Miss Rose Kraynick
Beaver, Wisc
Dear Friend Rose
I just got your kind and ever welcome letter to-day and thought I would answer it as I am always in a hurry to write to you.
Hoping this letter will find you well and happy and still in
I thought you forgot me because I didn’t get no letter right away. But I was glad when I got the letter. Ida told me that you was going out to a show with John Pretti. I did not believe her. But I don’t want you to stay in just for me. You want to have a good time if you can. I am having a good time here and I want you too if you can.
But please don’t forget me when I come back. I expect to come Monday the 10th and if you want to see me you can let me know by writing Wednesday night and you can mail the letter Thursday afternoon when you get off and if you don’t want to go to a show let me know.
I will surely be back Monday. Let me know what time you will be ready. So I won’t have to call you up on the phone.
I suppose as soon as I get there you will be going home for Christmas, but I hope you won’t stay long as I did.
Ida said she wouldn’t write for awhile because she was so busy. You know she must be as Saturday is her happy day. And she expects to go out west Sat.-night. I don’t expect I could write as much as you could, because there isn’t any news here and what I can’t think of now I will tell you when I see you again.
Well Rose I am glad you think as much of me as you said you did in your letter. Please don’t forget to tell me what you got in your heart when I come back. Don’t turn down anyone for me because I wouldn’t hear of you breaking anyone’s heart for I know I would feel funny if you wouldn’t write to me.
Well Rose you said you couldn’t live without me. I wish you couldn’t and would live with me the rest of your life. there would be nothing pliase me better.
My brother got a Bohemian Girl and nothing would please me better if I could get one two.
I guess I will close for this time. Hoping to hear from you as soon as you get this letter. So I will know if you want to see me Monday night or not.
Please excuse my scratching. And this dumb letter as I know nothing else to write.
Good-bye,--
XX with love. XX
From,
Douglas Martin
