R.F.D.#2 Box 17
Mrs F. H. White
N. Logan Utah
Monday morning 6 30 a m Nov 12—1923
My dear
kids Floyd and Louise. I am with you in my imaganation all the time and I wish
I could see you in real I recivied your letter dated Nov 8 last sarturday
afternoon I was sure glad to get it, I had the blues last sarturday such blues
that I have not had for a long time I felt just like I did the day before F.O.
had his foot cut and I said to your Dad I know I will get bad news because I
never feel like this except theere is troubble somewhere in the family, Well so
in the afternoon I found two letters in the box one from you and one from
Jennie I told Pa I am afraid to open these letters I dont know wich one to open
first and so I was most angseous to see what you had to day I read yours first
but I was glad when you said you were both find and so fort and so on untill I
read it all and no trouble theere. Well but when I read Jennies letter I got
the bad news I will send the letter so you can read it. It is surley to bad
About Audrey but it seemes as ,body must have appendicitis. and each of us
must go through ordeals, I shall answer Jennies letter to day, the way Jennie
describes Audrey I know she is a beutiful girl and looks sweet in her bed with
the sun shining in on her I feel awful bad and I wish I could see her theere is
consolation in that Jennie does everything for Audreys comfort so now Lovis
dont you feel bad mebe I should not have told you but I can not keep it for
myself. so I had to tell you as you and Jennie always was such good friends.
Logan is
celebrating the armistic day in a good style the canons been roaring and the
whistles been blowing all nigth and are still going the commission is having a
fine program to be rendered today I will
send it to you. I meet Annie & Ester in town last Thursday the wondered how
soon I was going to Berkeley so I told them I been and come back and as I was
on my way to the express office the said when reading on the box I carried O so
this is going to Dr White I said yeas, the girls said for me to tell you hello
Esther looks cute as the duce. I am wondering how you found the box and if you
could use any of its contents I fear very much it be spoiled the Postmaster
give me such a scare I send the special a purpose telling you to inquire about
it so it would not stay in the Office to long after it got to Berkeley. I mean
well but at times it dont turn out very good. the day when Grace and I was in
town togather and after Grace been baying things we went down to F.Os, we had
dinner and after we stayed and visited untill 8 30 p m Arthur was with us, when
we got home your Dad had the San Fransisco NewsPaper you sent spread all around
the table and was enjoying himself reading it and looking at thoose pretty
movie girls We thank you for sending it to us I enjoy reading it just as well
as Pa does.
So sister
Hendricks went home I was in hopes she would stay in Berkeley in spite of her
getting lost she was a good old Lady and Mother and could give good counsuls
and advice to every body. You asks me how I got along on the train it went fine
I did not spoke one word to any person for 28 hours only I answered the
conductors when the came and spoke to me I had a nap sitting up between midnight and 4 a m I had coffee as
soon as the call came and I felt fine I had some difficult to get a seat when I
got on the train the seats were all taken I wanted to see you through the
window but as I had this trubble I could not get to a window untill the train
had taken me all out of sigth, if I could have seen you and wave at you through
the window I would have felt better then I did without seing you, the Porter
got a very good seat for me after I been standing up for a while and I stayed
in it untill I got to Ogden and as I have told you FO was in Ogden to meet me
the first word he said to me was Mother you sure are a lucky bird I did not
expecket to see you coming on this train as I read in the paper last nigth
about two womans got put of this train for using some one elses return ticket I
told F.O. how you instruckted me to do and say I remembered all the way who I
supposed to be, Well when F.O told me I recoleckt seeing the conductors talking
to two Ladies in the same car as I was in and I could tell on their faces they
had troubble and as soon as the train got over on the fery thoose two Ladies
got off the train with their satsels and I saw them go in to the waiting room
at the Depot and they did not got on the train when it started up and I did not
see them any more. F.O. said the paper said theere was one man to that got put
of the same train for the same reason but I did not see him I guese he was in
onother car. I did not knew what thoose Ladies troubble was at that time and it
was sure good I did not knew,
that train
is not as comfortable as the one I came on and it gives some serious bumps
every oncec in a while and it has long stoppes at some stations but I got along
just fine I wished I had come on it then I had made from $7 to $9 on it, this
is a later train we got to Ogden at 6 p m Tuesday, when the train you and I
came on gets to Ogden at 2 a 3 p m when it leaves Berkeley at 1, 45 p m the day
before. I guess it will be a problem for you to figure this above out but as
you are aquinted with my way of talking I think you will get it in time.
