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MyDearMissWood:Iamsorryaboutthis。Myplanwasdifferent。
Itwastogetoverforaridewithyouaboutnoworsooner。ThisyearSpringisearly。Thesnowisofftheflatsthissidetherangeandwherethesungetsachancetohittheearthstrongalldayitisgreenandhasflowerstoo，agoodmany。Youcanseethembobandmixtogetherinthewind。Thequaking-aspsdownlowontheSouthsideareinsmallleafandwillsoonbetwinklingliketheflowersdonow。IhadplannedtotakealookatthiswithyouandthatwasabetterplanthanwhatIhavegottodo。
ThewaterishighbutIcouldhavegotoverandasforthesnowontopofthemountainamantoldmenobodycouldcrossitforaweekyet，becausehehadjustdoneithimself。Wasnotheafunnyman？YououghttoseehowthebirdshavestreamedacrosstheskywhileSpringwascoming。Butyouhaveseenthemonyoursideofthemountain。ButIcan’tcomenowMissWood。ThereisalotformetodothathastobedoneandJudgeHenryneedsmorethantwoeyesjustnow。IcouldnotthinkmuchofmyselfifIlefthimformyownwishes。
ButthedayswillbewarmerwhenIcome。Wewillnothavetoquitbyfive，andwecangetoffandsittoo。Wecouldnotsitnowunlessforaveryshortwhile。IfIknowwhenIcancomeIwilltrytoletyouknow，butIthinkitwillbethisway。IthinkyouwilljustseemecomingforIhavethingstodoofanunsurenatureandagoodnumberofsuch。DonotbelievereportsaboutIndians。Theyarestartedbyeditorstokeepthesoldiersinthecountry。Thefriendsoftheeditorsgetthehayandbeefcontracts。IndiansdonotcometosettledpartslikeBearCreekis。Itisalleditorsandpoliticianists。
Nothinghashappenedworthtellingyou。IhavereadthatplayOthello。Nomanshouldwritedownsuchathing。Doyouknowifitistrue？IhaveseenoneworseaffairdowninArizona。Hekilledhislittlechildaswellashiswifebutsuchthingsshouldnotbeputdowninfinelanguageforthepublic。IhavereadRomeoandJuliet。ThatisbeautifullanguagebutRomeoisnoman。I
likehisfriendMercutiothatgetskilled。Heisaman。IfhehadgotJuliettherewouldhavebeennofoolishnessandtrouble。
WellMissWoodIwouldliketoseeyouto-day。DoyouknowwhatI
thinkMontewoulddoifIrodehimoutandletthereinslack？Hewouldcomestraighttoyourgateforheisahorseofgreatjudgement。(“That’sthefirstwordhehasmisspelled，“saidMolly。)IsupposeyouaresittingwithGeorgeTaylorandthosechildrenrightnow。ThenGeorgewillgetoldenoughtohelphisfatherbutUncleHewie’stwinswillbereadyforyouaboutthenandthesupplywillkeepcomingfromallquartersallsizesforyoutosaybigAlittleatothem。Thereisnonewshere。Onlycalvesandcowsandthehensarelayingnowwhichdoesalwaysseemnewstoaheneverytimeshedoesit。DidIevertellyouaboutahenEmilywehadhere？ShewasventuresometoanextentI
havenotseeninotherhensonlyshehadpoorjudgementandwouldmakenofamilyties。Shewouldkeeptryingtogetinterestinthetiesofotherstakingchargeoflittlechicksandbantamsandturkeysandpuppiesonetime，andshethoughtmostanythingwasanegg。Iwilltellyouabouthersometime。ShediedwithoutfamilytiesonedaywhileIwasbuildingahouseforhertoteachschoolin。(“Theoutrageouswretch！“criedMolly！“Andhercheeksturneddeeppinkasshesatalonewithherlover’sletter。)
IamcomingthefirstdayIamfree。IwillbeahundredmilesfromyoumostofthetimewhenIamnotmorebutIwillrideahundredmilesforonehourandMonteisuptothat。AfterneverseeingyouforsolongIwillmakeonehourdoifIhaveto。HereisaflowerIhavejustbeenoutandpicked。Ihavekisseditnow。ThatisthebestIcandoyet。
Mollylaidtheletterinherlapandlookedattheflower。Thensuddenlyshejumpedupandpressedittoherlips，andafteralongmomenthelditawayfromher。
“No，“shesaid。“No，no，no。“Shesatdown。
Itwassometimebeforeshefinishedtheletter。Thenoncemoreshegotupandputonherhat。
Mrs。Taylorwonderedwherethegirlcouldbewalkingsofast。Butshewasnotwalkinganywhere，andinhalfanhourshereturned，rosywithherswiftexercise，butwithaspiritasperturbedaswhenshehadsetout。
Nextmorningatsix，whenshelookedoutofherwindow，therewasMontetiedtotheTaylor’sgate。Ah，couldhehavecomethedaybefore，couldshehavefoundhimwhenshereturnedfromthatswiftwalkofhers！
Itwasnotevenanhour’svisitthattheVirginianwasabletopayhisladylove。Butneitherhadhecomeahundredmilestoseeher。Thenecessitiesofhiswanderingworkhadchan
