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But I must put off all such
sweet pleasures till I have
spent another year out here.
You wish to know some
definite time for our return
as I wrote our dearest dearest
Mother - (and I regret as much
as you can that it must be
so far off) that we would
probably remain out here
till one year from the first
of next month. Tis hard I
know. But we came here to
make money- and it is not
worth while to leave just
when the accomplishment
of that object seems practica
-ble by remaining. So try to
reconsile your self to it my
own loved Sister- and try to
think "one year is not so
much after all". I wish I could think so.