Charles E. H. Bates Family Correspondence, 1899-1930 - 9

[imprinted: H. L. A. Bates 277 Pine Street San Francisco, Cal. ]

July 5th 1921 10 AM

My dear Edw:

Road Mt. View to Alviso hard and lumpy, very bad to drive over as bad on car and driver. Radiator leaking, will have to have it fixed. Got home at 9 pm. Nearly went into the ditch. Was going to pass a car in front of me, and he pulled out at the same time I did. I had to leave the road to avoid hitting him. Have had a bath, all clean clothes, and when I have a hair cut, shave and shine I will be O.K. again. Have sent my suit and overcoat to the cleaners. No mail at house or office. I hope Joc is better, but there is no way to find out.

I hope Mrs. Gallyor is all right. Great haste as I am swamped in the office.

Lots of love

from your loving father

H L A Bates.

Now that it is over, the trip was not so bad.

Tuesday, July 5, 1921, 11:50 A.M.

My own dearest,

Well, I suppose you are working hard again, dear, and my it is so hot too. It is 89° on our porch now. I miss you like eveything, dear, and just hated to have you leave yesterday. It always seems that just when we are having a good time you have to leave or something happens to separate us. I hope that some day soon we can just

be together all the time. You sweet old thing the more I see you and the more I am with you the more I love you to death. Don't you ever think for one minute, dear, that I do not love you, because you do think that sometimes, and I don't want you to.

Have been washing my hair this morning. It feels so nice and clean now. The water is so lovely down here that it is a pleasure to wash your hair.

After you left yesterday Aunt Isabel, Mother, Don, & I played "Bridge". After dinner

we all went over to Breed's. They asked Don down too. Maybe they are trying to get Don for Florence. Can you imagine it dear. [Ma - crossed out] We played "Bridge" over there. When we got home everybody was in bed. The folks came home earlier than Mabel and I. I happened to be in the bathroom and what should I see but a [bath - crossed out] bat in there. Luckily the door was open and it flew out. I was petrified for a few minutes. I am always so afraid of one getting in my hair.

I suppose we will go swimming this afternoon

Wish you were going with me, dear. We had more fun yesterday. The next time you come down we will go in again.

Artie and Horace got home from Big Basin about dinner time last night. They said altogether they walked 25 mi. They killed a rattle snake and brought home the rattles which consisted of five.

Well, sweetheart, be a good dear boy. Florence is waiting to take this up to the P. O. for me. I want it to go out on the 1:30 train.

Lots of love, Mar.