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PAGE 33. Buxton.
In only a few months to my great surprise I received a letter from Annie Northcutt, asking if she and her sister Shellie could come to Buxton and visit for a couple weeks. To me they were acceptable but from an awkard situation that had turned into a dilemma that had pushed me into a corner with no way out. 
Iva was my reguular girl that I saw nearly every night for the past three years; Gertrude was my Saturday night firl that the courship was kept alive for over two year and Magnolia, the musical girl all most every month or when I felt like hearing some good music well played. the other firls that always enjoyed riding in an automobile were: Ruth; Jennie; Minnie; Leona and Frances: I gave only the first name because there may be some Grand or Great grand ancesters surviving. Up to this time I had been with Iva for three years counting prewar time and some time I stayed overly late around one or two o'clock. This night we are in the parlor or front room which was in the northern part of the house and this was the first time she had ever mentioned close or anything else that she may have needed. She said she was destitute in the matter of close and needed some immediently; and I said I am glad that you mentioned that because I am in the same (fix) as you are and if I fell down tomorrow and broke my neck I would have had to send for the Undertaker and taylor at the same time" We talked low but my voice had to travel through that north room; through the dining room; and make a left turn and go up stairs; turn right into the bed room where Iva's mother was: when she yelled down and said: "If god had expected people to go without close he would have covered them all over with hair or feathers. I did not think that she had the placed bugged but what worried me was wondering if she had heard everything I had said for the last two years. I admitted that she was exactly right so the next day we went to Albia and bought $125.00 worth of clothing. My step mother was in charge of the house and with her permission she thought it would be most enjoyable; I might add that she did not like Iva only on short speaking terms. Annie and shellie came into Buxton on the North Western train and I met them at the station and accellarated them home so fast that they said it was too quick. Shellie selected Earnest Smith a clost friend of mine and that was how we paired off for the duration. The sky was the limit; deuces were wild and everybody did just about what they felt like doing. Young men came to see me that hereinbefore, did not know exactly where I lived. Annie held her ground but I was not sure about shellie. Two weeks passed and another two weeks passed and Shellie had to return and go back to school but Annie was not ready. As a matter of fact a year had passed and she was not yet ready; then another year passed and she was still there. Bertha my step mother was most happy for her to stay as long as she wished but on the third year her sister Mamie came to Buxton to find out why she had not returned home; they had a long talk together of which I know

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PAGE 33. Buxton. In only a few months to my great surprise I received a letter from Annie Northcutt, asking if she and her sister Shellie could come to Buxton and visit for a couple weeks. To me they were acceptable but from an awkard situation that had turned into a dilemma that had pushed me into a corner with no way out. Iva was my reguular girl that I saw nearly every night for the past three years; Gertrude was my Saturday night firl that the courship was kept alive for over two year and Magnolia, the musical girl all most every month or when I felt like hearing some good music well played. the other firls that always enjoyed riding in an automobile were: Ruth; Jennie; Minnie; Leona and Frances: I gave only the first name because there may be some Grand or Great grand ancesters surviving. Up to this time I had been with Iva for three years counting prewar time and some time I stayed overly late around one or two o'clock. This night we are in the parlor or front room which was in the northern part of the house and this was the first time she had ever mentioned close or anything else that she may have needed. She said she was destitute in the matter of close and needed some immediently; and I said I am glad that you mentioned that because I am in the same (fix) as you are and if I fell down tomorrow and broke my neck I would have had to send for the Undertaker and taylor at the same time" We talked low but my voice had to travel through that north room; through the dining room; and make a left turn and go up stairs; turn right into the bed room where Iva's mother was: when she yelled down and said: "If god had expected people to go without close he would have covered them all over with hair or feathers. I did not think that she had the placed bugged but what worried me was wondering if she had heard everything I had said for the last two years. I admitted that she was exactly right so the next day we went to Albia and bought $125.00 worth of clothing. My step mother was in charge of the house and with her permission she thought it would be most enjoyable; I might add that she did not like Iva only on short speaking terms. Annie and shellie came into Buxton on the North Western train and I met them at the station and accellarated them home so fast that they said it was too quick. Shellie selected Earnest Smith a clost friend of mine and that was how we paired off for the duration. The sky was the limit; deuces were wild and everybody did just about what they felt like doing. Young men came to see me that hereinbefore, did not know exactly where I lived. Annie held her ground but I was not sure about shellie. Two weeks passed and another two weeks passed and Shellie had to return and go back to school but Annie was not ready. As a matter of fact a year had passed and she was not yet ready; then another year passed and she was still there. Bertha my step mother was most happy for her to stay as long as she wished but on the third year her sister Mamie came to Buxton to find out why she had not returned home; they had a long talk together of which I know