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[Material represents a folded note, final section (of four) transcribed first]

you feel the same.

My trip to Alaska was one of the most delightful ever experienced - altho' - I have been agreat traveller.

We have taken this house for a month, then after a few stops go on to London, where we remain for Oct. We are travelling quietly - seeing all worth enjoying without fatigue. My little "Stone from Oberammergau" would have been seen by Her Majesty the Queen but for the death of her brother in law. A Queen's messenger brought it to our (underlined) door, a note, in reply to a book sent Her Majesty - If at any time I can serve you or give a word of cheer, do Mrs Stanford call upon me. Yours with truest sympathy - Eugenia J. Bacon
c/o Brown-[unintelligible]

[First section of folded note]

[notation, left corner, top, apparently a date [unintelligible] 16th/93 in handwriting other than that of correspondent]

"Providence House"
West Cowes
Isle of Wight
England -
Aug 27 - 93

My dear Mrs Stanford,

On the train from Tacoma - eastward - I bought a paper - which conveyed to me your great additional sorrow. Had the impulse of my heart been followed a line of sympathy would then have been sent - but your bereavement seemed too sacred to be intruded upon by a stranger. Yesterday