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# 936 Mall Ave.

Washington, D. C.

My dear Mrs Stanford:

Will you accept
a line of love & sympathy
from one who admires
you? I too, have suffered,
therefore, know how to under-
stand & appreciate your
great sorrow. Wish I
could make this pen utter
the words of love with
that warmth & depth of
feeling I could speak them,
- but when smitten they
seem as meaningless &
hollow as three words
spoken by the "Fashionable
Society" at one of your

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know that it beareth
this prayer from one.
May God in his own way,
lead the [sic] to a bright &
happy life.

With love & sympathy

Mrs J. R. Hayes