:50:05
"Dear Ma,
I seat myself this evening...
:50:09
"to inform you
that I and Matt are well...
:50:12
"and hoping these few lines...
:50:14
"may find you all
enjoying the same blessings.
:50:18
"We had turnip greens
and pork chops for supper.
:50:22
But, oh, me! Nobody can cook
turnip greens like you, Ma".
:50:26
Matt always says nobody can cook
turnip greens better than me.
:50:30
Sarah can cook 'em as good as anyone.
So can Carrie Sue.
:50:34
"We've been treated mighty nice.
:50:37
"The sheriff says
he never had anybody in here...
:50:40
"who could beat me playing checkers.
:50:44
"Well, Ma, I bet you wish
we were there...
:50:46
"to do some plowing
and laying in fresh meat.
:50:50
Oh, me.! Wouldn't
a squirrel stew taste good?"
:50:54
Yeah. Them boys
were great ones for hunting.
:50:58
"A preacher comes in regular
and reads us the Bible.
:51:02
"I'm fixing to learn me a whole psalm,
if I don't get hung first.
:51:07
"Well, my pen is bad,
my ink is pale...
:51:11
my love for you will never fail.
:51:13
Adam".
:51:22
Sarah, do you suppose you've got
an extra piece of paper in the house?
:51:25
I want to make some notes
while I'm talking to your mother.
:51:28
We ain't got any paper that I know of,
but we got a new almanac.
:51:31
- Reckon you could write on it?
- Almanac? Why, yes, it's just the thing.
:51:37
Carrie Sue, my mouth's beginning to water
for some of those turnip greens.
:51:41
Honest?
:51:42
Do you think there's anything
you can do about that?
:51:44
Yeah! Sarah and me'll
fix some together.
:51:52
Thanks, Sarah.
:51:58
Now, then, suppose you tell me
somethin' about the boys.