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Authors: Susan Leigh Carlton
likes? Your dislikes? Personally, I like being outdoors working. The cold weather in the winter reduces the chance for that, and I get restless. I don’t have much patience with someone content to just slide by. I’m not a perfectionist, but I do believe in giving it my best shot. I also don’t like to associate with those who prey on others
As my ad said, I am six feet two inches tall and weigh 180 pounds. My hair is dark and so are my eyes. I attend the local Methodist Church and count the pastor as one of my best friends. My foreman and I have been friends since elementary school. I recently became friends with one of the local ranchers and his wife. They told me about the newspaper. They have a daughter slightly younger than our little girl. They also have a son from the wife’s first marriage.
I look forward to your next letter. I wish it didn’t take so long.
Yours truly, Number 9206.
* * *
Elmira, New York…
“Amanda, you have some mail,” her mother said, when Amanda came in from school. “It appears to be from your newspaper.
“When are you going to tell your father about this thing you’re doing?”
“When I have something to tell him. Right now, the only things I have are some letters that I may or may not answer.
“Mama, you know I love you and Papa, and I respect you, but you need to understand, I am going to do this regardless of whether you approve. If this continues to be a problem for you, then maybe it would be better if I did move to Mrs. Gill’s Boarding House. At least you wouldn’t be confronting it at every turn. I am a grown and mature woman. This is my decision to make and not yours. I’m beginning to regret having said anything to you about it.”
“Mothers worry, Amanda. That’s all I’m doing. I’m concerned for your safety. Whether you’re here or at a boarding house doesn’t change that.”
“You’re right. I concede your point,” Amanda said. “I’m sorry I spoke to you the way I did. I appreciate your concern, and I won’t talk about moving again. I will tell Papa when the time is right. Now, I hope this letter is from number 9206.”
She went to her room, to read the letter in private.
Good! It’s from 9206. When she read the part about the dictionary, she smiled. He has a sense of humor. The little girl is not a relative! She’s an orphan. What a horrible thing to happen to a little girl, losing her entire family. He seems to be kind and understanding. He had to coax her from under the bed. He’s apparently honest. He protected her interest and set up a trust for her. He’s looking out for her interests. He goes to church, and seems to have plenty of friends. Maybe it would put Mama’s mind at ease if she read this.
“Mama, I think it might help if you read this. It is from number 9206, as I hoped. He seems to be a kind, sensitive person, and honest as well.”
Her mother took the letter and sat at the kitchen table and read it. Then she read it again. She handed the letter back to Amanda. “Thank you for that, dear. It does help. If what he wrote is true, he does seem to be a kind and generous person.” She hugged her daughter. “I hope this works out for you, I really do. I will still worry about it and about you, but reading it makes me feel better.”
“Thank you, Mama. I’m going to answer it tonight, so I can get it in the mail when I go to school in the morning,” Amanda said.
chapter Ten
So Many Questions
Dear Number 9206, What a lovely letter, and what a terrible ordeal for a little girl to go through. She is lucky to have someone so sensitive and generous looking out for her interests. My mother has expressed a lot of concern about the course I’m pursuing here. I understand it comes from her love, so I gave her your letter to read, hoping it would allay some of her fears and it did that. In reading the letter and the problems with the Indians, I assume you are in one of the frontier states, as I know of no other area with
As my ad said, I am six feet two inches tall and weigh 180 pounds. My hair is dark and so are my eyes. I attend the local Methodist Church and count the pastor as one of my best friends. My foreman and I have been friends since elementary school. I recently became friends with one of the local ranchers and his wife. They told me about the newspaper. They have a daughter slightly younger than our little girl. They also have a son from the wife’s first marriage.
I look forward to your next letter. I wish it didn’t take so long.
Yours truly, Number 9206.
* * *
Elmira, New York…
“Amanda, you have some mail,” her mother said, when Amanda came in from school. “It appears to be from your newspaper.
“When are you going to tell your father about this thing you’re doing?”
“When I have something to tell him. Right now, the only things I have are some letters that I may or may not answer.
“Mama, you know I love you and Papa, and I respect you, but you need to understand, I am going to do this regardless of whether you approve. If this continues to be a problem for you, then maybe it would be better if I did move to Mrs. Gill’s Boarding House. At least you wouldn’t be confronting it at every turn. I am a grown and mature woman. This is my decision to make and not yours. I’m beginning to regret having said anything to you about it.”
“Mothers worry, Amanda. That’s all I’m doing. I’m concerned for your safety. Whether you’re here or at a boarding house doesn’t change that.”
“You’re right. I concede your point,” Amanda said. “I’m sorry I spoke to you the way I did. I appreciate your concern, and I won’t talk about moving again. I will tell Papa when the time is right. Now, I hope this letter is from number 9206.”
She went to her room, to read the letter in private.
Good! It’s from 9206. When she read the part about the dictionary, she smiled. He has a sense of humor. The little girl is not a relative! She’s an orphan. What a horrible thing to happen to a little girl, losing her entire family. He seems to be kind and understanding. He had to coax her from under the bed. He’s apparently honest. He protected her interest and set up a trust for her. He’s looking out for her interests. He goes to church, and seems to have plenty of friends. Maybe it would put Mama’s mind at ease if she read this.
“Mama, I think it might help if you read this. It is from number 9206, as I hoped. He seems to be a kind, sensitive person, and honest as well.”
Her mother took the letter and sat at the kitchen table and read it. Then she read it again. She handed the letter back to Amanda. “Thank you for that, dear. It does help. If what he wrote is true, he does seem to be a kind and generous person.” She hugged her daughter. “I hope this works out for you, I really do. I will still worry about it and about you, but reading it makes me feel better.”
“Thank you, Mama. I’m going to answer it tonight, so I can get it in the mail when I go to school in the morning,” Amanda said.
chapter Ten
So Many Questions
Dear Number 9206, What a lovely letter, and what a terrible ordeal for a little girl to go through. She is lucky to have someone so sensitive and generous looking out for her interests. My mother has expressed a lot of concern about the course I’m pursuing here. I understand it comes from her love, so I gave her your letter to read, hoping it would allay some of her fears and it did that. In reading the letter and the problems with the Indians, I assume you are in one of the frontier states, as I know of no other area with
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