She readily made friends with Abby Ford
and her sister, with Annie and Mary Page, with the Barlow brothers and
with the Spanish students of about her own age. Of these latter, Ramon
Cita or Little Raymond became subsequently her particular cavalier.
Ramon was the youngest and smallest of the Spaniards, besides being the
best looking according to our standards, and a very charming little
gentleman he was, too. There were eight of these boys and young men, and
they were all courteous and polite to a degree that we American
youngsters could admire, but to which we could hardly attain. They must
have been members of distinguished families, as they more than once
received visits from high officials of the Spanish legation in
Washington.
It may as well be said here that these students were sent from Manila to
prepare for Harvard in Dr. Ripley's school in Boston; a school which was
of the first repute in the early forties. The Doctor transferred it with
several of the teachers to West Roxbury, where it became the nucleus of
the Brook Farm school.
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