Clarence Darrow to Ruby Hammerstrom (the future Mrs. Darrow), undated.
Tuesday Evening
My Dearest Darling Ruby
Tomorrow I am going away for two weeks. I would give the whole world to have my darling sweet heart with me. You have no idea how I long for you & how I want you and how determined I am to have you my own precious girl.
Why don't you write? Please send me a letter at once to Quebec, Canada. You had better write your name & address on it for fear of accident but do please do write.
Every day I think of you & every night I want you & fall asleep wanting you & longing for you. I wonder when I will really have you in my arms again.
Ever & Ever Yours.
Clarence met Ruby Hammerstrom in 1899 through mutual friend John R. Gregg. Despite a 16-year difference in age, they married in 1903.
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