![]() Meanwhile, another relationship begins to develop in Jerusha’s life with Jervis Pendleton, a well-to-do uncle of one of Jerusha’s roommates. ![]() Although she knows that he will never respond to her letters, she grows more and more curious about this elusive and kindly “old” gentleman. However, he will not write her back or reveal his identity. Daddy’s only requirement for providing her the scholarship is that she write him a letter once a month. ![]() She notices his height and nicknames him ‘Daddy Long Legs’. From a distance, Jerusha gets a brief glimpse of this mysterious benefactor as he leaves the orphanage. An unnamed benefactor decides to send her to college to be educated as a writer. Jerusha Abbott is a poor, teenaged orphan who has spent her life at the John Grier Home. ![]()
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