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Never have I forgotten
your beautiful talks on mother-
hood which I have so often
said were poetry itself.

And the mothers heart that
God blesses some with which
has been so beautifully ex-
emplified in your life, can
always find opportunities of
casting sunshine about the burdens
that ones neighbors are carrying.

I could not wish nor pray
our heavenly Father, for any
greater blessing than that the
path in which my dear little
Ruth's feet shall tread may
be protected and guarded by
your loving friendship.

Should there come a time
when you would enjoy getting
away from the world it would
make me very happy to extend
you a welcome to our modest
cottage home, where you will
be unintruded upon and
Ruth & her mother will do all
in their power to make you
realize how welcome you are;
Even, Queen Victoria visits
her subjects in their lowly
homes and I am your subject
in admiration.

With tender sympathy,

Grace Henderson Mathewson

per T. S. Mathewson

July 5, 1893.