Folder 24.\u00a0 Letters to her family.\u00a0 January-July 1912.\u00a0 42 items.<\/b><\/p>\n
Tuesday Morning. [Arabella: January 3]\u00a0 \u201cMy dearest Mother\u2014I am looking out on a wintry landscape, frozen ground, falling snowflakes, ice along the edge of the creek.\u201d<\/p>\n
[Arabella: Jan. 1912] \u201cDearest Mother,\u2014here it is Tusday night, and my Sunday letter not yet written to you!\u201d<\/p>\n
Jan. 13, 1912.\u00a0 \u201cMy dear Mrs. Edmonston:\u00a0 I wonder if Mrs. Smith has got my letter yet…\u201d<\/p>\n
Sunday.\u00a0 Jan. 14. [at end] \u201cWell\u2014dearest lady\u2014I have just come in from reading \u2018Being a Boy\u2019 to an intensely interested circles of boys.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wednesday Night.\u00a0 \u201cJust ready to start tomorrow for Beaver Creek, and the railroad…\u201d [includes a copy by Ethel of a letter to Katherine Pettit from Lewis Turner]<\/p>\n
Wednesday, Jan 24.\u00a0 \u201cDearest little lady, When I got home last night\u00a0 I found all….\u201d<\/p>\n
Thursday Evening.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother,\u2014Who would have thought that I should never…\u201d<\/p>\n
Thursday Night.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother\u2014I am half way through a long letter to you…\u201d<\/p>\n
Feb. 8, 1912.\u00a0 \u201cI can hardly prop my eyelids up\u2014scuh a thirst for sleep has come upon me..\u201d<\/p>\n
Monday Night.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother, I am so glad I didn\u2019t write to you yesterday…\u201d<\/p>\n
Sunday Night.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother,\u2014I have been spending the day with our Helen\u2014that is…\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dear Mother;\u2014I had a talk with Miss Butler about papa & she says she is sure…\u201d<\/p>\n
Thursday P.M. [Helen: 1912]\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother,\u2014I am so sorry for the tired and worried day\u2014the day when you wrote me a little note telling of your wish to care for….\u201d<\/p>\n
Sunday Afternoon. Feb. 12, 1912 [at end]\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother\u2014A gray, quiet day, mild and lazy!\u201d<\/p>\n
Wednesday Night.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother\u00b1Helen is playing cards with Miss Gartrell…\u201d<\/p>\n
Tuesday Afternoon\u2014\u201dWell, my dearest Mother,\u2014once again communications are established!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, dearest Mother, I have just taken Helen for a walk to the well…\u201d<\/p>\n
Sunday Mar. 24.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother,\u2014It is nearly ten\u2014and I have not had a minute…\u201d<\/p>\n
Monday, bedtime.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother\u00a0\u00a0 Helen seems about the same.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tuesday P.M.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother\u2014Mail today!\u00a0 And two letters from you!\u201d<\/p>\n
Wednesday P.M.\u00a0 \u201cHow glad I am to write you that Helen is really better tonight…\u201d<\/p>\n
Thursday P.M.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother Helen is much<\/span> better\u2014has had five light meals today…\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday Night. \u201cWell, my dearest Mother, the peaceful tenor of life at Hindman is a little disturbed, for we have a case of measles in the school…\u201d<\/p>\n Monday P.M. [at end]\u00a0 \u201cMy dear Mother,\u2014I am vastly relieved to know about Brightside, for it seemed to me…\u201d<\/p>\n April 12, 1912.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother, Yes, I know just how you feel about the Cape Cod house..\u201d<\/p>\n Monday Night.\u00a0 \u201cDidn\u2019t write to you yesterday, dearest lady, because I couldn\u2019t…\u201d [part of last page is torn off]<\/p>\n \u201cDearest Mother\u2014This letter is an outrider to last night\u2019s\u2014first, to enclose that check…\u201d<\/p>\n Tuesday.\u00a0 \u201cHelen said today \u2018I\u2019m so afraid Mother won\u2019t take that house on Cape Cod…\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday Night.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother,\u2014The two doctors and four nurses have just come…\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday P.M.\u00a0 \u201cDearest lady\u2014I have spent all this day\u2014and now I am plumb sleepy…\u201d<\/p>\n Tuesday.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother,\u2014I am so glad that last Wednesday\u2019s journey is safely over.\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother\u2014Helen\u2019s trunk is packed\u2014her suitcase wrapped….\u201d<\/p>\n Friday at Six.\u00a0 \u201cWell, my two dear preciouses\u2014I was so<\/span> happy to find a letter…\u201d<\/p>\n Thursday Noon.\u00a0 \u201cWell\u2014my dears\u2014in a few hours you\u2019ll be starting…\u201d<\/p>\n Monday.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother & Helen,\u2014There wasn\u2019t a minute to send you my love…\u201d<\/p>\n Friday Afternoon.\u00a0 \u201cMy dearest Mother,\u2014I\u2019ve been toiling for some time over…\u201d<\/p>\n Thursday at six.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother\u2014it certainly was good to get yours and Helen\u2019s letters…\u201d<\/p>\n Monday Noon.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother & Helen,\u2014This is a simply lovely<\/span> day after a scorcher…\u201d<\/p>\n Bar Harbor, Me.\u00a0 Tuesday, 12 P.M.\u201d\u00a0 Dearest Mother\u2014Have had a most interesting day…\u201d<\/p>\n Bar Harbor, Me.\u00a0 \u201cWell\u2014this is the very loveliest place in the world, I am sure…\u201d<\/p>\n The Belfast\u2014enroute to Boston, Friday Night.\u00a0 \u201cMy very dear two!\u00a0 Well\u2014my three days…\u201d<\/p>\n Tuesday A.M.\u00a0 \u201cGoodmorning to you!\u00a0 The air here is wonderful<\/span>, like September…\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Folder 24.\u00a0 Letters to her family.\u00a0 January-July 1912.\u00a0 42 items. Tuesday Morning. [Arabella: January 3]\u00a0 \u201cMy dearest Mother\u2014I am looking out on a wintry landscape, frozen ground, falling snowflakes, ice along the edge of the creek.\u201d [Arabella: Jan. 1912] \u201cDearest Mother,\u2014here it is Tusday night, and my Sunday letter not yet written to you!\u201d Jan. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7583,"menu_order":24,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7823","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n