The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-16
JUST A YEAR.
MISS FANNIE HOWARD TO JAMES Full
LERTON.

JUSI "A 4EAhs
MISS FANNIE HOWARD TO JAMES Full
LERToN.
NEW YORK, May 2, 1SS1.-De0ss dim:
When you were here last year youwer
kind enough to say that if l would
make you and Mary visit you would
be real glad, and would show me lots
of nice things waterfalls,
Indians, and so on; and do you know,
Jim, that l am thinking of accepting
your invitation? Ihave a great desire
to see real live Indian, and ] would
rather go 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 ask
him for money. Why, he isgetting to be
a regular bear; only gave me $500 last
winter when l 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
going to Chicago in June, and will see
me safely started from there.
Now, please say | may come, for l
am just dying to see you. Your affec-
Tomato cousir, FAN.
JAMES FULLERTON TO MISS FANNIE
HOWARD.
WDEAwAKE, Colo, May II, 1851
My Dear Fan: Come, by all means.
We will be delighted to have you stay
with us Us long as you can stand it. As
for the Indians and other mice 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
cago when you leave there. Mary is
already planning trips for you, and says
''be sure and come" Yours as ever,
JAMES FULLERTON.
CHICAGO, H., June 9, lSS1.-To
James Fullerton, Wideawake, Colo. =
Fan leaves this morning via Omaha
G. W. HOWARD.
DENVER, Colo, June II, 1881 TO d.
L. Howard, No. 1916 tifty-ninth Street,
New YOrk-Dcnr Pa: ! reached here
safely this morning. We start for Wide
awake tomorrow. FAN.
MISS FANNIE HOWARD TO MISS MABEL
GORDON.
WIDEAwAKE, Colo, Aug. 9, 1851
M Sloeet May: Don't you think am
Just horrid not to have written sooner
| know YOU do, and know, too, that
you will forgive me like the angel that
you are for having treated yoa so badly.
Have you wondered If | had got lost in
the wilderness? Ii you were to see all
the wild pleasures | have been in you
would wonder that | hadn't been lost.
0, May, ii you were here we would
have jolly times. Hardly day passes
that | don't have walk or a ride, and
often we have had little picnic parties
to some lovely spot in the mountains.
| just enjoy myself all the time, and am
out of doors somuch that Jim says lam
acquiring the complexion of the former
inhabitants Utes. At first
thought wouldn't like it here. Even
before l left home [ began to wish
hadn't promised to come, and | almost
changed my mind at the last moment;
for | couldn't help thinking of the
lovely times Won and the rest of the
girls would have at the beach. But you
may be sure l did not let pa know how
badly felt, for he would aeper have for
gotten it. After reached here felt real
blue for few days. OF course Jim and
his wife were rs kind as could be; but
everything was 80 new and so different
from what | was accustomed to that |
couldn't enjoy, it as do ROW. Why,
Mary actually does all her own work
hasn't even a kitchen girl; and the
house is so small. But now | like it
here, and do you know, May, that
have begun to take lessons in house
keeping? l felt as if l ought not to
make additional trouble for Mary with.
out helping her in some way. jim
laughed at me at first and asked Mary
it she liked totrain 'seao help, but now he
praises me and says know
almost enough to keep house
OF my own. The idea! We DOM
have much in the way of amusement
aside from what we make for ourselves
but everybody is sociable and we havt
some very pleasant times. We have {
good deal of company, and there i.
some one to dinner almost every Sun
day. There is one gentleman whc
comes quite often tos-see Jim on bust
ness Che works in the mine of which
Jim is superintendent and who is on,
of the most agreeable persons | eve
met. He would pass for gentleman
anywhere; but ] would hardly have be
come acquainted with him in the East
for he is only workman in mine
Out here, however, everybody works
SO one meets with all classes of societ,
and chooses one friends accordingly
But about this friend of Jim's: He is !
perfect Apollo, aud has the lovelies
eyes l ever saw; and his voice il
heavenly "a clear and well-trainet
tenor. Sometimes he remains all thu
evening, and after he and Jim ge
through their talk we have a little con
cert; you know Jim and Mary are fin
singers, and we make passable quar-
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