Dinner

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Dinner

My name is Jasper Whitlock. I am about 17 years old. I was born in 1843. I am 6'3; I have blond hair and green eyes. I have one a younger sister, Elizabeth she is 16 years old and has blond hair and green eyes: the same as me. I have to protect her no matter what. I live in Texas. I will write more later

Later at dinner. As normal my mother made me and my sister dinner and my father (makes me call him sir) was late. And they fought again. But today they weren't fighting about sir being late; I caught most of their conversation. But this is how it went:
Elizabeth has to get married soon it's not normal for a girl her age to be single. Said my mom
Mary, sir said, she will get married I have already pick a boy out for her.
HOW CAN YOU PICK SOMEONE OUT WITHOUT TELLING ME?
HE IS A FINE YOUNG MAN AND HE WILL MARRY HER!
I took my sister upstairs before she heard the conversation. I told her she needed to work on her studies to become a teacher, which was her life long dream. I have to study every day but I am forced to put my studying aside to help my sister. Sir is angry... again. Its not like that's not ordinary he finds something to be mad about everyday. He's mad because he believes I should not be studying and I should go in the war. I will go join in when my sister leaves; I cannot leave her in the middle of her study because my parents don't know the material. My parents have to tell us something I hope it's not about my sister getting married.
Good bye, jasper

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