7:30 pm Oct 19, 1945


 


Oct. 19 7:30 pm 1945


Sweetheart,


     Your letter came this morning and brought a heap of sunshine with it.  It was a swell letter Darling.  I remember coming back on the train I was pretty low so I threw my coat over my head and thought about you pretty hard.  After about two hours I looked out the window.  We were at the depot.  The sign on the spot - Rutledge.  Today I was looking through “life”.  There was an add for the Boca Raton Club.  There’s always something that has to do with you.  It’s nice that way.  

      Honey, that pass case I lost had those two small pictures of you in it.  Everything else is replaceable.  Could you dig up a couple more small ones?  This is sort of secret, just between you and me, but I really did carry them next to my heart.  You wouldn’t want me to go around with my heart unshielded would’ya ?  

      Tell Bill that when he doesn’t feel natural in front of me I can sense it and I don’t feel natural in front oft of him.  I feel and feel like I act, foolish.  He’s joke with me.  As for how he feels about you - who can blame him?  Tell him that when I decide not to like him I’ll up to hime and say, “See here Willy I don’t like you.”  Till then everything is copacetic.  By Gar!

     Wish I was going to the W. B. P. With you. Oooooh!

     Kissing Terry on the cheek doesn’t sound like so much fun.  

     Ya know Darling, I betcha some gals act pretty badly when they go through some of the things you have to go through.  When I think of how you took it I get a lump in my throat.  Makes me say things like - you’re wonderful and sweet and lovely and so dear to me.  There just couldn’t be anyone else but you.  

      Don’t know how or when, but we’ll be together again before I leave here.  That’s real inside stuff.  It’s gotta be.  

     Golly, betcha been busy catching up on your work since Monday.  I feel guilty about that.  Maybe after we’re married you can take Thursdays off and rest up.  

     It is a swell day to go driving, Sweet.  Just loping along about two miles ahead of all of our troubles.  Soaking up blue sky, green trees and friendly ole sunshine.  

     Someday we’ll have to find out about that little castle in Elgin.  They can’t just put a castle there and keep us wondering.  Very unheard of.  Hmmmpf! 

      Trying to figure out if I miss you or love you most.  An awful lot of each.  

      Bye Darling Soon.

       All my Love

      Ray

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