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think the time is close at hand, if not already
accomplished. Arthur has got
to have a home. She is
a woman old enough to have common
sence if she is ever going to have.
Watertown, they wanted, and Watertown
they have got. It was such a delighful
place for moving picture shows and
other entertainments and Arthur
went along, for Arthur needed
a home, poor Arthur.
If Gladys had stuck by her father; but she
didn't; but wrote "Poppa you know I'm
your daughter and you ought to support
me" Support! Yes, support! that is
all they think of or care about.
The money he sends, there never
was as much as a "thank you" for
it. I notice they never ask or say
"when are you coming home". No
that is not what they want. They just
want a machine to pump money from
but they want the machine to keep at a
distance. Now he can smoke the pipe
of peace, and read his book right here
at his own home and the time will
come when he will be on the high
road to success again, better than ever
before if he keeps away from them and
banks his earnings. I dont want him to go
on the road never again but if the
truth was sifted out, without any doubt
in my mind, John is the first instigator or
caused by his own folly in the first place come
all this trouble. Some men ought never to marry