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Burton Jay Smith and Willametta Turnepseed letters, April -August, 1942
1942-06-28 Page 7 #1
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strictly uncommon. You said last week that I seemed so positive we'd not fall in love - I was simply afraid to admit to myself that it had already happened to me. I know now that when you first stepped off the train in Springfield that you stepped straight into my heart. But I've only come to realize it in the past month. I had been refusing substitutes for so long that I didn't recognize the genuine article when it came along. I was lucky you had more brains than I and wasn't easily discouraged. - XX - XX
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strictly uncommon. You said last week that I seemed so positive we'd not fall in love - I was simply afraid to admit to myself that it had already happened to me. I know now that when you first stepped off the train in Springfield that you stepped straight into my heart. But I've only come to realize it in the past month. I had been refusing substitutes for so long that I didn't recognize the genuine article when it came along. I was lucky you had more brains than I and wasn't easily discouraged. - XX - XX
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