Ruth darling,
I don’t know why you missed getting a letter the day you wrote the note I received today. I surely wasn’t trying to punish you (if not getting one of these miserable things is a punishment). I’ve written every day until yesterday when I wrote twice. The first was burned, and the second torn into small pieces so they couldn’t be sent. I seemed to be able to write nothing I really wanted to say, and to be unable to keep from writing many things I didn’t want to say; therefore, I compromised by not writing at all. This and one more letter will probably be all which will get to Ouray before you leave—or maybe another would get there for Saturday morning’s mail.
It’s good to know you’ll be here in another week. We seem to misunderstand each other so frightfully when we just write, or perhaps you really get to see just how full of cussedness and meanness I really am better than you would if you were here.
They have decided to give me an FERA job this year. I’ll work in chem. just like I did last year. Saw Dr. Shaffer and put that over. Clever, don’t you think? He didn’t even know about the job. That will mean about $125 more for this year. Haven’t heard anything at all about the loan, etc. yet, but I suppose it will be all right. By the way, Dr. Shaffer is talking of kicking us out of Dr. West’s old lab. Says he doesn’t like to have the place tied up just for the work which will be done here this year. I’ll only work 2–3 afternoons a week, he doesn’t know anything about your work, or about any other work. He is so full of notions as the city Sanitarium is full of nuts. I’m certainly glad I got the FERA work straightened out so he’ll have no room to say anything if I get in 33 hrs. a month. He would be a hard person to work for part time.
Sorry y I worry you, yet if I know anything about it anyone who has agreed to marry a person who can be as disagreeable and childish (true, but I hate to be told about it) as I has something to worry about. However, I love you so much I don’t know what I’d do without you, and I hope you won’t change your mind—as you should.
Harold