March 14, 1943 (mailed March 15) - From Northampton

Sunday Evening [March 14]

Dear Mother,

I found your letter about the suit when I got back to the hotel. I had hoped that all that business would not come up.

Of course I think that we can trust Hanna's judgment. If he thinks we should pay or he can get a compromise of any sort I think I have enough money in my account to cover it. Use that money and do not touch your own. I should not need anything since our expenses are small.

What did Uncle Russ and Grandpa say? And Allie?

It would certainly please me to hear that I couldn't be sued because I was in service. Hana [sic] could make an eloquent plea.

Now - let Hana [sic] do the worrying. There is enough to pay him and the charges, too and if we meet that will be the end of it. We knew we ran the risk when we bought the paper [Perrysburg Journal].

I must get ready for lights out - I wish I knew for sure everything was all right at home and what you did today while Peep and I had fun.

Love,
Caroline

NOTES:

1. Caroline and her mother owned, wrote for, and published the Perrysburg Journal. It appears that the Journal was being sued by someone - perhaps for libel? - and they hired Hanna, a lawyer, to represent them. Today (2012) there is a law firm in nearby Bowling Green, Ohio, Hanna and Hanna.

2. After her father, Edward's, death in 1935, Caroline felt responsible for both her mother and her younger sister Peep's well-being.

3. The return address is smeared as if drops of liquid had fallen onto it.