goodbye--sorry to have
disobeyed, but why are you so persistent about not wanting me to play a
little? When I've worked all the summer I deserve two weeks. You are
awfully dog-in-the-mangerish.
However--I love you still, Daddy, in spite of all your faults.