My Dear Little Ruth,
Today is Saturday and I suppose you and Mother and John will go to town. It was raining this morning when I got up but it is noon now and the sun is shining bright and it is real warm and I have my window open. I made pancakes for breakfast then I washed the dishes and made the bed, and after that I washed the floor and have everything spic and span for Sunday. If my work is so I can I am going to church tomorrow. I got the package from Mother this morning and those cookies are sure going to taste good for dinner and I am cooking squash and I guess I’ll fry a couple of eggs to go with it. My squash was as big as the one you got and only cost 10 cents and I got 3 bunches of carrots for 50 cents.
I am working a run on Selby-Lake tonight and I chiseled a day run there yesterday so have had 2 good days in a row.
Say Ruth, my squash is most done now and I wish you would hand me the potato masher, as I haven’t anything to mash it with. I saw Uncle Bill the other day and they are all well and Mary Jane and Carol and Richard are all going to school and Billy is still selling vegetables from the truck so they’re getting along all right. Say Ruth, tell Mama to be sure and send “Smokey”, as they have asked me about it at the station. Well I don’t think of anything more to write so by-by with lots of love and here’s a big Kiss.
Daddy.