The first paragraph of Dart’s one-page, typed letter looks pretty messy, but his fingers must have warmed up because the rest of the page is very neat.

He didn’t write to her after work last night, so she’ll get no letter from him for that day. His work load at school will be extra heavy this week, so he warns that there may be other days with no letters, or, perhaps letters as brief as this one is.

He didn’t wake up in time to get to church this morning. Honest! The several inches of snow that fell overnight had no influence on his decision to skip church!

Even though his love for her is not news, it bears repeating, so he types her a memo:

MEMO

TO:  DOT

FROM: DART

MSG:  I LOVE YOU, DOT.  Very, very much!

He underscores the previous message with three rows of X’s, o’s and *’s.