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Basingstoke,

June 24.

Dear Mother;

Just two week ago
today was Helen's last
day with us here. We
knew she was ill, but
all thought there were
weeks if not months be-
fore her, and I felt she
would recover. It was
not till Thursday morning
about 6.30 that we saw
a change in her. In an
hour the little spirit
had slipped away. I had
never seen any on [one] die be-
fore, and in her case
there was nothing but a
sweet sliding away. There