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I would have liked as well: do you
know Sweet Sister, that you write
to me just as he did & address me by
the same pet names: Mamie,
Darling & Pet: oh! how sweet they all
are to me & how I love to think
that you have chosen them:
Should the happiness ever be mind
to meet her in whose keeping I have
now placed my broken heart, as with a kiss
& fond embrace we seal our compact
of love, I would wish that the first
words that fall on my ears from your
lips should be "my Pet": as the first
from mine shall be Sister Bettie (that
is, with your consent): Sister dearest,
the contents of this epistle are
whisperings for our ears alone: I will
tell you all about dear little Johnie
Braxton when I have seen him:
I have one of the photographs you so
kindly offer to send me: Give love to
your dear Mother & Miss Virginia; also
to Miss Annette: tell her I think of
her often, very often: do, write soon:
Sweet Sister, every love & pray for
Your Pet
M.W.C.