Hello My Darling,

I received your very bad news tonight. It is all of 10:00 o’clock as I have been downtown Mpls shopping for a wedding dress. As luck would have it I didn’t find anything.

Darling, I don’t know if I’ll be able to finish this letter as I’m all choked up inside. I’ve been planning too much. It never does any good. I know how hard it must have been for you to take. Keep the old chin up sweetheart. If they won’t let you come home I’ll come to you. That can’t spoil our plans to be man and wife. All I can say is do your very best. If they need hospital help it may be your chance to get some easy stripes.  I’ll keep my chin up, you too. I hadn’t been planning to send you a Valentine’s present but I will send it now. It will be late so don’t expect it to get there. You know what it will be.

Darling it looks as though bad news travels in bunches. Mother is very ill this evening. She is running a fever and has a very bad cold. I may take off work to stay with her. I will write more on the way to work. God Bless for life.

Love,
DeLores