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From your loving little friend,

HELEN A. KELLER.

To Mr. John Greenleaf Whittier.

Whittier’s reply, to which there is a reference in the following letter, has been
lost.

TO MRS. KATE ADAMS KELLER

South Boston, Mass., Dec. 3, 1889.

My Dear Mother:—Your little daughter is very happy to write to you this
beautiful morning. It is cold and rainy here to-day.

Yesterday the Countess of Meath came again to see me. She gave me a beautiful
bunch of violets. Her little girls are named Violet and May. The Earl said he
should be delighted to visit Tuscumbia the next time he comes to America. Lady
Meath said she would like to see your flowers, and hear the mocking-birds sing.
When I visit England they want me to come to see them, and stay a few weeks.

They will take me to see the Queen.

I had a lovely letter from the poet Whittier. He loves me. Mr.

Wade wants teacher and me to come and see him next spring. May we go? He
said you must feed Lioness from your hand, because she will be more gentle if
she does not eat with other dogs.

Mr. Wilson came to call on us one Thursday. I was delighted to receive the
flowers from home. They came while we were eating breakfast, and my friends