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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box4/Fold1/1908/24 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 1 May 1908 |
| Address From | Matjesfontein, Western Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | William Philip ('Will') Schreiner |
| Other Versions | |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to Manuscripts and Archives, University of Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections.
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Matjesfontein
2 May 1st 1908
3
4 Dear Laddie
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6 You & the wifie may like to see Alice’s letter about Dot. The little
7lass will be grateful to you & unreadable her dear little mother for
8the sacrifices you are making in letting her have this time for growth
9& study, & you will be glad of it too some
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11 I believe she will be your great joy & comport through life when you
12are old folk.
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14 Today my little baby died 13 years ago.
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16 I hope your cold is better Laddie. Try "Powel’s Balsam of Aniseed"
17Its the one thing that helped Fred during the last four years when his
18cough got bad, & its the only thing that helps me.
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20 I have been very ill since I came here, worse than in Cape Town. I
21shall soon as I am a little better try to move on to Beaufort West
22where the air is drier, & at need one can have some one in to help one.
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24 Olive
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26 I think if ever Fan & the young ones took a run to England Fan would
27like it better if she boarded with Alice Corthorn than being at a big
28hotel. The food would not be so grand, but Alice has a big house &
29always people staying there, & she’d find it so much less lonely.
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2 May 1st 1908
3
4 Dear Laddie
5
6 You & the wifie may like to see Alice’s letter about Dot. The little
7lass will be grateful to you & unreadable her dear little mother for
8the sacrifices you are making in letting her have this time for growth
9& study, & you will be glad of it too some
10
11 I believe she will be your great joy & comport through life when you
12are old folk.
13
14 Today my little baby died 13 years ago.
15
16 I hope your cold is better Laddie. Try "Powel’s Balsam of Aniseed"
17Its the one thing that helped Fred during the last four years when his
18cough got bad, & its the only thing that helps me.
19
20 I have been very ill since I came here, worse than in Cape Town. I
21shall soon as I am a little better try to move on to Beaufort West
22where the air is drier, & at need one can have some one in to help one.
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24 Olive
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26 I think if ever Fan & the young ones took a run to England Fan would
27like it better if she boarded with Alice Corthorn than being at a big
28hotel. The food would not be so grand, but Alice has a big house &
29always people staying there, & she’d find it so much less lonely.
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