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Conger Reynolds correspondence, November 1918

Daphne Reynolds to Conger Reynolds Page 1

Honey chile, just another word about joining you over there.  I am wild to go, of course, but unless you are to be kept there for a period of several months after the war, hadn't I better wait right here?  Do you know the RR fare alone is liable to be five cents a mile, and golly! think what steamer rates will probably be, with everyone anxious to go across.  It's not that I don't want to go, beloved.  You understand, surely.  Sometimes I think I can't wait another minute for you, but hadn't we better postpone our little "honeymoon" in New York until some later time?  I'm thinking only of the financial side, sweetheart.  Everything is so high, everywhere.  If I had any prospects of helping out when we got back, I'd go in a hurry, but I don't even know that I can teach privately in Iowa City, tho' everyone says there will be plenty of opportunity.  Please don't discourage this budding spirit of economy because the Lord knows it's time it budded. I've never been half careful about money, and I'm sure you haven't, tho' you probably think you

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Honey chile, just another word about joining you over there. I am wild to go, of course, but unless you are to be kept there for a period of several months after the war, hadn't I better wait right here? Do you know the RR fare alone is liable to be five cents a mile, and golly! think what steamer rates will probably be, with everyone anxious to go across. It's not that I don't want to go, beloved. You understand, surely. Sometimes I think I can't wait another minute for you, but hadn't we better postpone our little "honeymoon" in New York until some later time? I'm thinking only of the financial side, sweetheart. Everything is so high, everywhere. If I had any prospects of helping out when we got back, I'd go in a hurry, but I don't even know that I can teach privately in Iowa City, tho' everyone says there will be plenty of opportunity. Please don't discourage this budding spirit of economy because the Lord knows it's time it budded. I've never been half careful about money, and I'm sure you haven't, tho' you probably think you