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all they expect to have
Isn't that good?

There are some texts in
Isiaih [sic] I am very fond of
too. I am sure you know
them, but I have found them
such a comfort I cannot
help speaking about them.
Isaiah 40:29-31 and
Isaiah 41:10.

Speaking of Dr. Hale
reminds me of the death
of his son. Was it not
very sad? I thought you
would feel for him very
much.

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Miss Dawes

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Nov. 13, 1895

My dear Mrs. Stanford-

I have been trying to
write you for so long
without finding any opportunity
to do so, but I think
I would better embrace this
opportunity of a little leisure,
although I do not quite
know where you are. If
the news papers are to be
believed, you are in the East.