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but there will come to dear Mrs. Crocker
and to the children the after consolation
that is sure to come to all who look for comfort from
the Giver and Source of all our joys and blessings of
life, the comforting thought, that God only separates
them for a very short time they are fast journeying
towards the same country, to be reunited never
to suffer sickness and death again. It seems very
sad to contemplate the changes that have occurred
in the rail road association with which we
have so long been connected, only Mr. Hun-
tington and my husband left here of the original
number. I pray to my Heavenly Father to make me
submissive to "His Will" and so influence Mr. Stanford
and myself that whatever cross He puts before us
we will see it through the cross that Jesus bore
for us and it will enable us to bear all bravely.
there will be an end and then comes Joy peace and a
closer walk with the loved ones gone before.
I saw in the Cal papers that Tim had gone East and
I hope his meeting with his mother was all his good heart
could wish for. I saw Mrs. Searle the day before we
sailed for Europe, but only for a few moments, as I found
her lawyer and Mr. Stanford engaged with her. She
expected to be in Cal this winter, and I am hopeing [sic]much
from it. The old associations will I hope be revived, and your
attentions and the sight of the dear baby, with the [manly cure?]
course of Tim's life all are not for nought - be willing to bear
and forbare, life never runs smoothly with anyone and you have
much to be grateful for - ever your true friend Jane L. Stanford.