[O Bouligny? [Mississippi?] to [Mrs. A. W Smyth?] [New Orleans?]

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Document ID 9902176
Date 17-06-1890
Document Type Letters (Emigrants)
Archive B. O'Reilly
Citation [O Bouligny? [Mississippi?] to [Mrs. A. W Smyth?] [New Orleans?];Copyright Retained by Brendan O'Reilly; CMSIED 9902176
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                       Pass Christian

                                17 Juin. 1890

     Chere Nato
                J'ai recu ce matin,
ta lettre du 12 ; je suis desole de voir
que tu n'as pas plus de courage moral
pour supporter les epreuves de la vie.
Tant que tu te commence ta chere
petite fille, je le remerciercie de ce
rayon de soleil, qu'il [repond?] sur
mon chemin, dans ce monde de
miseres et de tribulations ! Ca te
rappelles " qu'elle t'a dit, lorsque
je suis partie ; ce que tant qu'elle
sera pres de toi, tu ne seras jamais
si seule " J'espere que tu surmontera
cet esprit de decouragement et que tu
verras la vie,[sous?] un jour moins
triste. J'ai fait demander a Mde
Chorpe si elle etait toujours decidee
a ne pas prendre de [pansionniency?],
hier au soir pour [mefuire?] les [atticiell?].
I'examen de l'Institut lui le 29 de ce mois;
je pense qu'il y a un desagrement entre
M. Meger et la principal, car elle
ne revient pas, l'annee prochaine.
           Adieu, ma fille chere,
j'espere que ta prochaine lettre sera
moins decouragee, et que tu penseras
a ta vielle mere, qui t'aime tant,
et a ta chere petite fille, que m'a
que toi en ce monde, et qu'elle
te donnera la courage dont tu
as besoin, pour supporter les
epreuves de cette vie reponds moi
de suite, ecris moi souvant, car quand
je n'ai pas de tes nouvelles, je suis
si inquiett-. Embrasse bien ma
chere petite fille pour moi, et pour
toi, ma fille cherie, mille fois
de coeur, de ta mere qui t'aime
si tendrement. O. Bouligny
Les jumelles t'embrassent.
elle m'a fait dire qu'Eva avait
beacoup etudie, et qu'elle aller
a la campagne chez sa mere, pour
lui donner un arrangement d'air
Si tu te decidais a venir a la Passe
je pourrais m'informer d'une
pension ; je pense comme toi,
qu'un voyage, est une chose
infaisable ; l'argent que cela te
couterait ; tu le paierais trop cher
plus tard ; ce serais d'autres chagrin
et d'autres privations et des reproches,
sacrifie un plaisir, que te couterait
si cher et que tu regretterait.
  Tout va tres bien ici, la voiture
n'est pas [vivee,?] mais le cheval est
[all right?] ; Mde Tiblier avait un
arrangement, pour qu'un de [Baigor?]
sur la propriete a cote. Mde Norstrop
a louee la maison, a l'ancien
[assacie?] de Braughn ; elle demenage
aujourd'hui, elle est venue me voir
 Mes amities a Mde [Warmath?]



                       Pass Christian
                                17 June 1890
      Dear Nato
                I received your letter
of the 12th this morning ; I am sorry to hear
that you no longer possess the moral strength
to bear the ordeals of life.
As long as you [?] your dear
little daughter, I am grateful for the
ray of sunshine which shines in
my path in this world of troubles and
tribulations !
Remember what she told you when
I left ; " as long as she
is close to you, you will never
be alone " I hope that you will overcome
this discouraged mood, and that
you will see life, [?] a day less
sad.  I asked of Mde
Chorpe if she had still decided
not to take  [her?] [pension?]
yesterday in the evening in order to [?]
[?.] The Institute examination is on
the 29 of this month ; I think
that there is a disagreement between
Wm [William?]. Meger and the Principal for
she did not come back the following year.
          Adieu my dear daughter,
I hope that your next letter will be
less discouraged, and that you [will think?]
of your old mother who loves you,
and your little daughter who
has only you in this world, and that
that gives you the courage you
need, in order to bear the
ordeals of this life; reply
straightaway, write to me often, for when
I don't have any news from you, I am
so worried. Kiss my dear
little daughter for me, and to
you, my dear daughter a thousand [kisses?]
from the heart, from your loving mother.
Tenderly. O. [Olivier?] Bouligny

The twins send kisses.
she wanted me to say that Eva had
studied hard, and that she was going
to the countryside to her mother's house
in order to take in the air.
If you decide to come to the Passe
I will be able to find out about
board and lodgings ; I think, like you
that a journey is something which is
infeasible; the money that it would
cost you; you would pay too much
later on; this would be another sorrow,
another privation, and another worry.
Sacrifice a pleasure which would cost you
as much and you would regret it !
  Everything is going well here, the
carriage is not going, but the horse is
all right; Mde Tiblier has an
arrangement, in order to [swim?]
on the adjacent property. Mde Norstrop
rented the house, the former
[?] of Braughn ; she is moving
today, she came to see me.
 My best wishes to Mde [Warmath?]