Letter: Mary D. Bacon to Mr. Lovering, [1879] (page 2)

some fresh flowers and
a little cross of imortelles
and placed all these.
I was greatly grieved to
find on re-visiting the
spot the other day that all had been
taken away. I had carried
again before seeing you
on Thursday a wreath of
immortelles with some
fresh roses and placed
both upon my daughter's

grave. There is no reason
why the wreath should not be
there through the Winter's snows,
but I cannot now help having
the feeling that what I carried—
going from all this distance—
to put there myself, is probably
already taken away.

I would
be very glad to hear from
you about this —and also to