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and everlasting joy. [?]
grief with her comparitively
light. I cannot speak of
Tish [?]. May God help him
if he is called to bear this
great trial so soon &
my dear Judy & Grasy [?] too.
I will not write Mama until
Monday - but first thank
you all from my heart
for your goodness to the
dear child. She has [?change]
[?] one that had
to be taken care of. I could
have gone to her at once had
I followed my own [ ? - looks like: milicatrus]
but my duty kept me home