Tuesday noon

Dear Mavis,

It is raining hard here now, so I have nothing to do but answer that Air Mail letter I received this morning. For some reason I was very anxious to get it.

Unless you think it necessary and proper I do not care to send out any invitations myself, but I can do so if you think it is best.  Ray wants you to save one of the invitations for him. He went to Clarksdale with me Sunday night. I carried Zora there to start work. Louis did not come to Pace with him Sunday. Her mother was sick. We plan to go to Vicksburg Thursday. Hope I do not have too much work to do. If it keeps on raining like it is now I will have plenty of time.

I am going to Cleveland this afternoon - have several things to do over there. Will go by and see if Mr. Adkins has the house plan made. Freeman's house plan is on a piece of paper a yard square so I could not send it in a letter.

It is all right with me to go to Washington after the wedding. I will not be hard to please about that part of it. The people I have talked to about going to Washington seem to think we will need hotel reservations at any of the hotels, for they are so crowded, but I believe you have a brother and cousin there. Tell your Dad I am getting very angry with you. You are very changeable. I hope you will not always be changing your mind about so many things, but I will take the blame for I started it.

My family have no objection to me marrying you, for they like you very much. They just can't bear the idea of me marrying anyone. I think they feel that I will neglect them altogether. They are wrong about it.

There is an interesting article in the "Look" magazine - it deals with the "Bride and Groom to be". It was interesting to me. It was in the August 26th issue.

With lots of love,

Ruel