The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-12
LEE CROUCH WRITES
FROM Ell PAS0, TEX.
IN LETTER TO MRS. M. H. HAIR
PER HE EXPRESSES APPRE-
CATION OF HER INTEREST.

Ell PASO, Tex, Mar. II, 1o2l.-
My dear Mrs. Harper: Your letter re-
ceived and was very glad to hear from
you There is one main reason why
| always appreciate your letters.
know they are written because OF your
interest in me and not from sense
of duty | am so very glad some one
thinks enough of me to write.
| guess they think their duty perform
ed when they helped me take the cure
Believe me, | have learned the value
of friends since my trouble began.
You say you have no money to send
me. Your moral support is worth
much more to me than the money. l
am very thankful | have that.
Mrs. Harper, l have enjoyed your
friendship long time and | am indeed
grateful. | was always welcome in
your home. You vert not afraid Tor
me to associate with your SON. There
were some people in Dawson who
were opposed to my going with their
children.
You will please pardon my reference
to Moses, but he was one of the truest
bovhood friends | ever had. Somehow
we understood each other. One OF my
fondest memories is the "hshng
trips Moses, Frank and | had down
on Hardshell creek. | shall never
forget the splendid lunch you .prepar--
ed for us. We had finished eating and
were walking up the bank when we
came upon large snake. Frank and
Moses were afraid, but | hnally killed
it. Very often afterwards | have
thought how Moses excelled me i'll the
class room, but in the woods 1t was
vice versa.
| have become quite thinker. |
have had T. B. twenty-eight months
and have had plenty OF time to think:
Mrs. Harper, do you remember a good
many years ago when one afternoon
YOU called Abner Lewis and | into
your house and prayed for us? Your
prayer has been answered in part at
least. | am back in the straight and
narrow path. Is Abner leading a
christian life? Ii he is not please have
a talk with him and tell him not to
wait or not to be made to do it. Since
| have come to know Christ | am sur
prised that | led the kind of life | did
beforehand l can think OF so many
things [ could have done then that l
can't do now. | never realized the
pleasure in helping others then. Oh,
that | might do like DR.. Wright-be
able to lead others to know the Lord
as | have at last come to know Him!
Perhaps | shall some day, "Qulen
Sabe?" (Who knows:) as the Spanish
say.
You may be sure l would appreciate
a pillow made OF fragrant pine straw:
There are no trees i'll west Texas and
| long for the pines OF my dear old
native state.
| am very sorry to hear your moth
er is sick. May she be much better, II
not entirely well, ere this reaches you,
Mrs. Harper you mentioned your
father, Mr.. Lowrey | have always
admired him. l used to collect bills
for him as county school commission
err. He always had a smile and some
thing funny to say. He used to refer
to me as Gene Crouch's boy" Mr..
Lowrey represents our old time south
ern aristocracy, which is so fast be-
coming extinct.
Please remember me to anyone you
may think interested in me. | would
be very glad to hear from any OF
them. Give my best regards to Mr..
Harper and Frank.
Wishing you success i'll all your I'M
dertakings and hoping to hear from
you again soon, | am most sincerely,
FF CROUCH