I AM GOING TO CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY. WELL MY LOVE IF YOU HAVE DOUBTED ME IN THE PAST, I TRUST YOU WILL NOT IN THE FUTURE. FOR I LOVE YOU DEARER THAN ANYONE ON EARTH. YOU WILL PLEASE EXCUSE ALL MISTAKES AND THIS SHORT LETTER, FOR BROTHER IS WAITING TO TAKE IT TO THE OFFICE.
GOOD BY MY LOVE.
WRITE SOON, AND DIRECT YOUR LETTERS TO BALDWIN, CHICKASAW NATION I.T.
YOUR LOVER, BELLE S.
MR. L.L. MC COMB,
ESTEEMED FRIEND, I WILL ATTEMPT TO ANSWER YOUR HIGHLY APPRICIATED LETTER WHICH I RECEIVED YESTERDAY. I WAS INDEED GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU. DO DOUBT NOT ME MY DARLING, YOU ARE ALL THIS WORLD TO ME. AND NOTHING BUT DEATH WILL EVER CHANGE ME. I TRUST YOU DO NOT THINK THAT I AM IN LOVE WITH ANYONE BUT YOU, FOR I AM NOT:
YOU ASKED ME ABOUT MR. J.B., I HAVE NOT SAW HIM SINCE I LEFT MONTAGUE. AND I DONT CARE ANYTHING ABOUT SEEING HIM.
I WOULD BE GLAD TO SEE YOU AT ANY TIME, AND I THINK YOU WOULD ENJOY A VISIT UP HERE. FOR THIS IS LOVELY COUNTRY, AND I AM SURE I WOULD ENJOY COMPANY THE (ILLEDG) THE WORLD.
