t stringy bites, I pusin plate. t made everyones face gloheir smiles shine.

    After supper, Lucioned for me to come closer, and  as rays of pink sunliging tones were four small envelopes.

    quot;take t; ed, top stone  tters before  to e poucracted but ted y. quot;Merry Cmas, little treasure. Someto get you started.quot;

    quot;So it is Cmas today?quot;

    Luco see if anyone ening. quot;You did not miss it.quot;

    quot;Merry Cmas,quot; I said. And I tore open my gifts, ruining t tters, but t so valuable in and of tgage stub  enclosed, and at reaty, Luco use as rolling paper for tes. t piece of correspondence ter to tor of truman. Cov-ered bot and back ing t scuttled from margin to margin, t paper proved useless. t, I o e bethem.

    Feb. 2, 1950

    Dearest,

    t ment so muco me t I cant understand en since t nigold me t you loved me and I love you too, but still you  ans tters and nobody anselep your  in t of doing  because you told me t you loved me and you ed to let you kno I am not t kind of girl.

    I am t kind of girl leman to beleman.

    Please e back to me or better yet call me on t angry so muc confused, but I  here from you.

    I love you, do you kno?

    Love,

    Martha

    At time, I considered tter to be truest expression of real love t I   to read, for Marte in cur-sive, but tters t resembled printing. tter baffled me more t, but it, too, used only ters of t side of the page.

    2/3/50

    Dear Mother