Personville, Texas
Dec. 30, 1914

Miss Bettie Bonner
		Fairfield,
		      Texas

My dear little Bettie	

		I am
feeling pretty good to-
day.  I intended to
write to you yesterday
afternoon but I was
feeling so blue, (as
violet says).
	Every thing went

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wrong at school yester-
day; the boys in my
room went into the
Church at noon.  I had
already told them to
stay out, some of them
did not know their
arithmetic lesson, two
boys cut a pigs tail
off, one held the pig
the other - preformed
the operation. Oh it
was terrible.  To-day
things were quite
different.
	Oh yes you said that
you did not know
who Violet is.  She is
the girl who is helping
me with my school.
For some reason I have
never found out
exactly. Ava Kennedy
did not get the 
school.

  Land sakes pa my
hand certainly does
hurt.  Violet and I 
went after some
wood just now
and decided to run
a race back to the
house.  I had on an

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old tight skirt so 
I fell down and tried
to turn a "somersault"
on the ground.  For
some reason all of 
the skin came off
of my hand.  It
sure does hurt too.
   Dearest girl, the 
breakfast cap is just 
wright and it is 
so pretty, words fail
to express my thanks
and appreciations
I told mama that
I was ashamed of 
the tacky thing
sent to you.

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There are already
two children in here
for me to help them
work arithmetic.  I
cirtainly enjoy helping
them.
	Well I have told
every crazy thing I
can think about.
	Where is Gertie
(Mathews) --- now?
	I am sending you
some trimming for
an apron I made it
on a hairpin.  I know
you can make it too.
It is for your birthday apron?

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Violet says that she
is going to get mar-
ried as sson as
school is out.  I wish
the poor fellow knew
her as well as I do,
Then if he still
wanted to marry
her I would not care.
	Did you all have
your Christmas tree
at Stewards Mill. There
intended to be a
tree at home at the
M.E. Church it rained  *A*
so bad.

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I certainly had a
good time while at 
home, of course I was
at home almost all
of the time; I wish
it had been pretty
weather and you
could have been
with me.  Oh I got
some of the cutest
little pins you
ever did see for a
Christmas present.
	Every one down
here at Personville
got married during Christmas.

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I will be so glad
when school is out
so you will come
to see me, you must
stay all summer so 
you just as well be
studying about that
now. Of course you may
not want to stay
so long but you will
have to just the same.
	These last two days
certainly have been
pretty have they not?

*A* = "M. E. Church" is Methodist Episcopal Church, South.