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Letter Reference | Smuts A1/188/73 |
Archive | National Archives Repository, Pretoria |
Epistolary Type | Letter |
Letter Date | 24 May 1905 |
Address From | Eastbergholt, Tamboer's Kloof Road, Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape |
Address To | |
Who To | Isie Smuts nee Krige |
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The Project is grateful to the National Archives Repository, Pretoria, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Special Collections.
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Eastberg Holt
2 Tamboer’s Kloof Rd
3 May 24th 1905
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5 Dear Isie
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7 Thank so you so much for Cato’s picture. She is so pretty & strong
8in it; the little hands are so nice.
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10 I’m going to try & go to see Daisy tomorrow.
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12 On Friday I was driving home with my little dog Neta & she fell under
13the wheel of the cab & was crushed to death. I have had many good &
14beautiful friends in my life; but she was the best friend I ever had.
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16 We shall be back in Hanover in the middle of next month. I saw Mrs.
17Malan & her little boy today. he has such a sweet bright little face
18but his heart is very bad; the doctors say he will never grow up: but
19their little girl is splendid & strong.
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21 Good bye.
22 Olive Schreiner
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24 Don’t you think Cato is very like your little boy, about the upper
25part of the face?
26 Wednesday night
27 May 24th
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29 ^I hope dear you did not think from my last letter of what people I was
30complaining of what people said. One has long ago accepted
31misunderstanding as one of the condition, that follow all most for
32others. I only mentioned it to show how certain it was the bitter
33things said of our great men would not touch me.^
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2 Tamboer’s Kloof Rd
3 May 24th 1905
4
5 Dear Isie
6
7 Thank so you so much for Cato’s picture. She is so pretty & strong
8in it; the little hands are so nice.
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10 I’m going to try & go to see Daisy tomorrow.
11
12 On Friday I was driving home with my little dog Neta & she fell under
13the wheel of the cab & was crushed to death. I have had many good &
14beautiful friends in my life; but she was the best friend I ever had.
15
16 We shall be back in Hanover in the middle of next month. I saw Mrs.
17Malan & her little boy today. he has such a sweet bright little face
18but his heart is very bad; the doctors say he will never grow up: but
19their little girl is splendid & strong.
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21 Good bye.
22 Olive Schreiner
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24 Don’t you think Cato is very like your little boy, about the upper
25part of the face?
26 Wednesday night
27 May 24th
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29 ^I hope dear you did not think from my last letter of what people I was
30complaining of what people said. One has long ago accepted
31misunderstanding as one of the condition, that follow all most for
32others. I only mentioned it to show how certain it was the bitter
33things said of our great men would not touch me.^
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