1Rattel Hoek
2Aug 13th 1876
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4My dearest Katie!
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6Many thanks for your letter which I received last week. I am so glad
7to hear that you are comfortably settled in your new home. I took a
8great fancy to Rattel Vontein & think it must be very much pleasanter
9to live there than at Fraserburg. It is not so far from the village
10but that you can some times go in, & to me at least, farm life is ever
11so much pleasanter than town.
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13I like baby’s name, & hope the dear little man, will continue to
14thrive well. Are his eyes blue, or brown?
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16I am glad to hear that dear little Katie is getting on so well. Do you
17not very much long to see her some times?
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19I have just go a long letter from dear old Auntie. Lily’s change of
20views seems to have been a great blow to her. Emmie had just gone to
21Aliwal for a change & Tattie and her little ones are well.
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23I have been here a little more than three months now, & am very well
24pleased with my berth. Mrs. M. is one of the sweetest tempered women I
25ever met, & Mr. M. a very intelligent man. I have plenty of school
26books & a nice piano, so teaching is easy work. The only drawback
27about the place, is, that I seem to be so far from all my friends.
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29I hope I shall very soon hear from you dear sister.
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31Write very soon to yours very affectly
32Olive
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34Much love to the little ones.
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