This is Sunday evening, and Father is away from home it is very lonsomeCorrected:lonesome with outCorrected:without him for he makes our home so happy with his smilesing face. Mothers health has been very poor for the last two months she has not been hardly able to keep out of bed but the cair Corrected: care for the [?] Unclear or illegible two babies keeps her up. Father worrys Corrected: worries so much about them that mother takes all the cair Corrected: care of them her selfCorrected:herself. I have been helping our girl do the house workCorrected:housework in the kitchen. I think it is so nice to go to school and I in joyCorrected:enjoy both school workCorrected:schoolwork and house workCorrected:housework so if I halftoCorrected:have to I can do both.

Dear Grandmother I am as tall as mother sixteen years old the seventh of next October. Evelyn is almost as large. Gershon is as tall Father he tends to all of fathers writing. When he comes home he always kisses us all and says what would Grandmother give to see us all to getherCorrected:together again. Father says we shall have our new this fall we are all botting Corrected: betting on it for I have so many nice yong Corrected: young lady friends that I can invite and make it plesant Corrected: pleasant for all. Dear Grandmother I must ask you a favor I think if you would pair Corrected: spare the time to write a letter to mother it would cheer her up for she oftensCorrected:often say she wishes you would write to her she works very hard and worrys Corrected: worries over Father and us all she is toCorrected:too patucliarlyCorrected:particularly to see that every thingCorrected:everything is just so with us children Father is out [?] Unclear or illegible to the little head of Rappid Corrected: Rapid creek he has just built a new house on his mining ground Gershom and seven men are out there with him. You spoke of your [?] Unclear or illegible new where is it loacked Corrected: located

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