Stockton, California
(Approx. 1905)
Miss Mabel Waylett
Dear Cousin,
I received your welcome letter and was glad of course to hear from you, and that you are getting along well in school, stick to it Mabel. You asked about Lillie's little babies. Her wish was for her mother to raise them both but you know it is such a task for her to do it. She is so large and heavy on her feet. And Tom's Aunt, that is her husband's Aunt, she wants the little baby so bad so they left her have it and I think it a very good idea, because I know it will get good care, better I think than if they kept it. You know the oldest is nothing but a baby _____ seventeen months old they will have thier hans full to raise it as it should be. Poor Tom feels very bad he worked so faithfully with her. You asked me what Cousin Maggie I meant. I mean Uncle Tom's girl, you know her she is Nellie Beld_____ _____, you know they are here now from Salt Lake City, her and Cousin Sarah and Mr. Lovett. They thought they could do better here than back there, so Maggie rented her ranch. Leah still goes to school but Maggie stopped last term, she finished the public school and they are not able to send her to college. I wish she could go a few times. She had her picture taken yesterday. She says she will send you one when she gets them. I expect Leah Davies down this week sometime to stay awhile. She is feeling a little better now than she was. I did not say a word about your hair. it is so long, I wish mine was as long. I just crave long hair. Mine is quite long yours is much darker than mine, yours is just about the shade of maggie's. Are you allowed to dance where you are going to school. Well Mabel you want to come down here now and make some fine mashes. I will help you, I am up to such things you know. I am not a old married woman. If I am married, I am just as young as ever I was. Well Mabel, I can't think of any more to write, Now I want you to let everybody go and write me a long, long letter.
Remember, So Good-night
From your cousin,
Bratha
--Original Letter Held by Gayla G Clark, Orem, Utah--
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