My dearest Fanny,
Your dandy letter of March 7th to hand and sure enjoyed your letter read it over three times and would love to read it over once more but it’s to late I just come home from lodge and its 11pm so I have one hour to write to my dearest girl in all this wide world. I come home to night and made a supper and got dressed and beat it to lodge and it was 8:15pm till I got down there. I wish I could go early about 6pm and enjoy the banquet ot day they work 4rd degree and it was secretary night and our secretary of the lodge enjoyed his son(?) sure had a nice time at lodge when Ben comes if he has time I would like if he could visit our lodge. The weather is just like spring out today and I think it will stay nice for the winter has been long enough.
I sure have been thinking so much of you today no don’t you been thinking of me and that would account for it. Every bit of food I eat for supper I thought of you. I could not for get you one second if I had tryed I was thinking when on my way to lodge some time in the near future you and I will be going to some romantic affair that will take place like the lodge does have that will be nice when I can take my wife gee but that sounds funny my wife. & yes deear I going to try and be very very good to you. I give you my word I will do best and try and make you happy so you will love me so much because I have a lot of affection and when we are to gethere I will be able to show you how much love there is in your boy. When I was down at your home time was short and since that its about three month and sure enough absent makes the heart grow fonder and I know it did with me. If you were here I would just love you to death. I talk to Fanny B last ngiht when I took your letter to mail and she is feeling fine and said she heard from her Ben, she said she is going down town to day and I asked her if she would buy me a record the song Waiting and she said she would and on her way home from town she would stop at the market but she never come so I don’t know if she could not get the record or if she never got down town. I called up Ben and they are all fine and Schmo(?) wrote a card that she would come next week. Some about her ticket.
Honey what size ring do you wear? and when you know the date we are going to be married I would like to know it because I want to put it in the ring. I talk to Mary last night after I was through with your letter. Jack was working she sure is pleased with the presant you send them and said about the fine letter you wrote them they are all so glad we are going to get married next month and Mary said Dave I hope you and Fanny will be as happy as Jack and I are. I said I believe we will. is said when my lover and I are together one hour will seem like 15 minutes that how the time will pass by. because we will be so happy. I told Dr Weil today that we are going to be married next motnh and he said so soon I said yes we waited long enoguh. He said I thought you would wait till fall. I said no, they must move from where they are they can’t get no more lease because the land lord wants to sell.
Honey I am feeling good and hope you are well and happy and take good care of your selfe. I expect when you get my last evening letter you will get pleased because I tell you to be good to your folks and neighbors and not think that you may never see them again. That is the wrong way to look at it. Know you asked your mother and Dady if I am wrong or right? if cause if there is one who don’t like me and never treat me while there I go along for awhile and see how long they want to keep this up and when I made up my mind then I tell them how the land lyes and then I am through and for good because I take in consideration if they will ever mean anything to me, so I expect when you read what I wrote you last night you will disown me, ha ha.
Well dear I am glad you can see my flaws in the same light as I do and I glad you approved of them that is the only way to get along is to talk thing over and pull together. And that is the way we always want to do talk thing over. I had on my mind to buy some stock last week and I wish I would of made about $250.00 in one weeks time.
Honey I hope your voice was good last Sunday at Church and dear don’t get frightened about your voice. You are always afraid you can’t please the Coffeyville people with your voice if I had a voice like yours I would not be afraid to sing before the Kaiser. ha ha. Yes dear the time is getting nearer each day and sure will be glad. when I can put my arms around you can kiss you and when we leave Coffeyville this time one will boath go. not like the last time. such a sad parting do you remember. I shall never forget it. know 12:30 and gee Fanny I will not get any sleep see if you were here I could talk to you can would not need to sit here and write give my my love and kisses to mother dady and Bros and hugs love and kisses to you dear from your only forever and am extra 50-11 kisses good night pleasant and sweet.
