My Dear Mr. Dawson
Kindly al ow one of your countless admirers to express his extreme gratification with the announcement that you will add fiction to your distinguished literary achievements. Your gifts as a writer are so wonderful and fascinating that I look forward eagerly to your work in this new field--and I pray God to prosper you in all good.
Sincerely,
John Marus Haudly
70 Kirkland St., Cambridge
Dec. 26, 1906.
Mr. T. W. Lawson,
Boston, Mass.
My Dear Sir: Allow me to congratulate you on your last move and on your story, "Friday, the Thirteenth".
It is the best yet, not merely as a story but as an eye opener. I can begin to see daylight in spots, where it looks like a remedy and a real one. I can't see how you will work it; but I think I do get a hint, and it holds me tightly.
That story ought to be issued in a cheap (25c) edition in paper, and every man in American ought to read it. The third part is yet to come; but, if I mistake not, it will make us all say "Hurrah!" In this form the facts go home. They were too abstract before. Now they live and palpitate.
Sincerely yours,
[Illegible: H. W. Majorson]
Dowagiac, Mich., Dec 26, 1906.
Mr. T. Lawson,
Boston, Mass.
Dear Sir--
I have just finished reading your second installment of "Friday the 13th."
It is one of the greatest stories I ever read. Your previous articles are good, but this is a wonder. I believe you are sincere and cannot help admiring your wonderful courage + grit in going up against big odds. I have no axe to grind with you, simply think that no matter how big you may be you like to know that what you write is appreciated by the majority of good american citizens. So Here's to you Mr Lawson + I back you to eventual y win. Smash 'em good.
Yours Truly
A. J. Hill.
Grinnel , Iowa, Nov. 3 1906
Thomas Lawson
Boston, Mass.
Dear Sir,
What did "Bob" hear when he picked up the receiver. Impossible to wait one month to find out.
Yours truly,
A. W. Talbott