My Dearest Nelly:
Many happy returns of the day. So fearful was I that it would
escape your memory, that I thought I would send you this
little trinket by way of reminder, I beg you to accept it and
wear it for the sake of the giver. With love and best wishes.
Believe me ever, your sincere friend,
CAROLINE COLLINS.
_10.--Returning Thanks for the Present._
Louisville, July 6, 1894.
Dear Mrs. Collins:
I am very much obliged to you for the handsome bracelet
you have sent me. How kind and thoughtful it was of you to
remember me on my birthday. I am sure I have every cause to
bless the day, and did I forget it, I have many kind friends
to remind me of it. Again thanking you for your present, which
is far too beautiful for me, and also for your kind wishes.
Believe me, your most grateful,
BERTHA SMITH.
_11.--Congratulating a Friend Upon His Marriage._
Menton, N.Y., May 24th, 1894.
My Dear Everett:
I have, to-day received the invitation to your wedding, and
as I cannot be present at that happy event to offer my
congratulations in person, I write.
I am heartily glad you are going to be married, and
congratulate you upon the wisdom of your choice. You have won
a noble as well as a beautiful woman, and one whose love will
make you a happy man to your life's end. May God grant that
trouble may not come near you but should it be your lot, you
will have a wife to whom you can look with confidence for
comfort, and whose good sense and devotion to you will be your
sure and unfailing support.
That you may both be very happy, and that your happiness may
increase with your years, is the prayer of
Your Friend, FRANK HOWARD.
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