To Bertha from Frank Butler – Approx. date
Two men sat dangling their legs on the _____ of Monterey’s new log inn.
One of them was the inn keeper himself and looked the part. Joshua (pronounced josh-ua-y) Chamberlain _____ and gray haired (and about sixty) _____ record who was his son, also Joshua, slim, dark and wiry cleaning looking, probably not one, _____, greased but with the lined, worn face of the _____ _____ _____. At the moment was engaged in whittling a stick…
…_____ he inferred that they hadn’t been there long apparently.
“Been looking for you for quite a spell, son” the ______ was saying. “But I collected you’d had _____ _____ pretty _____ summer with the layin’ and all the grain ____ put in. Doing pretty well, are they?”
Well, I can’t complain. ______ is looking fine – onto high as your shoulder – leads full, two _____ widdling. _____ good. Everything’s _____ first rate but the fact I’ve got more work than I can ______ put up with. _____ _____.