Letter from Carter Dalton to Linnet Moore in which he confesses that he forgot to "check your trunk and have cussed myself over and over for so doing." He tells her about a dam that washed away killing nine men in Austin, Texas. He asks Linnet's advice on answering a letter from a woman. He wants to keep her as a friend, but not encourage her to think he wants more from the relationship. He say that he is thinking about going "to the Territory" next summer.

Letter to "My dear little girl" in which the author says that arrangements have been made to pick up the woman's trunk. The author (Claude White?) writes that he has had a headache and misses her. He says that his grandfather approves of their love.