A letter from Jack , with a large orange , went first , explaining the new enterprise : -- `` Dear Jill , -- It 's too bad you ca n't come over to see me . I am pretty well , but awful tired of keeping still . I want to see you ever so much . Frank has fixed us a telegraph , so we can write and send things . Wo n't it be jolly ! I ca n't look out to see him do it ; but , when you pull your string , my little bell rings , and I know a message is coming . I send you an orange . Do you like gorver jelly ? People send in lots of goodies , and we will go halves . Good-by . `` Jack '' Away went the basket , and in fifteen minutes it came back from the cottage with nothing in it but the orange . `` Hullo ! Is she mad ? '' asked Jack , as Frank brought the despatch for him to examine . But , at the first touch , the hollow peel opened , and out fell a letter , two gum-drops , and an owl made of a peanut , with round eyes drawn at the end where the stem formed a funny beak . Two bits of straw were the legs , and the face looked so like Dr. Whiting that both boys laughed at the sight . `` That 's so like Jill ; she 'd make fun if she was half dead . Let 's see what she says ; '' and Jack read the little note , which showed a sad neglect of the spelling-book : -- `` Dear Jacky , -- I ca n't stir and it 's horrid . The telly graf is very nice and we will have fun with it . I never ate any gorver jelly .
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