1 De Aar
2 July 21st 1909
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4 My darling Ettie
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6 I hope you are getting on well with your work. I told Dr ?Simmington
7when he & his wife called the other evening that you were some time
8coming to visit me & the Good Templars are quite excited about it. ?Mr
9Smuts a shop keeper here came to ask Cron just when you would come. I
10said I couldn’t say.
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12 The amount of drinking that goes on here might employ you for a year!
13It's just struck me that you might care to come & stay here when we
14are at parliament, making this your head quarters & go round to
15Hanover & the other towns near Philips-town Beds-town &c. If you would
16we’ll be delighted for you to have the house. I’d like so to think
17of sitting writing at my dear old desk before the big window. October
18& November are the best months in the year here because there’s
19lease wind. December gets too hot & all the other months are windy &
20dusty! But you must come before we go so I have you for a week with me.
21 unreadable I can put both Wynnie & you up if Wynnie doesn’t mind a
22sofa. That is if you want a bedroom alone. If you would like it better
23instead of having the little bedroom Cron would be delighted for you
24to have his bedroom in which I would put up an extra bed I have for
25Wynnie it would be so lovely to have you dear. I am working a little &
26to be as well as that is all I care for.
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28 Your little sister
29 Ol
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31 Tell Alice not to lose my MS.
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33 ^I find that in doing much writing it makes such a difference to the
34eyes is you have a very sloping desk to write at. I am just had a
35sloping board made for my desk which I can take on & off. Try it one
36that slopes a little is no good, it rather worries one.^
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