humour.Skillintheuseofwordsandherhabitofplayingwiththemmakeherreadywithmotsandepigrams.

    Someoneaskedherifshelikedtostudy.

    "Yes,"shereplied,"butIliketoplayalso,andIfeelsometimesasifIwereamusicboxwithalltheplayshutupinsideme.”

    WheDr.FurheShakespeareanscholar,hewartoletthecollegeprofessorstellhertoomanyassumedfactsaboutthelifeofShakespeare;allweknow,hesaid,isthatShakespearetized,married,anddied.

    "Well,"shereplied,"heseemstohavedoheessentialthings.”

    Onceafriendwhowaslearningthemanualalphabetkeptmaking"g,"whichislikethehandofasign-post,for"h,"whichismadewithtwofingersextended.FinallyMissKellertoldhimto"firebothbarrels.”

    Mr.JosephJeffersonwasonceexplainingtoMissKellerwhatthebumpsonherheadmeant.

    "That,"hesaid,"isyourprize-fightingbump.”

    "Ineverfight,"shereplied,"exceptagainstdifficulties.”

    MissKellershumouristhatdeeperkindofhumourwhichisce.

    Thirteenyearsagoshemadeuphermindtolearntospeak,andshegaveherteaorestuntilshewasallowedtotakelessons,althoughwisepeople,evenMissSullivan,thewisestofthemall,regardeditasan

    experimentuosucceedandalmostsuretomakeherunhappy.Itwasthissameperseveramadehergotocollege.Aftershehadpassedherexaminationsandreceivedhercertifiission,shewasadvisedbytheDeanofRadcliffeandothersnottogoon.Sheacclydelayedayear.Butshewasnotsatisfieduntilshehadcarriedoutherpurposeaeredcollege.

    Herlifehasbeenaseriesofatt