Chicago, IL
Oct 13/19
My Dearest Sweet Heart,
Received your two big fat juicy letter and shure Fanny dear, I can write in words how much joy your letter bring to me. Well dear, your two letter come the very first thing this morning. And the mail man wants to know who the girl is. I said it my bro, yes he said you tell that to someone else. He said that the party who sent the picture yesterday. I read all your letter over again. That how much I enjoy your dear letter. You see if I don’t get any letter form you one day than I read the old ones. They give me great pleasure.
As this is Monday I think you got the letter with my sister letter enclosed. So you will know why I don’t want to stay where I am if cause dear if I don’t have anything she why than I will stay here till I get what I want or till I can get into something else. I had never thought of all this when you where here or the I would have told you. It is real hard to write the little things but dear you were here for a vacation and not to shoulder my troubles. I am only sorry I did not meet you sooner that I could of shown you a much nicer time.
Yes fanny dear, if the folks like each other like we do, they would write just aws much as we do or prolly more. Just think dear that is my most desire to come home as quick as I can and sit down and write to the girl who I think is eighteen carat and that is you and no body but you for me all the time.
Yes dear one day later when the letter comes to me makes it seem so much dearer. I can’t say how much I do like your letter and you do never need to think they are to large for me to read. The larger the better. I only wish I could write such larger letter as you do indeed dear. I don’t get nowhere at night time all I care to do is read your letters and answer them. Because they are mighty interesting.
Dear at the present time I will stay here on assessment of the mason and if everything turns out ok I will try and get off a few day next month and come down to Coffeyville. That is if I can get away and will come. Which I know I can. But dear I ‘ll write my bro and tell him that if I would come it would not be for a month or more because I don’t want to go any further away from you than I am and if I go east you must go along every place I go. I want you. Don’t you remember that song. I want you I want you, no dear I now my bro a little but if there is no chance of making a living for you and I down home well than I will see how my bro is doing by that time and if it is enough in it for us very well. You know I don’t care where I am so long I can make you happy and you can make me happy and I can have a job. So I can earn enough to keep us and put a dollar away for a rainy day.
But dear don’t want to work for others any longer because I am old enough to have a place of my own. As you knwo it is not because I don’t have enough money. The thing I want is to get is a good place and be contented. You know dear going in with my bro is alright if he is doing alright. Know he wrote and said he done $600 business but does he do that every week. I know when I was there he had takeing in less than $100 one week. Still, he had a good week. Wages out of that but now we say there is two of us to shore, what then. Know dear you know I told you in the park that Sunday that he had moved in his new store and is doing more business and has a large stock. You know dear I am not s(????) you never can tell how much a business make till you are into it for your little(?) what he say and what he does chances are do not explain.
But I will write to him and if he will tell me the truth that there is enough in it for two and tells me nothing but the truth how much business he is doing and what he made clear proffit why there if there is nothing down at you please for me. There I may spend the money and go East and try it.
But dear you don’t know how expensive things are East. Just give you an idea Eggs were in New York 80¢ a doz and here in Chicago when I come back they were ¢44. So everything is about the same in conparison.
Dear I don’t say the reason I want to get away from Chicago is because you can save any money or that everything is to high. I know everything is high these days don’t make no difference where you go or wher eyou are. You know ddear all my money I have I save here in Chicago but I must break way from where I am because I am about as high as I can go and if I stay there all I can be everywhere benefits the business way up down home and your day and your bro will back me into the game and if I know that business and can’t make a living in it I can always buy out a meat business and start for ourselves. You know dear I thank your Dad and Bro for their advice in regards to the Junk Business but you know where there is business there is confection and the fellow who is on the job he will last with the rest. You know dear if there is competition it is here in a big city.
Say dear know I wait to get to fast why you don’t sleep. I don’t want you to worry about what is going to take place. I know dear you will do up most to help me out and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate it but I don’t want you to worry over this you may do some thinking but no worrying because that don’t get you anything.
Dear I will not think you forward because you write me this advice I don’t know how to thank you for the interest you are taking in my welfare. You know dear that is the reason I care for you so much because you take tsuch interest in me. The most girls are they want to do is be a lady and don’t care how a man earns his money that is the reason you are the one for me because you got sense and all other qualification.
Dear I know you are just kidding me about falling in love with some other girl. No chance I can’t see no one but you. Last night sister and I were at the Buckingham and seen the Third Kiss Vivian Martin played it and it was a dandy picture gill(?) but I thought of you all the time. When I was looking at the picture it could see you all the time you are never out of my eye or mind.
I hope your headache is okay by this time. If you were here I would give you about a dozen kisses. I was looking for a letter from my sister from the East. See what they say about my dear Fanny. I know you will love my folks and my folks will shure love you.
Well dear the Gun Club (?) is all gone so there be no back luck the colar will be black and blue. Mr Judy sends his best and also his sister.
Fanny we do about $75000.00 business a year. There is some thing else I wanted to write but I can’t think of it. This letter took me 2 1/2 hours to write so it is getting late and I want to write to Bro when I am through with your letter. well dear I will stop writing because I want to write to bro so good night pleasant dreams and sweet from your Dear dave. Give your kindest regards to the folks and good night dear.
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Franny dear sister and I had our picture taken and she does not want me to send one becuase she said they are funk(?) but you must have one any way. We are busy at the store and the weather ideal. I expect you heard from Fanny and by this time good night dear and don’t worry. Everything will come out alright.
Love David.
