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There are few things that would give me so much pleasure as a letter from
you. I shall be here for two or three weeks longer. Can’t you manage it?
There is scarcely a day goes by that I do not rejoice in the fact that you went abroad4
when
you
did, before all this hate broke loose in
Europe5 and all these hard times
came on us at home. Did John6
go7 to the Chicago8
fair9? I have not heard from
Irene10 since she went out to
Red Cloud11
last fall12. I’ve had a splendid
summer, but have not worked hard as I meant to do. I felt too hungry for the
out-of-doors. Virginia13 spent her
vacation with me and we took some splendid long tramps along the sea. She
wasn’t well this winter. The behavior14 of her family15 seemed to break her spirit a little—a good
deal. I hate to see the young ones lose their
hopefulness. For [illegible].
How silly! As if most young people, who are not conceited, aren’t ‘brought
down’ soon enough. And Virginia is not conceited; [illegible]. Well, if we live long enough we
see plenty of trouble, don’t we? But I must not write in that
strain—It’s a lovely world, and there is lots of generosity and even
nobility in it, one must not forget that.
Many loving thoughts go to you with this letter. Both you and Mary16 are almost constantly in my thoughts and heart when the anniversary of mother's17 death comes round.
Devotedly always Willie