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Carroll Steinbeck letters to Evelyn Burton, March-July, 1945
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mail. I had sixteen letters. Nearly all of them from the folks. However, I did have two from you and boy was I glad to get them. The one was written in Richland and the other was from Davenport. The news in them was fine, but the part I liked best was the picture. Boy oh boy is it good! Cripes, I knew you were darned pretty, but when I saw it I felt like walking home, water or no water. Gee whiz, what a trade of pictures that was. I send you an "off the record" shot of myself and get back what looks like the "Grand Prize." Evelyn, I'm not kidding, it was wonderful. I decided all this from the little picture but when I . came back a little while later and found the big picture, well its just a wonder you didn't hear me let loose. Wonderful, Wonderful, thats all I can say. Not only is the
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mail. I had sixteen letters. Nearly all of them from the folks. However, I did have two from you and boy was I glad to get them. The one was written in Richland and the other was from Davenport. The news in them was fine, but the part I liked best was the picture. Boy oh boy is it good! Cripes, I knew you were darned pretty, but when I saw it I felt like walking home, water or no water. Gee whiz, what a trade of pictures that was. I send you an "off the record" shot of myself and get back what looks like the "Grand Prize." Evelyn, I'm not kidding, it was wonderful. I decided all this from the little picture but when I . came back a little while later and found the big picture, well its just a wonder you didn't hear me let loose. Wonderful, Wonderful, thats all I can say. Not only is the
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