Feb 23d /65

Mary I had a queer dream about you last evening and its so queer that I shall send it to you hoping it never will come to pass. I will write it just as near as I can rember.

 

I thought I came home on a visit and went to your hous and invited you to atend a Ball with me and the reply you made to me was that you wer not able to go and said to me You can go. I told you I dident want to go unless I went with you & you spoke up & said well if you go atall you will go without me. I guess it's a pritty story if I have got to be tied to your heels evory time you want to go or do go any wheres. Next I could rember was Bill and I stood talking in the Ball room and who should we see pop in but Mollie and a young fellow that I never saw before. I then asked Bill who that was and he sais some Rowdy I dont know who 

 

I thought you danced & went into the Parlor and sat down in his lap and I went in sat down and sat a spell to see if you wouldent speak to me. but you never noticed me untill I went to leave and then you jumped up and sais Good Evening Eaf. I thought you said you want comeing to the dance to night and I got a good chance and have come. I sais Mary this is no place or time to make that excuse and I dont want you to come round in any such way and jumped into the buggy and started for home then I thought I was to your hous sitting by the stove and you came out the other room and sat down by me & sais Eaf did you have a good trip. I sais yes midling then you sais I am sorry I dident go with you to the Ball 

 

I sais now mary what is the youse of making any such excuse as that when I saw you there with the fellow that stole my Overcoat. You says Eaf Brown you are a lyer and I always knew it. I sais Mary you are not the girl I thought you wer. then you commenced crying and sais Dear Eaf that misserable ruffin got me drunk on sider and has ruined me for life. Oh Eaf I cant ask you to forgive me and I then waked up feeling verry down hearted and sad but soon found twas nuthing but a dream. now mary write where you wer that night & let me know all about the case. now dont you think that was queer and I believe it is the longes I ever dremp and remberd. But I know it never can come to pass.

 

Dont let any one see it for pitty sake burn it up. 

Rember well and bear in mind

That a true friend is hard to find

But when you find one just & true

Change not the old one for a new.

                                                E E B

 

Remember me ever in kindness I pray

Forget me oh! never, when far far away

                                                Eaf.

True Love can ne'er forget,

Fondly as when we met,

Dearest I love the yet,

My Darling One, M—y

 

Mary Remember Me when

All this You See

for it is now writen

By Ephraim B.

 

Now Mollie dont let any one see this for it isent often that I stick in such trash

Excus Your Dear Friend for his poor mistakes and so on

                                    I am Ever Your

Lover.              mary I rather you would not work out. I can send you some money in a little while I will close now hoping to hear from you soon

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