Monday Nite
July 13, 1925.
My dearest Walter:
It is now 11:30 and I’m so sleepy. Mama, Claudelle and I have just returned from a church social sponsored by the Epworth League and given in our Educational Building. It was a very lively affair and I think everyone had a good time. It wasn’t at all dignified.
If you will excuse me for a few hours, I will go take a little nap. I just wanted you to know that I am still thinking of you and do most of the time. I will finish this letter to-morrow.
July 13, 1925
I love you most greatly.
Love
Ina.
Tuesday Evening.
July 14, 1925.
Dearest Walter:
Claudelle and I have just returned from a two mile hike so we feel a little more energetic than we did when we started out. We didn’t start until rather late so dark overtook us on the way back. Somehow I don’t like the sensation of being out in a pasture after dark where I can imagine all sorts of creeping things are about. Every time I stepped on a root it startled me because it felt just like a snake. The idea of snakes reminds me of a few days ago when Thelma and Bob carried the children out on the river. Thelma Lee went to the spring alone, but rushed back all excited and said that she had seen a snake down there. Thelma told her that she was sure it was just a root. Thelma Lee insisted that she knew it was a snake because she saw it “unscrew.” They investigated it and found that it really was a moccasin. So I could almost see those roots unscrewing this evening.
No doubt you have been extremely busy to-day. I have been thinking of you lots and lots too. I hope it hasn’t been as warm there as it has been here.
I have not heard from you since your arrival in Jacksonville, but I am sure I will have a letter to-morrow. I am very much interested in knowing what you are doing and everything. Don’t hesitate about writing me concerning your work because I believe you know by now that I am very much interested in it. In fact, you may rest assured that I am interested in everything that concerns you or that interests you because I love you. You mean worlds to me and I am going to do my best to do my part in making our married life happy, and I know you can make me happy. In fact, I can’t think of a couple that I think is happier than you and I are and especially will be. Isn’t it nice? I feel so thankful for the wonderful way that it has all come about and we know that the Divine Hand has shaped our destinies far better than we could have done it ourselves. And I believe, if someone were to write a book of our affair, they could safely say “and they married and lived happily ever after.”
How I do wish I could be with you right now!
Yours always,
Ina.