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Thursday, March 28, 2019

Maria 'worser and worser'

Her handwriting seems to have gotten worse the longer she wrote. Can we interpret this one?

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2 comments:

latecomer said...

very common boy, just like that red haired, freckled face boy of the [??], & that tousled headed [??] of the [??]. [next three words crossed out] From that memorable event, the career of the [??] darling is onward & upward, provided there's anything in him - & if there isn't, all the Gods couldn't avail him one iota. As you have heard, perhaps, Will too long desired a Consul-ship to some point in France. Before going south he filed an application for such a position - But when home, he found his father so violently opposed to having

B. W. Schulz said...

It's 'curled darling' I think. From the practice of letting a young boy's hair grow and curling it with a curling iron.