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very much better news from both.
Then the "our young man friend from St.
Louis for a week. How about that? Did
you have a right nice visit? I hope so.

Why dear, I am ashamed to see what
you say about Bella Skelly. You ought to
have had an answer to that of only a p.c.
but I did not remember it. No, I did not
get them. I could not so you had better
send her stamps. As your letter came here,
I had no chance to go after receiving it.

Write me when you can. I am always
glad to hear from you. Oh, if you
only could see out my window. No sea,
but lawn and woods and winding road. Then,
way across the beautiful lake to the mountains beyond,
one beyond the other, the
lake winding in between. But I
just must stop. Miss Thomas & Miss
Nannie would both send you a special
message if they know I was writing, but
they are down by the lake. And as for your
"Mudder," she sends you her love and many
a hope and prayer that all may be well, now
and always, with her beloved "daughter Edith."