Dear Husband

"Dear Husband:

Come this fall without fail.

I want to see you so much.

That is the one bright hope I have.

If you do not get me,

Somebody else will.

It is said that Master will sell me;

Then all my hopes will fade.

If I thought I should never see you again,

This earth would have no charms for me.

The baby has started to crawl.

The other children are well.

Oh that blessed hour

When I shall see you once more!

You must write to me soon

And say when you can come."