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         DEAR DAUGHTER

WILL WRITE YOU AGAIN THIS LEAVES ME WELL-LOTTIE IS SITTING_UP THE FIRST TIME YESTERDAY THINK SHE WILL BE OUT BY SUNDAY . THE YOUNGEST GIRL FLORENCE HAS A BAD CASE OF THE MUMPS. THIS IS THE FOURTH DAY    IT HAS BEEN RAINING HERE FOR THE LAST SIX WEEKS   FAIR TODAY  HAVENT HEARD FROM ANY OF THE FOLKS IN SOME TIME DON’T KNOW WHAT IS THE REASON  WALTER HE WROTE THAT HE EXPETED TO GO TO DALLAS SHE ? BE OPERATED ON FOR THE PYLES AND HAVE NOT HEARD OF HIM SINCE 

WROTE JOHN BUT HAVE NOT HEARD FROM HIM   DON’T GUESS I WILL   SUPPOSE HE GOT MIFFTED BECAUSE I DID NOT STOP AS I WENT HOME FROM YOUR HOUSE. I DID NOT HAVE TIME FOR I WOULD OF MISSED THE TRAIN IF I HAD STOPPED. SO IF HE GOT MAD AT THAT I CANT HELP IT. HAVE A NICE SMALL GARDEN HAVE HAD LOTS OF RADISHES AND LETTUS BEANS ARE BLOOMING IT IS ABOUT THE SISE OF YOUR GARDEN HAVE LOTS OF FLOWERS PLANTED OUT LOT  OF ROSES BUT OUT ONLY A FEW IN BLOOM    CLAUDE IS QUITE A GARDNER SO BETWEEN US I THINK WE WILL SOON HAVE LOTS TO EATE FROM IT- YOU CAN GET ANY VEGETABLE IN THE MARKET YOU CAN THINK OF SO THEY HAVE PLENTY TO EAT HERE – HAS KETON COME HOME YET. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW  LOTTIE SAYS SHE WILL WRITE TO YOU AS SOON AS SHE IS ABLE-WILL CLOSE HOPE THIS FINDS YOU ALL WELL WRITE SOON I REMAIN AS EVER YOUR AFFECTIONATE

OLD DAD  FELIX MCLEMORE

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