_From Robert Simpson, Edinburgh, to Joan Dalgleish, London._
_December_ 15.
Dear Miss Dalgleish,--I send you as promised, when we parted in Skye,
one of my little drawings. I am sorry I have had no time to get it
framed. I am off in ten days to India to resume my work. If you have no
room for this little picture on your walls it will do for a Red Cross
Bazaar.
Hoping to meet you some other summer,
Yours sincerely,
R. Simpson.
_From Joan Dalgleish to Robert Simpson._
_London, December_ 17.
Dear Mr. Simpson,--So many thanks for the drawing of the bay. It will
always remind me of our delightful holiday in the North, and in the
murky days of December it will make me feel again in the fresh air of
Scotland.
With best wishes for a pleasant
journey,
Yours sincerely,
Joan Dalgleish.
_From Joan Dalgleish to Mary Morris, Manchester._
_December_ 23.
Dearest Mary,--I am sending you a little Christmas card, in the shape of
a water-colour drawing with a calendar attached, which can be removed
each year. It will remind you of the fine time we spent bathing and
boating on the Welsh Coast, which I know you people in the North adore.
I have long wanted to send you some token of our days together in that
pleasant land, and, after much searching, here at last it is.
Your affectionate Friend,
Joan Dalgleish.
_From Mary Morris to Joan Dalgleish._
_December_ 24.
Dearest Joan,--What a treat to see that glorious Welsh Coast, that
heaving sea and those sunny cliffs, when I am barely existing in this
gloomy city! _Always_ will this _dear_ scene be in my sight morning and
evening, to remind me of my friend whom I miss _so much_, and of those
grand aspects of nature which we enjoyed together.
With dear love,
Mary.
_From Mary Morris to Miss Eleanor Mendip, Writers' Club, London._
_December_ 30.
Dear Miss Mendip,--It seems ages since we met after your _great_ visit
to Manchester and after that _splendid_ lecture on "Some Aspects of
Nature." I cannot let the New Year pass without sending you a little
picture of our Northern coast as a humble token of my _immense_
admiration for your charming work--the poor offering of a constant
admirer.
Hoping to see you again in our city
and that you will again stay at our
home,
Your affectionate admirer,
Mary Morris.
_From Miss Mendip to Miss Morris._
_January_ 2.
Dear Miss Morris,--Forgive me for not acknowledging before the graceful
tribute of your admiration for my work. I do indeed regard you as a
friend--few girls of my acquaintance have so real a sense of literary
perfection as my dear young friend in Manchester. Always will I cherish
your appreciative gift as a remembrance of my sweet young friend.
Yours affectionately,
Eleanor Mendip.
_From Miss Mendip to the Editor, "Women's Welfare," London._
_January_ 4.
Dear Mr. Scrimbles,--You said you intended to obtain an illustration to
my paper on "Cottage Homes by Western Waters." I can save you trouble
and some expense. I have succeeded in obtaining just the picture you
want. I accordingly enclose it. You can add the fee of 10s. 6d. to my
cheque for the article. I hope it will come out in February.
Yours truly,
Eleanor Mendip.
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"WANTED. Good School-Master, in exchange for Blue Pom dog, 3
months, splendid coat, or sell £1. Approval both ways."
_Welsh Paper_.
Lest our scholastic readers should be incensed at this cynical estimate
of their value we hasten to inform them that this "School-Master" is a
pigeon and not a pedagogue.
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