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#2067: Willa Cather to Roscoe Cather [March 1, 1912]

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⬩W⬩S⬩C⬩

Just "Virginia Cather4," do, do call her that! I hadn't thought of it, but it's just right. I began to weep when I read that in your letter, partly because I am weak5 still and partly because the idea seemed to me so pretty and satisfying. I shall have that put on her cup as soon as I am well enough to go shopping. I shall feel then that I have a share in her too, for mother6 and I are so much alike. The older I grow the more I realize it. Only I don't believe I could have done her job half so well as she did.

Lovingly Willie
Mr. Roscoe Cather1 Lander3 Wyoming MADISON SQ. STA. N.Y.2 Mar 1 1912 6:30 PM Mar 4 1912 10 PM