Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-10-14

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Dale saw the postmark then, and
his brows drew with interest. It was
the postmark of his old home city.
"From Babe" he told himself-and
it was.
He opened it and read it. She had
spelled most of her words correctly,
but the only punctuation she used was
period and her capitals were few.
For a wonder, she had put it into
paragraphs:
Mr.. bill Dale.
carterSville.
| tennessee. i.
Kind friend.
seat myself with pen in hand to drap
you a few lines to let you know am
well hoping you the same. well bill
i have some news to tell you about
what happened when got back hear
and since got back and hear it is.
4 the first person seen when got
i to the railrode stashun was Jimmy
fayne and he was dressed up like a
; millionair and reckon he is one. he
took me in his moter car up to pats
home. patrisha you know. pat she
Rugged me and jimmy left rite away
but said he would be back. asked
pat had she heard about yore trubble
bill and she answered no what. then
i told her bout you and the lowdown
black adam. ball bill and she said pore
old bill he had such high temper no
body could ever understand it but it
cant be are you serious elizabeth.
well said yes mean it. pat shook
her head sorrowf1e and said tell me
all about it elizabeth deer when j
had told her the hole story about it
we went up stares. pat went to a
closet and got a butifle dress my size.
| / ordered this the day before you left
us pat said but 1t mite half to be al
tered. vile you are dressing pat said
| j will speak to Mrs. Dale over the
telephone. pat said yore mother has
softened tord her son and promised
to tell her any news had conserving
him. 1 said all rite.
pat was gone down stares talking
over the telephone for a long time and
when she returned to me was dressed
and we went down stares together
and the new dress diddent half to be
altered. after dinner was over me and
pat went to a swing at the end Of a
wanda which had a dim lite on it.
pat spoke all of a student and said
to me how would you like to go to
live with Mrs. Dale bills mother. j
remembered haddent liked yore moth
er bill cause Of what she said about
me and got about half mad. don't
you want me to live hear with you
pat | asked
of course paa said. ide be glad to
have you but Mrs. Dale wants you
too pat said. her treatment of her
son which is you bill has most broke
her hart pat said. pat said the only
hold Mrs. Dale has on her son is
through you elizabeth and she is a
sad and remorsefie woman. then
got to thinking bill mite be the cause
Of bringing peece between you and
yOre parents and so told pat would
go and i did. ime glad said pat but
ime sorry to lose you but it is the best
way and we can see each other often
cant we deer.
well bill it wassent long until a big
moter car called around at pats for
me and setting in the hind seat was
yore father hisself john k Dale. he
helped me into the car with him and
he seemed glad to see me. after we
had said good morning and SO forth
he said anxious like now elizabeth
please tell me all about bills trouble
for patrisha mite have omitted some
thing YOU know. at first was awful
afeard Of him but soon got to like
ing him fine and told him about you
and that lowdown black adam ball
from beginning to end and when told
him about the fite in the river he
grinned and grinned and said you al
ways was jam full of the fite stuff
hell come out of it all rite the worst
of it is his haveing to stay in Jail until
the trial comes off said your father
at the next term of cote. weed bet
ter see if we can't get him out on a
bond he said haddent we elizabeth and
i said yes. bill found yore mother
indede a sad woman. there wassent
much about her to remine me of the
time when she called me savaje
person. she said am delited you came
elizabeth and cride little j couldent
help it when jest half to cry jest
half to cry and nothing else don't help
bit. Because she kissed me bill.
well bill yore father he wired the
Authorities in cartersville and found out
that Gale Moreland had confessed to
the shooting of black adam and you
was free and it has set his mind at
rest. but it diddent set my mind at rest
for because no the mountain hart. j
know Gale Moreland is jest takeing
yore place in jail until the day of the
trial for that is the way of the More
lands. pore Gale is good boy. i am
doing fine hear bill but often wish
could have old Doe River hear to sing
me to sleep like it used to. yore moth
er is teaching me how to read and rite
and spell like pat did and am learn
ing fast. you can see by this letter
can rite an spell fine cant i.
well bill kind friend jimmy fayne
has les sent yore mothers made up