July 10th, 1926
Dearest Ms. Packard,
I hope this letter finds you in great contentment and fine health. Thank you indeed for the past several letters: each have brought me considerable joy! It is rather difficult, I will confess, to explain the ecstasy that encircles me each time I read (and re-read) your beautiful script.
The Great Northwest Rail is a magnificent enterprise! Certainly I am but a laborer on such an endeavor, but I feel such a connection with the drive and inspiration perhaps felt by the gentlemen with who sit at the absolute top of the Union Pacific. Thinking this way, I am rather led to believe, will undoubtedly streamline this sizeable assignment and make the time more effortless in passing. Frankly, I would like to see you again as hastily as possible, and stretching my days and keeping my thoughts fixed upon the tasks direct to my front will expedite such desires.
Nevertheless, dear Suzie, I find my thoughts rerouted to two eyes meeting in the dim light of a lit cigarette, a flash of words exchanged, and commonality: allure in is most ideal state. I simply cannot convey the moments within the lines of such a simple letter, and I find there is no need to.
I have enclosed a photo of the lads and I (healthy looking am I not?) We maintain the various legs of the rail via these handcars, and we often fine ourselves supervised by the mighty, snow-covered mountains to our flanks.
Until such time that we shall meet again in old Brighton’s porches with grasses waving and suns crawling from the horizons…
Respectfully,
--Oscar Talbot
Post Script: Do say hello and please past my regards to May-Cay.
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