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Burton Jay Smith and Willametta Turnepseed letters, April -August, 1942
1942-06-28 Page 4 #1
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Speaking of those presentiments - I'd be better off if I listened to them more often, for I often had 'em about you, but I didn't believe they could be true. Perhaps it is just as well I didn't "obey that impulse" however, for instead of understanding you'd have thought me bold and forward. For instance, last summer when I visited you at camp - remember? - when it came time to leave it seemed as if I should kiss you goodbye. You probably don't recall that we stood for a moment looking at each other. Had you made a gesture I'd have gone into your arms as naturally as a
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Speaking of those presentiments - I'd be better off if I listened to them more often, for I often had 'em about you, but I didn't believe they could be true. Perhaps it is just as well I didn't "obey that impulse" however, for instead of understanding you'd have thought me bold and forward. For instance, last summer when I visited you at camp - remember? - when it came time to leave it seemed as if I should kiss you goodbye. You probably don't recall that we stood for a moment looking at each other. Had you made a gesture I'd have gone into your arms as naturally as a
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