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2387 S. Lucerne Ave
Los Angeles
May 10/31

Dear Sidney, 

Ralph's telegram has just come with the sad news. It seems terrible that it should have happened to Ralph Jr. who had so much to live for & so many whose hearts were bound up in him. I am afraid it will prostrate Maude & Ralph. Do please write me as soon as you get this & tell me how they are bearing it, and about the accident, for they may not write me for a long time, and meantime I shall be very anxious for further news. I have sent Ralph a letter by air mail to try to express my sympathy for them but a letter can say so little & for grief like theirs there is so little that could be said under any circumstances that would help. It seems to me that death is taking away my relatives so rapidly it frightens me and makes me more anxious than ever to get back there before they are all gone. I don't want to be the "last leaf on the tree," and hope I shall not out live them all. If it weren't for Egbert I should feel that