Lorenzo Swensen (1887-1955) and Beatrice Eloise Wride (1893-1979)
Eloise to Lorenzo, 1915 Mar 14
Sunday, Mar, 14, 15My Dear Lorenzo:-
I was very glad to receive your letter as I don’t know of anything the gives me more pleasure besides talking to you. I have so much to tell you hardly know how to start so if I don’t say much it will be because I forget so easy.
Your letter came last night and of course the pictures, some were fine and I hope the pictures I take from now on will be good.
A bunch of us went up the canyon for a walk to-day and took some pictures, we had a great time, wish you had been along. Reminded me of times up there.
Last night we were all sitting here, and some one knocked and in came Barry. We were certainly surprised as we had not heard a word from him since he got sore, and we felt sure he had gone back to Chicago. Anna had gone to the show, so nothing would do but I should go with him to the show. He certainly received a cool reception from Anna. He has a fine job out by Garfield and gets $90 per month. He likes it fine so may not go east. He is is going back in the morning but no doubt if he stays in Utah we will receive many such calls. I took him to S. L. Also church this afternoon but don’t think he ever will be a mormon but when the sacrament was passed he partook for I really don’t think he knew what it was.
Anna has a date and they have gone to Nell’s top a dutch lunch so Barry is quite ? But I will have him go with me to mail this, then it will go in the morning.
You missunderstood the almost for I surely did not mean it the way you evidently took it. I simply ment I wish it was the boss I could hear say it, for I do wish to go back and it will be a great dissappointment to me at least.
While I was in Provo I wrote to Mrs. Davis and told her I would be ready to go back any time, and haven’t heard a word from her so do you think I should write again. I do not know what is the reason. Have they anyone else in the store? Business seems to be first fine here, seems like it would be picking up every where.
I am very sorry miss D. Feels toward me as she does because I do not know what I have done to her, and I did not know had made any enemies. Perhaps I ought never to go up there again as there may be more who feel the same as she.
Do you remember the Sunday you look the picture with the snake on it? That reminds me of many things I had almost forgotton. The one you sent of yourself alone also Miss Metcalf were evidently taken to-gether. I think they are just fine why did you cut them? You must have looked fine to-gether.
Hattie & her friend and their fellows have come up to spend the evening, she is a popular kid, just fifteen, young don’t you think, but they are little mormons so it doesn’t matter.
I have told you about all I know so will tell about the weather, just grand, spring has come, flowers in bloom, birds sing all the day.
Now dearie I hope you don’t feel as you wrote in your last letter as I certainly would love to go back if for nothing more than to see you, so do write me a longer letter next time than you did last and tell me all the gossip of the old town, and think of me as the same little girl.
Eloise