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Robert Morriss Browning correspondence to Mabel C. Williams, January-March 1918

1918-02-05 Robert M. Browning to Dr. Mabel C. Williams Page 4

and comfortable. I had a a star on four flags now, as the Church at Minneapolis claims me, and Mother insisted on my sending her one when I told her of their popularity in the Twin Cities.  
I'd like to see the Airedales. My bulldog is still a dream.
Did you ever read Kiplings, "Why give your heart to a dog to tear?"
Your offer of the binoculars is too good. It is wonderfully kind of you but I'll try the Signal Corps again before I accept, for I know how you must prize them. "Owing to the fact that the demands are greater than the muffly (?)," they wrote me requesting that my application be delayed ten weeks.  That was over two months ago, so that I am about ready to try again.  In so that I am not successful, however, and if by any stroke of good luck I might be ordered overseas without any of my own, I will accept your offer most gratefully if you have not by that time disposed of them in some other way. At, present I have no great need of them.
This letter is growing long, but this evening is not crowded and you know how I talk when I get started. I'm much like a jug, you know, a lot at once and then nothing. Don't be smart and say it's nothing anyway, even if it is true. I know it but I like to chatter when I get started.
I'm sorry it's been so long since I wrote that you doubted my existence. But I guess I haven't written since I was home. And I've never even thanked you for the Christmas box! I'm ashamed. The eats were very good and I disposed of them much more gratefully than my silence would indicate. 
I'm awful.
Seriously, I am going to try to lead a better life. Believe me.
Sincerely,
Bob

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and comfortable. I had a a star on four flags now, as the Church at Minneapolis claims me, and Mother insisted on my sending her one when I told her of their popularity in the Twin Cities. I'd like to see the Airedales. My bulldog is still a dream. Did you ever read Kiplings, "Why give your heart to a dog to tear?" Your offer of the binoculars is too good. It is wonderfully kind of you but I'll try the Signal Corps again before I accept, for I know how you must prize them. "Owing to the fact that the demands are greater than the muffly (?)," they wrote me requesting that my application be delayed ten weeks. That was over two months ago, so that I am about ready to try again. In so that I am not successful, however, and if by any stroke of good luck I might be ordered overseas without any of my own, I will accept your offer most gratefully if you have not by that time disposed of them in some other way. At, present I have no great need of them. This letter is growing long, but this evening is not crowded and you know how I talk when I get started. I'm much like a jug, you know, a lot at once and then nothing. Don't be smart and say it's nothing anyway, even if it is true. I know it but I like to chatter when I get started. I'm sorry it's been so long since I wrote that you doubted my existence. But I guess I haven't written since I was home. And I've never even thanked you for the Christmas box! I'm ashamed. The eats were very good and I disposed of them much more gratefully than my silence would indicate. I'm awful. Seriously, I am going to try to lead a better life. Believe me. Sincerely, Bob