29 Aug 1944

Tuesday

Dearest Mine,

After nine long days there has arrived two letters from you my dear. How welcome they are. It seems that storms in the area had held up the mail and that I do not like but can understand being an aviator. Anyway the letters where nice, long and interesting and worth waiting for.

I just got back here early this morning for yesterday it was necessary for me to go up country (where we once spent a day or two). We were in the plane ready to return but they notified us to stay put due to extremely heavy weather around here. Five inches of rain in one hour. How do you drought stricken Texans like that. I stayed all night and came on in early this morning. This of course is the tail end of the rainy season between now and the first of January and we can expect plenty of old jupe pluvius from now on.

I was distressed to hear from your letter that you are having more tooth trouble. Seems that your teeth are not so durable dear. Never mind that gumming business my Toots. From you even that I would like but if I had my drethers well I’ll take you with teeth but if you do not have them then I’ll take you anyhow my dear for the spell has been cast and I am one who does not know how to break it and what’s more I do not want to. It is a very pleasant bewitchment. All your older friends among the women seem to be having their troubles no end and serious ones it seems. Gosh they all seem to be seriously ill from one thing or another. You be like Linda Simpson dear strong and vigorous always and I will be the same. Sickness is so terrible especially the lingering chronic poor health kind. Nothing in this world makes up for or can take the place of good health. I want to be making love to my babydoll when she is sixty some.

So Tommy is back. I will be interested in the details and reasons. I sure would like to talk to him but that I suppose will not be. Phoo for Tommy DuB--. That guy is a stinker and I may be wrong about people sometime but with him I know that I am right. A dyed in the wool phony who is getting by due to the rush and bustle of things and who is due one of these days for the deserving fall that will surely be his lot. Mark my words. I especially do not want to talk with him.

All that shopping with those friends of yours with all the dough. Was your mouth watering? Mink coats and what not. Well mink coats or not I wouldn’t trade with the Trentman family and I know that you wouldn’t either. Darling did I ever tell you what a grand person I think you are in that respect. You have always showed such excellent judgment in regards to what could be afforded and what not. And what is more wonderful you have never been covetous in regard to the fortunes of others. I have never had a worry about our expenditures in so far as what you were doing is concerned. A great many men cannot say that. You have been a true partner in that respect and have accepted circumstances as they were and pitched in and with excellent judgment and good sense done better than one could expect with what was available. That is a great comfort to know that your darling is with you one hundred percent in all things. Well it takes brains to be a good manager and believe me that is the name for my Toots. I wish though that you didn’t have to at times manage so hard on your personal things, redoing and remodeling for I know that you love lovely things and I will also say that no one gets more out of them than you do. I can’t wait to see the new hat. My but I am almost afraid to look. I am glad that as you go along explaining just what you are doing about the clothes situation you also explain just what some of the things mean. I never in my life heard of a STOLE before. Now I am smarter. Sounds like a grand idea but where in the world did that name come from.

What do you mean about not liking the cracks made about my golf? I have told you before that you shouldn’t mention things like that if you do not explain them. Of course you are talking about Geo L so break loose dear what was it?

And thanks for the compliment dear in that paragraph about Annajoe and Bake at the hospital. It does make me feel proud and very very happy to know that you feel that way. Gosh I’ll be chesty all day now without being able to tell anyone why. I just can’t wait now to get back with you to live up to what you have said. Boy oh boy—!

Yes the balance looks good and will be better dear. I get I462.25 which is close enough for all I do is keep a general idea since I cash no checks.

I sure agree with you that before Eileen Carter is done she will have spent her profit long since. She will be better to settle down and wait the war out. Her profit is pretty much a paper one anyway in the long run and now look where she is. I told you that good management is scarce among the girls. And on that farm—she wouldn’t like that for a week alone there. That’s for when Nick is around and they can be together not to pine away on.

Geo. L will be back tomorrow or the next day. I suppose that he will have news of you for me.

Darling mine its time to say Adios another time—I send you my love dearest and tell you I love you with all my heart. Push those weeks ahead because I am longing for you.