Templeton, Mass
Sept 24. 1902Dear Lucy:
I started in with a new pen so I could write nicely, but it wont write at all_ Will try another_ that is better_ We sent you by mail to night the two sofa pillow covers_ We left one side partly open_ You can double the pillow up and get it in and then straighten the pillow out_ We thought it would be better to have them stitched around the corners with the machine_
Now if the cover I gave you seems too large for the pillow you have, you better use your cover for it and get a 24 inch pillow for my cover_ I think you better do this, as I think my cover needs a little larger pillow_ It will cost a little more, but I will pay the difference, and I am sure it will look better[.]
I'm sorry but I think you will have to give up and come home; it seems too bad when you have just got there, but really we cant remember the lamps in the morning, and nearly every day they have to be done after dinner_ There are other reasons, one is, I cant begin to eat all the porters_
There dont seem to be much news to write and very likely we shall all write the same thing_
I have just come up to bed with Mary_ Kit was too tired to mail for us and came up very early and is fast asleep on my bed_ I think he misses you and Mary very much_
Mary does not go up after the mail nights now it is so dark, but Monday evening we thought we might get a letter from you, so I told her I would go up with her_ After I got started she wanted to know if I wasnt afraid it was so dark_ I told her no, I was not because she was with me to protect me_ "Well" she said, "if I get scared I shall drop you and run_" So you see she is no protection_ When we were coming home some one laughed and she said: "There, Walter has let his laugh out_" I suppose by that he keeps it shut up through the day and lets it out evenings_
Miss Clark started for Smith's to-day and Walter and Mason for Harvard
To morrow I go to Ware - am most sorry I said I would go shall not know any one but Mr & Mrs Parker_
Did the check go all right and have they given back the ten dollars?
Must close and get my things ready for to-morrow_ We start at 8:20_
Uncle seems about the same_ The Dr comes every day and says he is on the gain, but it will be very slow work_ You seem to be having a good many callers, and a pretty good time for a stranger in a strange land.
Mary wondered Sunday night if you was having a doughnut_
We wonder very often what you are doing and what you are wearing_
It seems very cool to-night_ I suppose your mother has sent her love in Mary's letter_
I'll pick up Kit and go down_
With lots of love from
Aunt Carrie_