The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-24
JUST A YEAR.
MISS FANNIE HOWARD TO JAMES Full
LII LERTON.

MISS FANNIE HOWARD TO JAMES Full
r... LERToN.
NEW YORK, Nav 2, 1661.-Dear Jim:
When you were here last year you were
kind enough to say that if / would
make you and Mary a visit you would
be real glad. and would show me lots
of nice things-mountains, waterfalls,
Indians, and so on; and do you know,
Jim, that | am thinking of accepting
your invitation? 1 have great desire
to see a real live Indian. and | would
rather 90 down in one of the mines you
told me about than do anything else in
the world am tired of going to the
places where everybody goes-where it
is Just dress, and dress, and dress; be-
sides, have hardly anything to wear,
and papa always grumbles when 1 ask
him for money. Why, he isgetting to be
--a regular bear; only gave me $500 last
winter when had to have a new dress
for the charity ball! Now. Jim, if you
and Mary are willing to be bothered with
the company of your suffering cousin,
she will spend the summer with you.
Papa says may; he thinks it will give
me some sense, so he says. Charlie is
gong JO hLlN VIII DC
me safely started from there.
Now, please say may come, for I
am just dying to see you. Your affec-
tionate cousin, FAN.
JAMES FULLERTON TO MISS FANNIE
HOWARD.
WIDEAwAKE, Colo, May IL, 1851
My Dear Fan: Come, by all means.
We will be delighted to have you stay
with us as long as you can stand it. As
for the Indians and other ''nice things"
will do my best to crafty your de-
sires. If YOU can plan to reach Denver
about June II | may be able to meet
you there. Telegraph me from Chi
q. cago when you leave there. Mary is
already planning trips for you, and says
-.be sure and come" Yours as ever,
JAMES FULLERTON.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, June 9, 1SS1.-To
James Fullerton, Wideawake. Colo
Fan leaves this morning via Omaha.
G.. w. HOWARD.
~. DENVER, Colo, June IL, 1881. TO d.
L. Howard, No. 1916 Fifty-ninth Street,
New York-Dear Pa: l reached here
safely this morning. We start for Wide
awake tomorrow. FAN.
MISS FANNIE HOWARD TO MISS MABEL
GORDON.
WIDEAwAKE, Colo. Aug. 9. 1881
My Stcea May: Don't you think am
Just horrid not to have written sooner!
4 know you do, and know, too, thai
you will forgive me like the angel that
you are for having treated you so badly
Have you wondered if I had got lost in
the wildernessp If you were to see al
the wild pleasures 1 have been in yor
would wonder that hadn't been lost
o, May! if you were here we woulC
have jolly times. Hardly day passe:
that don't have walk or ride, and
often we have had little picnic partie:
to some loYely spot in the mountains
i just enjoy myself all the time, and an
out of doors somuch that Jim says Ian
acquiring the complexion of the former
inhabitants Utes. At first
thought wouldn't like it here. Ever
y. before 1 left home I began to wish
hadn't promised to come, and / almOs
changed my mind at the last moment
for I couldn't help thinking of th'
lovely times you and the rest of thu
girls would have at the beach. But yo,
may U0 SURF ulO not let pa huNcH uON
badly felt he would ReUsr have for
gotten it. After L reached here felt rea
blue for few days. of course Jim ant
his wife were as kind as could be; bu
everything was so new and so diffieren
from what | was accustomed to that
couldn't enjoy it as do now. Why
Mary actually does all her own work
hasn't even kitchen girl; and tn,
house is so small But now l like
Ct here, and do you know, May, that
have begun to take lessons in house
g keeping3 l felt as if L ought not Il
make additional trouble for Mary with
D. out helping her in some way. jim
laughed at me at first and asked Mar,
s If she liked to train nes0 help, but now b
praises me and says I know
almost enough to keep bous
OF my own. The ideal We don
have much in the way of amusemen
aside from what we make for ourselves
but everybody is socisble and we hav
some very pleasant times. We have
good deal of company, and there
some one to dinner almost every Sun
day. There is one gentleman VIII
comes quite often to see Jim on busi