I hope you had a good holiday weekend. Mine was good. Quiet but good. I had no drama in my life but other people had lots of drama. There was a fire on the fourth. An apartment building burnt. There were I think 9 of them. The building is now roofless plus I'm sure not much survived. At least no one was hurt so that was good.
Here is the next letter from Mary (6 pages).
Rib lake
Mar. 21, 1926
Hello Howard:-
Well I guess here's
where you quit liking me.
You know you said if I
answered your letter last
week you'd like me forever.
I was out home today
and got back about half
an hour ago. Rosie & Mary
walked about 2 1/2 miles with
me and then while we stood
there to say goodnight Schnider
came with their sleigh so we
all rode to town with
them. There was Mary, Agnes,
Ella and Walter, Joseph-
Rosie's Brother. Anton & us three
Say, I'm writing this on my
lap so I guess it will look
quite scrawly but I guess
you're used to that by
this time.
Did Thomas find out
what that stamp meant that
was on the card I sent him?
Tell me if you know, maybe
I'll paste some more cross-
wise. Tell him that diving
across the ditch didn't
bother me a bit, he can
drive anyway he wants as
long as he don't make me
break my neck.
You wanted to know if
I ever tried those love cake
recipes. of course not, did you?
You know I'm altogether
too bashful to try any-
thing like that.
Say, What do you think
you know Elmer & Lavina
are staying next door here.
Margaret was up here last
Sunday and Elmer just
went by so she called
down "Hello" to him and
about the first thing he
asked was " Is Howard up
there?" I saw Bert go by
soon half of Rib Lake
will be Johnsons.
There was an airplane
here all last week and
I tho't I'd take a ride
in it but he only gave
about a 5 minute ride for
2 1/2, so I changed my
mind. Wilma and Mrs.
Bogumill went up.
Did I tell you that
Mrs. Hipke and her Sister
are here now. Her sister
is about 70 and kind of
lame.
What do you think
Mrs. Hipke said once? We
were talking about the
weather and she said
I hope the cars will run
soon so your Swede can
come down again. When
I asked her why she said,
"Well it must be awful
lonesome for you here all
winter." But of course
you know I don't get
lonesome, ever.
So you will soon be
Uncle Hart. I bet you'll
go around as stuck up
as a peacock. You seem
to think it would be
nicer to be (daddy). Well
your dam lucky not to
be. Just think how hard
you'd have to work then
you'd soon be singing,
"Oh, I wish I were single."
You see how quick
Carl (I guess that's his name) Olson got tired of his
partner.
Well I guess I'll have
to quit as my pencil's
getting dull and this
is a pretty long letter
anyway isn't it?
I don't know whether
I should wish you good
luck this time or not.
You know what you
said about good luck
last time.
Mary
Well it as a long letter. Just a peek into a few things that were going on at the time.
I wonder what a love cake was?
I wonder if this is what the plane looked like that was in Rib Lake?
Mary may have thought of herself as shy but she certainly is not shy when she writes a letter.
I wonder what the stamp was that she referred to?
So many questions where the answers have faded away into history never to be thought of again, until now.
Here are a few random pictures for you to look at.
Well that's about all I have for you today.I have lots to do. The play I am in starts this Thursday, "A bad Year For Tomatoes" Dress rehearsal tonight and tomorrow night. I hope maybe if you find yourself in the area you can drop in and let us entertain you.
Till next time.
Take care.
Your friend,
Sandy
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