Rosedale, Miss
Jan. 9, 1921

Dear Alice

I will try to ans(wer) your letter now. Please don't think hard of me for not writing sooner for you know I could not ans(wer) it till I got it . You see I used to get my mail in the government mail box and the P.M.(Post master) gets my mail mixed up with uncle Sam's mail some times and that is why I didn't get your letter until right recently ...this leaves us in the  (end of copy)

Mrs Vina Hall

Dear sis
I write in ans(wer) to your letter I got a few days ago. Was indeed glad to hear from you. hope this find you well. Well Vina I am glad to know that you have got a --- a --- of mules? a --- or two and a few head of hogs is no drawback. If you are doing well Vina I would advise to stay there but if you are renting land to ---- (over)

Well hope it will find you all the same? So you are trapping for a beaver now --- Well I hope you catch the flat tailed rascal but if you don't catch him come on down here and I will help you catch you(r) coon ----- there is some down here with lips? long enough to snap a ----- off their own ear. I guess you are done picking cotton by this time. Why don't you come down and visit us till time to plow

cotton. This is a cotton country. Why not come down and see us ...........you have got plenty of time before crop time. I have got a nice location two houseboats and a tent. 7 head of hogs, 32 head of chickens, two goats, two good ------ ----- got ----- ------ Dollars ---- by and ---- out of debt and you know I want work, would sure be glad to see you ans(wer) soon
Your old Bud Frank