[Some paragraph breaks added for ease of reading]Templeton, Mass.,
Sept. 23, 1906.Dear Sister:-
It rained yesterday so we couldn't go down to East Templeton and, as I was depending on that to write about, I think it doubtful if I can think of very much to say. I didn't do very much yesterday. Eva, Ruth & I went to the Library and all day long Eva & I watched the weather. I think they were foolish to have their Feild [sic] Day. I think they might just as well have postponed it & then the female portion of the town could have gone. About six last night Mrs. Morse of Leominster, her husband, her brother from Cleveland and his daughter called. Auntie & I were sitting in the back parlor and we heard the gate click. Then those people one by one walked across the piazza. They were all giggling & talking & we had no idea who they might be. My mother looked frightened to death when I went out in the kitchen. She didn't know but that some one had dropped in to spend Sun. They were all jolly so we had a nice call from them. The daughter is something the type of the Western girl. She is rather loud and not in the least bashful.
Auntie & I went to church to-day as usual. Bessie, Linnie & Guy sat with us so you see there was quite a pew full. Then we stayed to Sunday School (even Guy) and Auntie asked the minister to take the class so he did. Some of the congregation were entirely carried away with him but I wasn't. He did well enough for once but that is sufficient. He told several funny stories which of course suited Rob. C. After Sunday School Bessie & I came home and I got some pictures for her & then went up on the Common & met Linnie & Guy & went over to Beulahs on an errand. Then we came back & stood in front of the Bodgetts & talked for a while. Guy had some rubber bands which he amused himself by snapping on us girls.
Linnie goes Saturday. Guy is going home to spend Sunday but probably he thinks it would be a good chance to go down
towith Linnie. I guess Auntie & I will go to walk over the north end of the Common to watch the sun set. Bessie has not been hazed yet. The girls have kept the door locked & are going to continue to do so. (Here is a little space so I will try & fill it up[.] My finger is all right now but it was "swell.")I had a nice long letter from Roger yesterday so you can see he hasn't quite forgotten me. He says that he is now a Freshmen [sic] of full and regular standing. He wrote Thurs. night & he hadn't been hazed
yetthen. (Charlie is just driving the cows up & is swearing like everything.) He didn't mention Ed which I think is rather strange. He accused me of directing a postal to him at Templeton but I think it must be his other girl who wrote it. What do you think?Last Monday Auntie met me at E. Templeton & we went over to Otter River to climb Bell Hill. They gave a fine dinner which I shall keep in my memory in the ages to come. (The they is rather indefinite.) Cousin Lizzie went with us so Cousin Bessie & I saw every thing there was to see & let the other two go at their own gait. Once just for the fun of it Cousin Bessie led the way across some water which we had to cross on a two boards. [sic] Imagine Auntie squealing. Cousin Lizzie was as bad or worse. (By the way Auntie woke herself up last night by screaming because she dreamed that I jumped out from somewhere & frightened her.) The woods were just lovely. There was little or no underbrush anywhere & paths ran in all directions. Cousin Bessie & I had water from two springs. She has a cute little golding drinking cup which is small enough to go in a case about the age of a good sized watch. It looks like a watch & she pins on her dress & anyone would think it was one.
I am very much concerned over a young man. Mr. Parker's nephew is here & I think he is desperately lonesome. This morning he walk[ed] up & down the piazza fro a long time. Once he stood up by the edge & Auntie said that she thought he was going to jump off & lo & behold! he did. But he went over cautiously so the end was not tragic unless he ate too many pears for I suspect
she thought that Frank & Eva had better be helped to get rid of their pears. Auntie & I walked down to the Cutting & saw some pretty clouds. Sadie was holding the Johnson baby up to the window when we went by. Mama thinks it may be a case of "his children & her children are troubling their children."With love
Molly