this on from there. We get to Chicago to-morrow
morning, and have three hours there; won't that be
exciting? Oh, I do hope Uncle Henry will take me
for a good long walk! I feel as if I could tramp
ten miles.

"Good-bye, you precious Auntie! I send a thousand
hugs and kisses to everybody. Tell Undine not to
forget Roland's sugar--he always has three
lumps--and to be sure the kittens in the barn have
their milk every night and morning. I am afraid I
forgot to tell her about the kittens; there were
so many other things to think of. I am so glad you
and Mother have Undine; she is such a dear, and I
know will try to take my place. I will write to
Father and Mother after I have been in Chicago.

"From your own little niece,
"MARJORIE."

"October 30th.

"MY OWN PRECIOUS FATHER AND MOTHER:

"This letter is for you both, and Aunt Jessie must
have a share in it, too, because it is the last I
shall be able to write on the train.

"I didn't write at all yesterday, it was such an
exciting day! We got to Chicago at about noon,
and, oh, what a big, noisy, wonderful place it is!
I know I could never describe it if I tried for a
week, so I will just tell you what we did. It was
raining, which was a great disappointment to me,
but Uncle Henry didn't seem to mind. He said we
would take a taxi and go to the 'Blackstone' for
lunch. I had no idea what a taxi was, but didn't
like to ask and when Uncle Henry called one what
do you suppose it was? One of those wonderful
automobiles! I was a tiny bit scared when we first
got in, but when we started, and went rushing
through those crowded, noisy streets, I just loved
it.

"It didn't take us long to get to the
'Blackstone,' which is an enormous hotel, looking
out on the lake. The lake is wonderful; I never
saw so much water before, and though the fog was
thick, and we couldn't see very far, I should have
liked to stand and look at it for a long time, but
Uncle Henry said we m