Letter from Ida to Bluke Jr.

Cousin Terry sent me a copy of a letter she found in some old family papers. It was a letter from Ida Rene Abbott to her nephew Blucher Fletcher, Jr in 1909. It took some time to transcribe the letter, and there are still a few words missing, but here it is:

September 2nd 1909

Dear Bluke,
Your letter received and glad to hear from you. I know you have found it lonely, no one but yourself in the house. Where did sister go. She didn’t want me that is sure. I wrote and told her to let me know what Sunday she was [in] Norfolk, and I would go down for the day. So she got off and didn’t say a word. Yes, Bluke, we will be glad to have you any time. All you got to do is say what Sunday you will come and we willl meet you at the depot. Would love to see you. Write and tell us when you will come. Bring your lady friend along. Will make .... plan for you as possible. It is $1.50 round trip just for the day. Come and stay a week and go back the next Sunday. It is fine up here. You will not want to go back any more. I am going to look for a letter saying that you will come. Love to sister and Bluke and receive a large share for yourself. Let me hear from you at once. Your loving aunt, Ida Abbott

My questions... What caused the estrangement between sisters? Bluke would have been about 19 years old - who was his "lady friend?"

To appreciate what it took to decipher this letter, here is the original: