8PM, Wednesday
Dearest sweetheart:
I am a little tired tonight, and shall go to bed early. I thought that surely a letter would come from you today- a week since I left- but none did. I wish that you were here.
Today I got a letter from V. Bush about my committee. Holmes + I examined the powder press this morning; then I finished writing my letter of suggestions about NH4NO3; and then I read reports. Kisty [?] is due back in a few days.
At noon we drive to a little nearby town and eat lunch at Curry hotel- soup 10 cents, pie 10 cents, coffee 5 cents, etc.- 5 cent tip. Tonight
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we had dinner with Hammett, who has an apartment near our hotel.
We had a good thunder storm this afternoon, with big lightning flashes, and pools of thunder louder than the explosions which are always going off at the station.
Are you making any progress about coming to be with me? I think that you should take the Chief or Superchief, so that you won't be alone on the train so long, and so that you will be here that much sooner.
I hope that Holmes isn't too bored with life here. He is beginning to learn something about powder. At any rate, this is a change for him.
I love you, sweet little wife, and your children too. Your own Linus
August
12, 1942
