SERIES II: HELEN BRAY DE LONG
\nFolder 4.\u00a0 Letters to Arabella de Long. November-December 1911.\u00a0 14 items.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
[Written when Helen was at Hindman Settlement School]<\/i>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cTuesday My darling dear Isn\u2019t it mean<\/span> that I haven\u2019t been able to write you a decent letter for so long!\u201d<\/p>\n [Beginning is missing]\u00a0 \u201cpossible.\u00a0 My! how hard it is to be\u00a0patient and wait for the old flesh to catach\u00a0yp to the spirit!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWednesday night Mother darling:\u2014Fountain-pen ink is not to be\u00a0had in town so unless I sit up straight and write with ordinary pen and ink I am forced to have recourse to pencil.\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday afternoon, Nov. 12, 1911\u00a0 \u201cMother most dear: You just don\u2019t know how lovely it is to be over here in Ethel\u2019s room while she is getting things straightened out after her trip…\u201d<\/p>\n December 2, 1911\u00a0 \u201cMy darlingest mother: You can\u2019t imagine what pleased children we were to get your perfectly delightful letter…\u201d<\/p>\n December 5, 1911 \u201cMy darling precious mother: How glad I am that the galax\u00a0leaves were awaiting your arrival in Hubbardston…\u201d<\/p>\n Thursday, December 7, 1911 \u201cMy own most precious mother: How are you, my own dearest?\u201d<\/p>\n Hindman, December 13 [1911] \u201cMy dearest, darling, precious motherdie: Why, oh! why, are you allowed to have that horrible appendicitis…\u201d<\/p>\n Thursday, Dec. 14, 1911\u00a0 \u201cMy darling precious motherdie Ethel\u2019s room is all spick and span after its afternoon scrubbing…\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday, December 17, 1911\u00a0 \u201cDearest-my-own mother:\u00a0 You should see the huge pile of bundles that cover Ethel\u2019s chest…\u201d<\/p>\n Friday evening. December 22, 1911 \u201cMy own sweet, precious mother: My! how Christmasy\u00a0we look tonight i this house with wreaths of cedar, turned with chains of holly berries and popcorn, and a tiny red Christmas bell in the center of each wreath!\u201d<\/p>\n Christmas afternoon, 1911 \u201cMother darling, my own most dear:\u2014How can I ever tell you how exquisitely beautiful are the gifts you sent for our Christmas!\u201d<\/p>\n Wednesday morning December 27, 1911\u00a0 \u201cGood morning, dearest mother: How are you this morning, I wonder?\u201d<\/p>\n Saturday night, Dec. 30, 1911 \u201cMy own darling mother:\u2014If only you were here what a cozy time we three could be having tonight in Ethel\u2019s lovely room or mine!\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SERIES II: HELEN BRAY DE LONG Folder 4.\u00a0 Letters to Arabella de Long. November-December 1911.\u00a0 14 items.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [Written when Helen was at Hindman Settlement School]\u00a0 \u201cTuesday My darling dear Isn\u2019t it mean that I haven\u2019t been able to write you a decent letter for so long!\u201d [Beginning is missing]\u00a0 \u201cpossible.\u00a0 My! how hard it is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7583,"menu_order":80,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8136","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n