[Some paragraph marks added for ease of reading.]Templeton, May 25, 1903.
Dear Lucy,
No, we are none of us sick and nothing has happened. Mary did not write yesterday and I forgot to tell you to save your washing once more and send it home. I should think your gingham would need washing by next week, if you wear it much, also your dressing sacque - we could send that back by mail if you did not want to spare it long. Send all you have, sheets and all and save up everything till you do send: after that save every thing you possibly can to bring home with you - of course you will not bring home any clean clothes. Be sure to send once more - it is the best time of the year to whiten them: and Carrie and Lizzie are both howling for work to do, and will help - they are helping a lot on the sewing. Your clothes are all out on the grass to-night: shall try to send them by Friday.
Mrs. Pratt called here this afternoon and made us a long call, talking just as fast as ever. She went to the May meetings in Boston last week and had a beautiful time: said she was living on the excitement of it now, and I should think she was. Mason comes home the 20th of June and wants to go to work the next day. She says he has taken the whole course at Harvard but will not graduate till next year: he will be given leave of absence for a year and then go back and graduate with his class in June, 1904. She says Walter rooms with quite a wealthy young man and that his expenses grow more and more - the young man is a nice man but has plenty of money and Walter, of course, spends more than he would if he roomed with one like Mason - she says W- is doing better in his studies than last year - you see I learned considerable. She does not see how Mason is going to enter the medical school - he has not the money and they don't know where to get it, but they don't tell him for fear he will worry so that he would not pass his exams. well. Wont [sic] it be a shame if he can not go on - it will break the poor fellows heart and his father's too.
Well, I don't know of any more news - Annie and Nellie Bryant went off and got some fine pinks this morn: I saw them come home with a load. Uncle Isaac has had a bad day with his lead, but went out and got in wood. If you send some forget-me-nots, can't you pull up a root or two? Be sure not to wash Wed. but go out and have a good time, and send the clothes home.
Much love,
Mama.[I was curious what happened to Mason Pratt. According to the Harvard alumni directory, he did graduate in 1904 and went on to medical school.]