To Riley: My own dearest sweetheart
June 13, 1929, Tuesday Night
My own dearest sweetheart:
Words can’t tell you how much I appreciated this morning’s letter which U. S. refused to bring for less than 4 cents. Dr. Eason had two messages today but neither was a four cent one.
Riley, darling, you said many things in that letter which I appreciated to the fullest. I know how you felt Sunday for I did not have a letter from you yesterday and I could not help feeling it a little although I imagined the schedule had been mixed some way. You didn’t feel any more than I did the fact that you were not with me. I have missed you many, many hours. I don’t know that I could stand being away from you more than three months, at least I don’t see how I could.
Know this that your little darling is going to be as true as steel to you while you are away.
I talked to Mr. Bennett this afternoon. He told me some very nice things his sister had said about my geography teaching. I appreciated them, too. I told him that the committee came without the advice of the whole committee. He seemed quite surprised at that statement, and seemed very much to appreciate my telling him about it. He asked about you. Too, he gave me a special invitation to come to their home and I am going very soon.
He and the men members of the faculty are planning quite a nice fishing trip for this weekend. There are to be sever groups, I think.
To be exact you have 110 lbs. of little girl. I weighed yesterday mainly to give me a comparison point to see if I am going to gain any. Again today I have had four raw eggs, one quart of cream and raisins. If I don’t get stronger and gain on that, I am just not the kind of girl to gain — that’s all. I am feeling very much better. I very seldom feel tired.
If you have a chance to see Redskin, see it. Excuse me but I think I’ll recline more to finish this. Tonight Marie came out in her car and Irene, Irene Cook, and I went with her to see Redskin. The love story is beautiful and scenes (all done in colors) are gorgeous. I wished for you. I wish we could have seen it together. Darling, I miss you so much. I don’t like to go anywhere without you. Too, I realize so much that you are away when I stay in my room all the time. Tonight I had rather be held closely in your arms than be anywhere else. I shall think of you as I go into dreamland and I hope that I shall meet you there.
Randall is going to Blue Ridge tomorrow. He says he would like to stay up there for the summer. It might make almost a different person of him.
Willie says he is going to write you.
Tell “Do Not” that I think he ought to write to his “little sweetheart” (as the lady would surmise). Too, Pat might drop a line and you lots of them.
Yours and yours devotedly,
Clara
