` It was n't father , ' sobbed Annetta , ` it was someone who was studying for a minister , and so he could write lovely letters , but ma did n't marry him after all . She said she could n't make out what he was driving at half the time . But I thought the letters were sweet and that I 'd just copy things out of them here and there to write you . I put `` teacher '' where he put `` lady '' and I put in something of my own when I could think of it and I changed some words . I put `` dress '' in place of `` mood . '' I did n't know just what a `` mood '' was but I s ` posed it was something to wear . I did n't s ` pose you 'd know the difference . I do n't see how you found out it was n't all mine . You must be awful clever , teacher . ' `` I told Annetta it was very wrong to copy another person 's letter and pass it off as her own . But I 'm afraid that all Annetta repented of was being found out . '' ` And I do love you , teacher , ' she sobbed . ` It was all true , even if the minister wrote it first . I do love you with all my heart . ' `` It 's very difficult to scold anybody properly under such circumstances . `` Here is Barbara Shaw 's letter . I ca n't reproduce the blots of the original . '' ` Dear teacher , '' `` You said we might write about a visit . I never visited but once . It was at my Aunt Mary 's last winter .
My Aunt XXXXX is a very particular woman and a great housekeeper .
Annetta Mary Shaw dress first letters mine mood something things