_Bill._

Your mothers present cost me three seventy seven ($3.77).



_Joli Dame:_

Dont get that confused with Tinkers Dam, Mable. Tinkers Dam is
tecknickle an aint even French. I wish you knew more about these forin
languiges. I always herd a fello could express himself better in French
than anything else. Thats because nobody can understand him an he can
say anything he wants.

The Christmas holidays is over. I spent mine doin Kitchen police. The
only thing what pealed for me Christmas morning was potatoes an the only
thing what rung out was dish cloths. But I guess you aint familiar
enough with the poets to get that, Mable. It shows that I can be funny
an bright though even under adversary conditions. Kitchen police dont
explain what I do very well. I dont walk a beet or carry a club or
arrest nobody or nothin. I just--well I wish that hired girl of yours
could come down an do Kitchen police for a couple of days. She wouldnt
be quitten as regular as she does.

[Illustration: "I SPENT MINE DOIN KITCHEN POLICE"]

[Illustration: "I WISH THAT HIRED GIRL COULD COME DOWN"]

We celebrated Christmas by sleepin till a quarter to seven instead of
hap past six. Only they forgot to tell the fello what blows the horn an