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It is needless for me to say I sympathize deeply
with you - even more than laid at the
death of Leland.

For when the son was taken
the father - the husband was left - now
son & husband both have been taken -
truly indeed are you bereft!

But you have the same saving consola-
tion in the death of the husband that you
had in the death of the son - that he too
has simply "departed" - he has not
"perished."

It is now over ten years since I first
met the Governor. All this time he was