Lübbecke i/Westfl.
Osnabrückerstr. 16
Sept. 7/33
Dear Earl,
It seems as though the world is still full of surprises. I have actually got around to writing to you. Although my correspondence goes into slow motion now and then, I do manage to squeeze in a few minutes here and there and write an epistle. However, you don't need to think that I'm going to take all the blame for this slow motion writing. I actually received three letters today which are the first in three weeks. You people are evidently fulfilling a mission yourselves. What?? Just what kind of a mission you are fulfilling is something I don't know unless you are all preaching against the 18th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. At any event, "Tut-Busse" is the motto by taking up the pen and ink.
How are you anyway? I think the last time I heard or rather saw you was on some pictures of you and your girl taken in the mountains and now I hear you're budding into our competitors affairs by trying to enviegel their daughter into your hand. Is that right? Ha-cha, she must be OK then, because the other one looked good enough for me. What are you trying to do? Keep them all aguessing? Either you are playing the Mexican Athlete (bull thrower) or Drug store gigolo around the town.
How is everything in the pill rolling business?? I presume you are getting about ready to take the Arizona State board of Phcy. What are your plans in that line?? If you pass the board, I presume that for the present, your school days are over. I guess this seems quite funny not having to have your head in a school book of some sort. With me it still seems as though I'm in school. However, instead of having to wrestle with cats and teachers, I'm having to wrestle with this abominable language so that I can teach pupils. Lately, I have been thrown pretty well to myself. I am practically working alone in that my companion has taken over the duties of the Bielfeldt district which leaves all of the Lübbecke and Minden branch affairs into my hands. He has been out of town so much that I have to do all my traveling and preaching alone.
For the past three days, we have been busy changing meeting houses. We had to put on our old clothes and move all of our furniture, stoves, books, etc. out of one building into another one. After that was all done, we invited all the missionaries of the district to our dedication meeting which we held last night. During the day, we held a missionary meeting, there being only one American missionary there besides me. Having to work with these Heinies over here has certainly turned me native. I went into Hanover a couple of weeks ago and could hardly speak English with the boys there. If this keeps up, I'll have to stop off somewhere on my way home and brush up on the stuff before I'll be able to preach to them over there at home. It is a great life Peck, you really don't know what you are missing.
Well, it is getting around my bed time so I'll shut this thing up.
Lots of love and success,
Clarence
(Handwritten notation on left side: "Du sollst nicht so faul sein mit Ihrer Schreibung. Ich habe mich öfters gewundert of du immer noch ein Ding des Dasims seist oder icht." In other words she hasn't written me."
Translation: "You're supposed to be not so lazy with your case. I've wondered often of you always still were a thing of as [?] or duty. In other words, she hasn't written me."
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