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La Jolla, Cal
Dear Uncle Will -
I am enclosing the receipt for the Thousand Dollars which I received a few days ago. I certainly think it was a lovely thing for my brothers and sisters to do, to assign all their interest in Grandpop’s estate to me and I assuredly do appreciate it although I feel that I have no right to it.
I feel that I have already received more than my share of Mothers love and affection especially during these last few years and that the lions share of her fathers estate ought not to come to me also. Sometime I hope to be able to tell you all about her since she last wrote to you, but as of yet I cannot think of her without tears.
In her last illness her thoughts were on the past and she reviewed so often all the scenes of her childhood and recounted many times the trip from Philadelphia to Minnesota and the life on the claim afterward. I know that her love for you was always very great and that you were in her mind up to her last conscious
hour. Dear, dear mother, the savor of life seems to be gone since she died.
I want to thank you for all the trouble you have taken on my behalf and for your assurance of love and affection. There is no one I would turn to quicker in time of trouble than you, Dear uncle Will, and if at any time there is anything I can do for you I shall be most happy to do so.
I wish I might be in Minneapolis for a short time to see you and Hazel and her little one, but am glad to escape the cold weather. Give my love to Aunt Marion and if you ever see Cousin Ella I would like to have you give her my love also.
May sends love and wishes you and Aunt Marion might come to California while we are here.
With many wishes for a Happy and Prosperous Year, I am
Your loving Niece, Bertha