Camp 71^st O.V.V.I

                                                                                    SanAntonio Texas Oct 27/65

 

Dearest Mollie

                        Your kind and most welcome favor of the 1^st has been received and read with the greatest of pleasure and its contense highly appreciated for you know Dear that I am ever happy to hear from you yet the last letter I received from you gave me more real happness than any one I have read for a long long time for you know you was unwell when you wrote the one before this and I have been uneasy aversince untill I received your letter last evening. do not think me trying to flatter you Mollie for you know I have told you that I love you and with me to love is no dying passion but an everlasting and unchangeable affection that will continue to grow warmer so long as my / heart continues to pulsate. blieve me dear Mollie I will never be happy again untill I am with you and that absence instead of conquring Love strenthens it evry day I am away from you I can feel my Love for you increasing but I fear I am allowing my heart to run away with my pen or pencil hopeing you will not think me trifleing with you I will drop this subject Mollie I fear you made quite a mistake in the letter or in a part of your last letter to me for I do not recolect of stoping at Newport and I am quite shure my name is not Jennie. Well I will not tell any one of it so you must not feel bad about it I have erased the sentence and so it is all over now I am vary sorry you have been troubled with the tooth ache but I hope you will be well of it by the time you receive and answer this sorry you lost your teeth but you / know you can get a new set and the next time you want to go to Dayton you shall go providing are a good little girl I hope Mollie I hope you will not think of that little quarrel we had for I think we was rotten out of employment when we was writing about politics dont you I now must bring my ill composed note to a close for the bugle sounds for parade and the men are awaiting for me Please excuse the pencil for the wind shake my tent so I canot use my pen. Remember me to Lide and Aunt and write soon to Webb if worthy

 

P S have you forgotten late photo you was to send to me Please send it by next mail wont you Mollie Good By

                                                Ever your Webb

                                                            to M. J. M.

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