And, really, it is quite a lot of fun--really it is.

But it _is_ queer--Mother and I going to school together to learn how to make bread and cake and boil potatoes! And, of course, Aunt Hattie laughs at us.

But I don't mind.

And Mother doesn't, either.
But, oh, how Aunt Jane would love it, if she only knew! * * * * * _May_.
Something is the matter with Mother, certainly.

She's acting queerer and queerer, and she _is_ getting to be like Aunt Jane.