ESTEEMED AND NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN DARLING. I RECEIVED YOU WELCOM LETTER IN DUE TIME AND WILL REPLY TO THE SAME. WITH MUCH PLEASURE I WAS INDEED GLAD TO HAVE THE HIGH AND HINORED PRIVILEGE OF READING A LETTER WRITTEN BY MY DEAR L.L. WHO I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT WAS MY DEAREST FRIEND. AND I TRUST I WILL NEVER HAVE ANY CAUSE TO DOUBT YOU.
WE HAD A HAILSTORM IN OUR COUNTY LAST WEEK, BUT THERE WASENT ANY DAMAGE DONE. MR. A. J. NEWMAN, SISTER HATTIE AND MISF HALA WERE UP TO SEE US A SHORT TIME AGO. MISF HALA IS JUST AS LIVELY AS EVER. WE HAD A SPLENDED TIME, BUT SISTER HA SAYS SHE WOULDNT LIVE IN THE TERRITORY. BUT I CANT AGREE WITH HER ON THAT.
MR. LEWIS, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER YOU ARE GOING WEST OR NOT, AND ALSO DO YOU INTEND TO COME ANYMORE BEFORE SEPTEMBER. YOU MAY THINK ME TOO BOLD, BUT DARLING I TRUST YOU WILL NOT. FOR I HAVE A PURE MOTIVE IN ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS.
AS IT IS GROWING LATE, AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY HAVE ALL GONE TO HAPPY DREAMLAND. I WILL CLOSE BY WISHING YOU SWEET DREAMS TILL MORNING LIGHT. I WILL ANXIOUSLY AWAITE YOU ANSWER.
PLEASE EXCUSE ALL MISTAKES.
GOOD NIGHT, YOUR TRUE AND LOVING FRIEND.
BELLE STARNES
I APPRICIATED YOUR SONG BALLAD VERY MUCH.