F.O. said
he read in the Paper about Prof Israelsen that he now can get his degree here
at the AC so mebe so they will soom be coming homr. Lindsay and family have now
left N. Logan the have moved to Ogden and Olof
is now running his own place again. It is now 7 30 a m I can hear your Dad is
awakening he cauphs a great deal and he dont feel as well now as he did. I
think I shall stir up the fire & bring him his coffee and finish this
letter after a while.
Well here I
am to finish writting this letter it is 8 30 a m you know I just love to talk
to all my dear children in this way when I can not see their faces or be with
them. I told you I miss laid your letter and could not find it but I had no
sooner sealed my letter when I found it in my apron pocket when I was putting a
cleaner apron on to go out to the mailbox and so now I have tried to answer you
on the last two letters. I think Dr. Hector charged you a reasonable prize you
could not expeckt him to charge any lesser. I think he is a pretty good Dr. I
am glad you attended your Relif Sosity metting but do not undertake any more
work. I am afraid that the comps theese womans gave are all false they do not
know me if the did the be surprised it is not hard to smile when every body
smiles any body can smile under thoose circumstances I am so thankful to hear
you are so valient in bearing your testamony keep it upp and you will get
stronger in it every time and you know how contagios our testamonies of the
Gospel is and by bearing an liveing acording to it we can do good when we do
not realize it as well as thoose who are listening and are getting it not
realizing what they are hearing. Sister Nyman is getting better I have not been
to see her yet but as Dessie and I are going out this afternoon you know then I
expeckt to call in to see her, and Vera at the same time.
Grace liked
the table cloth I got a Brockes she said she was going to send monny and ask you
to bay and send her one like it I told her it cost $1 50, I can asure you that
I am a lonesome soul but I dare not give away and cry on the account off my
troubble I felt rigth sick last sarturday after I had the blues and I felt as
weak as a rag all day yesterday I did not go outside the door only when I went
out to feed the chickens, I coocked a big dinner tho and I expecketed F.O. and
family out but they did not come I suppose it was to stormy to take the
children out it began to rain here last Sarturday evening and it kept on
raining all nigth and all day yesterday untill in the evening it got naise [nice] and it is clear to day but very
wet and damp and the foothills are covered with snow. I suppose F.O will come
out to day if he dont it will be the first day he have not come since I got
home. Now dear Lovis plaese do not feel lonesome any more hold your tears back
but do not chocke go to yourself and on bended knees prays to your Heavenly
Father who understands all things and knows how we feel and I know He is able
to lift us upp when we feel down harted you are now haveing your most carefree
and happy time of your life so why should you cry I know it is symptoms of
weakness when we cry and I suppose we can not help it I know I have cryed my
share in my life so I can sympatize and cry with thoose who I know and see cry.
I realy
wish this letter was worth a goldmine then it be a big one and I wonder if we
would stop crying for each other then. and then I would be sure to come and
have ham and eggs with you two gold harts who I love more than tounge [tongue] can tell and I hope I will be
able to show you my confession in something besides in the theese words I
love you. I guess I better quitt to write and go to work but before I close
I like to ask you to put your arms around each other and give each other a big
bear hug for me and if you so choose kiss each other for me and repeat it onece
every day.
So long you
my loved onece
your
Ma
Caroline
J. Peterson.
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