Date Read: 11/12/25

Written by: Alice Jones Rhinelander

Date Written: 5/30/22

660 Ely Avenue
Pelham Manor
May 30, 1922
11:30 P. M.

My Dearest Leonard,

There was a lady hear at Mrs. Alderson, a dress maker, and I had hear make me a pink crepe de chine beautiful lace set if I thought I would come out to see you sometime to have, but I layed them in my trunk. So one day she was over hear, and she saw them in my trunk when I had my trunk open. She asked me who gave you these or where did you get them. I said right away, Leonard sent them to me from San Francisco. So when you write to me, ask me in the letter if I received the .... set what I sent you. I hoped you did, because I try and get all of their .... especial Emily and Grace. So do not forget.

Leonard, how could you spoke to me about other girls on board, And to think what I have gone through for you, and what I would yet to come for you. Do you think, for a minuet, if I had not loved you I would have stayed in N. Y. and lived like a married woman with you. I could not helped it. first place I felt very unhappy for you second I loved you. And I hope you are going to reward me for it in making you happy. Love its a terrible thing Leonard and you no. I have always tried to make happy and I hope you will always love me for it, for what I have told you. I pray and hope every night, I wished Len, you was my husband, what things I would tell you, and make you happy, but I do not want to tell you yet because, I do not own you yet. But when I do dear, I shall tell you.

I often wish you and I was down at Antionette again, but I am afraid we will never see it any more. I do not want to go to a hotel any more what we should have Len, our own little house and we could go up whenever we wanted.

I hope dear this letter will cheer you up now. And hope you have gotten over our agony dear. I am very sorry, which I will admit but when I wrote that Leonard, I was terrible blue, lonesome, broken. So please .... it. As I have been on the straight path from the day, I started to go with you. Well dear I am tired--its getting, twelve o'clock. I shall write tomorrow. Love as Ever. Your forever

ALICE

NYDN, 13 November 1925, 6.