“The Governess had Jack all dressed and they were all ready for a walk. She left him for a minute to get her coat and hat and while she was gone Jack climbed through the nursery bathroom window on the roof of an ell. When the nurse returned she couldn’t find him but she could hear his voice calling to some of his little friends in the street. She spied Jack and tried to coax him to come in, but he was having too much fun to pay any attention to her. She called his mother and they tried to entice him in with candy and toys, but he refused to budge. They were afraid to go out and get him, because they thought he might try to run away and fall off the roof. When he had all the fun he wanted out there he came in himself. Everyone was pretty much disturbed about it, because it was a 30 foot drop to the ground.”

FAMILY FRIEND EDWARD MOORE REMINISCING ABOUT JACK AS A CHILD