CEHBates_018

Aug 26th Alameda
727 Paru Street.
California

My own dear Edward –

It was a wonderful comfort
to get your cable message –
I suppose [underlined] it was cabled it
came by wire from New York
saying – "Arrived safely
overseas. Wonderful trip, don't
worry about me. Love. Edward.

While we do not know that
you are much better off over
there – yet it is a comfort
to know you escaped the