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Conger Reynolds correspondence, March 16-31, 1918

1918-03-19 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 3

later years have taught me that I am apart from them only in experience of a lot of worldly affairs and knowledge of details of one sort and another.  The basic conceptions of life that I learned from them still hold as the most solid and best that I could have.  I know their life is humble and simple, but it has stood the test of years keeping them always content and rewarding them with the consciousness of having made their lives worth while to others.
How clever your surprise party was!  Let the showers pour!  We can use tea towels, cream ladles, and everything else that falls.  I note with interest what  you say about the use that is to be made of the towels.  Of course, I am an expert in handling them, but if you insist, much against my will, I may leave that phase of running the ranch to you.  While you are so engaged, the old man will

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later years have taught me that I am apart from them only in experience of a lot of worldly affairs and knowledge of details of one sort and another. The basic conceptions of life that I learned from them still hold as the most solid and best that I could have. I know their life is humble and simple, but it has stood the test of years keeping them always content and rewarding them with the consciousness of having made their lives worth while to others. How clever your surprise party was! Let the showers pour! We can use tea towels, cream ladles, and everything else that falls. I note with interest what you say about the use that is to be made of the towels. Of course, I am an expert in handling them, but if you insist, much against my will, I may leave that phase of running the ranch to you. While you are so engaged, the old man will