[Paragraph marks added for ease of reading]Templeton, May 13, 1903.
Dear Lucy,
I will write a very little to let you know, what I presume you will find out before you get this, that at last we have sent that box - we sent it this afternoon by the 3-49 train - the express is paid through, so if they have made you pay, you must make them pay it back. We only had to pay thirty cents for that heavy bundle, and you had better fill it with dirty clothes and send it back - we can do them easier than you - send your waists and all your things - Carrie says let us know if they make you pay there for this bundle and we can get it back here at the station. I hope you will not be disappointed because you don't find a thin white waist - I could not do any thing about it, but if you want one very much I will buy one for you - but I think you can wear your white muslin the little you will need one before you come home. Carrie says tell you, you need not feel obliged to wear any of those works of art that she made for collars - you better write a letter to her to thank her for making the gingham dress &c. Send us word how the waists fit and what is wrong. The corset cover and white skirt belong to Carrie.
Mary has been in a sad state of mind this afternoon - the Algebra would not come right and she could not write her theme, and she wept and had a bad time generally. She had a good report card but not quite so high as the one before - she had an E instead of E+ and a G instead of G+.
Carrie, Lizzie and I have all been up to the cemetery this afternoon - the back part of it looks pretty badly. The Dr. got on to the car, so I inquired after Edith - he says she is gaining and will get along all right. It is most ten and I must stop. I hope you will like your box and that everything will be right. I shall expect the box back with a good lot of washing in it.
Much love from
Mama.The graham cookies are not what they should be, but they are what I made.