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Oak Park, Ill. 10 P.M. Tuesday night. Jan 24/96 My dear Grace, — I have just come home from Supt. Pearsons and shall speak with you a little while.— Darling this noon I went to lunch with Mr. Conroy and Henderson, two very fine classmates. — Mr. Conroy is our Poet and the gentleman to whom I have so often alluded as speaking such Excellent English, —after lunch I walked on out to Mrs. Clarks hopeing to receive a letter from you but no, not to day for yesterday two awaited me.— I lost no courage,— but offered up a little prayer trusting you were not ill, so you couldn't write. —And am
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quite content this Evening to speak to you for I am so sure you are always listening to me — By your time between nine and ten at night and by ours between ten and eleven — At that time each evening you can imagine me in my quiet corner, down under my green shaded student lamp, following my pen as I speak to and pray for you.
This evening at the Pearsons followed very soon after my return home from my late eye work, — but I met several cheerful faces, among them Mrs. Niver, who is more than filled with the settlement work for Harlem,— and it is going fine she tells me. — The reading room is already in good running order and boys are anxious GHH 32
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for me to begin with them.— Oh, my dearest, — no one in all that set of teachers is in any way my style or in any respect have the grand combination of character, — "backbone" unselfishness, philanthropy and what to me is my ideal found in you, my own dear one. — You say I am your other self, perhaps I am, — for I see so much in you that I have always wanted to be, and am so positive that God so intended that we are for each other, — I love you so tonight, — that the pillow will suffer I am sure. — You made me very happy
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when you said you and Nautali [Natalie] were having some real good childish semper [soupers ?] together. — This is right, we must keep up our youthful spirits, —
You no doubt remember asking me how many letters you have written me since we belonged to each other. My strong box shows twenty-five notes and letters before you went away and I have received eleven I believe since your departure, to date; I believe I am in receipt of more from you than you from me, at any rate during those Fall days. They did cheer me, each one, — as I looked in our box, seldom to be disappointed.
Now my dear, the Graduating Class list has been posted on the faculty bulletin board and Clarence Edmonds Hemingway is one of the number who is listed for May 27 to receive a degree of M.D. — Good night, Please be with thee GHH32 Your loving, — Claire.
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Miss Grace E Hall, New York City N. Y. #169 East 63rd St. Jan 21st
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