Encoded for for the Veterans History Project, January 9, 2017.
All letters in the McNutt collection were digitized.
The following letters were transcribed from the handwritten originals by the donor. No alterations to this transcription has been made, although spelling errors are indicated with [sic]. Any special emphasis (i.e. underlining) is presented *between asterisks*.
I certainly had begin to wonder what had become of you. I didn't know if you were dead, married and too busy fighting scratching to write or what. But I am glad you are still alive and the same little girl.
My brother's wife has a nice little girl picked out for me. She is
not a million-air's daughter but her old man is worth about sixty thousand and there is only two children. That is not bad is it? Now if I can only hook her in I'll be fixed. I will do my best whether I succeed or not. Say Myrtle I have a dandy plan for you and me. Just we two alone. This girl has a brother there is only two of them. You come up here and help me and I'll take the girl in and you hook the boy in that way we'll get and keep the sixty thousand in the family. What do you say?
Yes I know Harlan W and a fine boy he is too. I think he knew you were my cousin but knowing what a simp I am he pretended he didn't believe it fearing it would embarrass you to claim kin with me. If that wasn't it then he thought it impossible for such a nice sweet little girl as you to have such a cuss
for a cousin.
Myrtle you certainly will be on a flowery bed of ease this year with only music and domestic S. I wish I was going to have it as easy this winter.
I think too I would have been better off in Tenn. And would have stayed if I could have gotten a decent position but Myrtle I wasn't living I was merely existing. You are right money doesn't count every thing. It is very small compared with other things but you will have to admit that it comes in awful nice sometimes. Write real soon. Give my love to all of family.
As ever,
P.S. Myrtle I certainly do want on of your pictures for the one I have is not good of you. Please give me one if you can spare it.