MISS. L.B. STARNES,
ESTEEMED FRIEND, THIS EVE FINDS ME STILL IN JACKSBORO, BUT AS I WROTE A FEW DAYS AGO TO YOU. I AGAIN TAKE THE HIGH PRIVILIGE OF ONCE MORE WRITING, BY THE WAY OF EXPLANATION IN REGUARDS TO MY DELAY AT JACKSBORO. I HAVE BEEN OUT TO THE RANCH AND FOUND EVERYTHING IN BAD SHAPE. AND I WAS DETAINED OUT THERE LONGER THAN I EXPECTED. BUT I TRUST I WILL START TO YOUR TOWN IN A DAY, OR I WILL BE THERE ANYWAY BY THE LAST OF THE WEEK. SO DONT GET WEARY DARLING, I WILL COME THIS WEEK IF I DONT GET SICK. SO YOU CAN COUNT ON ME FOR A FACKS.
WELL, I WRITE YOU THIS SO YOU MAY KNOW THAT I COULD NOT GET THERE WHEN I EXPECT TO, WHEN I WOTE TO YOU IN MY LAST. SO HOPING, IT IS WELL WITH YOU, I WILL CHANGE THE SUBJECT. SO HERE GO, JACKSBORO IS QUIET. NEW COURTHOUSE IS GOING UP FAST. COWBAYS COMING IN FROM THE WEST FOR WINTER QUARTERS. ALL THE YOUNG FOLKS OF JACK IS TRYING TO GET OFF BEFORE 1886.
I WAS AT A BIG WEDING A FEW WEEKS AGO, HAD A GOOD TIME AND A BEE OF FUN. I GOT OF WITH THE RING IN THE CAKE. WELL I WILL BRING THIS LITTLE NOTE TO A CLOSE. HOPING YOU WILL EXCUSE ME FOR THE LITTLE DISSAPPOINTMENT. I REMAIN YOUR TRUE AND LOVING FRIEND, TILL DEATH US DO PART. I SEAL WITH A KISS, SO GOOD NIGHT MY DEAR, WRITE ME SOON AND I REMAIN YOUR TILL DEATH.
RESPECTFULLY, LEWIS L. M
I WAS VERY MUCH PLEASED WITH THAT LITTLE FACTRY YOU COMPASSED IN YOUR LAST LETER, SO GOOD NIGHT MY LOVE.
LEWIS
