“DEAR PETER:—I am awful glad you
are getting better. We all felt bad when we
thought you wouldn’t, but I felt worse than the
others because we hadn’t been on very good terms
lately and I had said mean things about you.
I’m sorry and, Peter, you can pray for anything
you like and I won’t ever object again.
I’m glad Uncle Alec interfered and stopped
the fight. If I had licked you and you had died
of the measles it would have been a dreadful thing.
“We have all the apples in and haven’t
much to do just now and we are having lots of fun
but we wish you were here to join in. I’m
a lot thinner than I was. I guess working so
hard picking apples is a good thing to make you thin.
The girls are all well. Felicity puts on as
many airs as ever, but she makes great things to eat.
I have had some splendid dreams since we gave up writing
them down. That is always the way. We ain’t
going to school till we’re sure we are not going
to have the measles. This is all I can think
of, so I will draw to a close. Remember, you
can pray for anything you like.
FELIX KING.”
“DEAR PETER:—I never wrote to A BOY
before, so PLEASE excuse ALL mistakes. I am
SO glad you are getting better. We were SO afraid
you were GOING TO DIE. I CRIED ALL NIGHT about
it. But now that you are OUT OF DANGER will
you tell me WHAT IT REALLY FEELS LIKE to think you
are going to die? Does it FEEL QUEER? Were
you VERY badly frightened?
“Ma won’t let me go up the hill AT ALL
now. I would DIE if it was not for Judy Pinno.
(The French names are SO HARD TO SPELL.) JUDY IS
VERY OBLIGING and I feel that she SIMPATHISES WITH
ME. In my LONELY HOURS I read my dream book and
Cecily’s old letters and they are SUCH A COMFORT
to me. I have been reading one of the school
library books too. I is PRETTY GOOD but I wish
they had got more LOVE STORIES because they are so
exciting. But the master would not let them.
“If you had DIED, Peter, and YOUR FATHER had
heard it wouldn’t he have FELT DREADFUL?
We are having BEAUTIFUL WEATHER and the seenary is
fine since the leaves turned. I think there is
nothing so pretty as Nature after all.
“I hope ALL DANGER from the measles will soon
be over and we can
ALL MEET AGAIN AT THE HOME ON THE HILL. Till
then FAREWELL.
“Your
true friend,
“SARA
RAY.
“P. S. Don’t let Felicity see this
letter. S. R.”
“DEAR OLD PETE:—Awful glad you cheated
the doctor. I thought you weren’t the
kind to turn up your toes so easy. You should
of heard the girls crying.
“They’re all getting their winter finery
now and the talk about it would make you sick.
The Story Girl is getting hers from Paris and Felicity
is awful jealous though she pretends she isn’t.
I can see through her.
