Wednesday aft.
My Darling
Deceived!! Yes I do believe I am deceived in you.
Well dear I am surprised at you.
And truly is it possible that youv always looked for &
prayed to find one like myself!! Well I
am sure I am deceived in you for I surely though[t] your aspirations were based
on a higher platform & that I had found a girl looking high up in the world
for something. This is how I am deceived
& well I am certainly proud that I am deceived for you are all on earth I
am looking for.
You often hear me say I feld sure Id never marry & I
did!! Not because I didn’t think it best
for me. Not because I didn’t have a
number of friends to tell me it was better & ect & I would at times
wish I could find a true good girl & then Id marry if she was willing.
This I had long since given up finding & this is why I
would always think I’d never marry.
There are so many girls that are so weak in more than one thing. Consequently when you put all their weak
points together there isn’t anything left only nice girls for company &
ect. When I would think of marrying any
one of these girls I would think marrying was a horrible crime & Id be
miserable until such an idea would vanish from my mind entirely. When I met you I could realize that you were
more than worthy of my love & that I was not worthy of you for a wife but I
made my mind to tell you all & let you decide & praise to my God youv
considered the matter & consented to marry me. Consequently I believe my miserable life will
turn out to be a life of pleasure.
When I stop & think of marrying you it seems as though
it will be a pleasure rather than look upon it as being a horrible crime. I never think of anything but to marry &
then what are we to do & of course this will be to decide later. That is one reason I could assure myself at
first that I loved you because I meant to marry you from the beginning. Then not until this day have I found a fault
in you. Now darling as to what I said
about believing Fitz was dead. I was
sure you understood it. You are always
guying me about being stingy & I was merely joking thinking youd think I
was to stingy to feed the poor fellow.
Yes I can still say Il love every thing Nelly loves.
Realy you have time to write every day but thought I
didn’t. Now darling who failed to keep
this up even after we agreed to write every two days. Ive been writing every day except this one.
Now then you haven’t done this. So lets write every day. I mean to write you every day & if I am
busy Il only write a short note & let me beg of you to do like wise as
surely I get lonely without your letters to read as you know they are all I
look for nowadays.
And you like long cheerful letters do you? Well I must say I have been felling much
better since I returned home. A few days
rest (tell Uncle Paxton) did me lots of good & I am more able to keep up
with my work.
I feel sure had I tried to have worked another week without
rest I would have had to have gone to my bed as I was near broken down the day
I left here.
Now Nelly I fear what I have said to you about the people of
this place that youl learn to dislike them from the beginning (& so you
may if you wish) but I want you to greet them all with a friendly
(Smile). It doesn’t matter to me about
the young ladies or the old ones wishing Id come back here. They all know I love Nelly & they all
know I haven’t confidence enough in them to be influenced by them in anything.
Nelly I love to write it: Yes We’ll Marry no matter
what they say & praise to my God if he led us in such a way as to cause us
to meet as you seem to think.
You must come by all means next week. I can live this Sunday all alone but the
next I must see you. One more Sunday
is all I can stand so try & arrange to be at old Klondy on Sunday week as
it’s a better more [illegible] than Folkstone.
I am not hurrying the wedding at all & if youl come
& Sister Burnice cant come we could wait a few days until she can come home
so we can be together. Nell if I could
only be with you this lovely evening Id be the happiest boy in this old town
& you can have your [illegible] sent on by express & honey I’l pay the
express to get to see you but wouldnt spend that much for anything else.
Yes if we are ever rich (we) can have a nice horse cow &
dog. Also cat if you wish but darling
don’t be disappointed if we are never rich!!
Miss Godson came in today to stay a month with Mrs. Livingston. She & Miss Clark live near each other
& are best of friends. No other
visitors yet. Mrs C Thomas & a croud
I guess from (Pine) Greenwood will be here next Saturday to Picnic under the
oaks.
If it was & affair of ours Id send out for Miss Kate
& the others but don’t know just who will be here.
Why do I put two 2¢ stamps on some of my letters. Well I guess youl know time you finish
reading this one as I know it will take 4¢.
Do Darling be at home by Sunday week. You know dear I love you & want to see
you.
Love to all
Glass
Didn’t you say you liked long letters!!
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