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I for one was most
woefully disappointed
expecting to find
a garden a retreat
most favored a place
where the king doves
where the bird of
the vicinity all were
glad to gather for shade
and rest amid the
vines and boughs of
the grand old olive
trees - alas my aston-
ishment when we
entered that [ ?]
neglected spot -

young men of our
party came to me
every word every glance
every smile of all these
brave handsome
men Ah what a memorial Mrs Stanford
to me. I went over
all again Did I
ever tell you of my
experience I had in
the garden of
Gethsemane? I with
General Grant and his
party entered and

I for one was most
woefully disappointed
expecting to find
a garden a retreat
most favored a place
where the king doves
where the bird of
the vacinity all were
glad to gather for shade
and rest amid the
vines and boughs of
the grand old olive