May 1st 39.W. 9th St.  My dear Miss Booth:  I hope I shall not disgust you by sending this story for approval, for although I have tried to improve it this winter, it is one which I believe I sent you many years ago in more sketchy form,  amp; which was rejected. Hoping you will pardon me if I have hoped 
        hoped too much for the fancy embodied in it, I am truly Yours Rose H Lathrop