Templeton, Mass.
Nov. 11, 1906.Dear Sister:-
I am a little afraid you won't have a very long letter to-night for I have already written three and my poor arm is tired of working.
Well, at last the surveyors have gone and the whole town mourns their departure. They didn't come up Tues. night as Mr. Wood the boss ahead of Mr. Holly was there. They had planned to. Mr. Hadley & Guy surveyed Grace's property Tues. & right in the midst of their proceeding I had to go to school. Wasn't that provoking. Mr. Hadley expects to come down to go to the Union Tues. night. Mrs. Searles came in a few minutes Fri. She expects to go sometime this year. She says she is so lonesome with the men gone that she don't know what to do.
In my letter from Roger week before last he said that Ed had two conditions, Geometry & French, but this must not be talked about. Mon. night I had a dandy letter from Ed. I sent he & Dwight each a postal & on Ed's I asked about his exams so after I heard he flunked I didn't expect to hear from him. He wrote on paper which had the Amherst seal on it & the envelope did also. He is in a fraternity, the ΦΔΤ, I believe. I guess he has to study hard by what Roger said. I also had a letter from Carrie. She is prospering finely. On Mt. day she went up Sugarloaf. She has been to two social events - The Sophomore Reception & the Freshmen Frolic. She says for me not to look forward to my first week at college. I had a letter from Addie Brewer Fri. She is working in a private family & going to the Normal. Bessie gave me some postals of which she had duplicates so now I have 224. Think of that!
We had the same minister to-day that we had last week & if anything he was nicer. There is to be a Parish Meeting next Sat. night so probably by next Sun, the subject of a minister will be settled.
The Wellington Club Guest night was Thurs. night. Mama didn't feel as if she could go & as it happened I was rather glad she didn't try to for the hall was colder than a barn even though there had been a fire there ever since eight o'clock A.M. Mr. Taggart was very good though I was not carried away with him. He told the story about the men who were hungry & had to go past their master's door how they imitated the cat, that one Miss Bliss told. He told what a young man said who had been to hear Sousa's band & he acted it all out on the piano. That was great. Then he made his violin talk & give the songs of the birds. He put his violin case on the piano & talked as if his assistant was in there. Donald Cobleigh wanted to know where the other man was & I don't wonder he did. The ladies furnished refreshments of cake & ice-cream & I wish you could have seen the stack of cake. I supposed we would have one, possibly two pieces apiece but I saw Miss Mary Stone take 6 or 7 pieces & you may be sure we were not outdone by her. I went with Frank & Eva so you may be sure I had a gay time with Frank to keep me lively. Helen & Dorothy laughed at me because when I read a notice that Edward Howard Griggs was going to speak in Winchindon I did not know who he was. The name sounded familiar but I couldn't place him. I wasn't thinking of June 26.
Ruth has been real sick with the grip this week but she is better & expects to go to school to-morrow. Rena has had about the same thing I guess only more so. She has been awfully sick & at first the Doctor was afraid of pneumonia. Beulah said she hadn't had a sick day before since they had scarlet fever.
Imagine my feelings Thurs. night when I realized that for studying I had got to write a five page theme on Liquid Air (I had worked on that a little before) prepare for a French exam. & get the Theory of Limits I got all but my Geom. & that I couldn't understand & when I went to Mr. McN. with my tale of woe he said that the part I couldn't was not important so I was glad I went out that night for if I hadn't I should hae worked a long time on it.
With love,
Molly