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I was so glad to hear about you and your family3
and your summer plans. I am grateful to have good news of Carrie Sherwood4. I have known her a long, long time
— a precious friendship of many years. My first memory of her dates back to the
arrival of my family in Nebraska5. We moved
at once out to my grandfather6's farm, some
eighteen miles northwest of Red Cloud7. On
the first trip I made to Red Cloud in the farm wagon, I was taken by some member of
my family to the frame building which was then Miner Brothers General Store. I
remember a young girl who came up to me, held my hand for a few minutes and talked
to me. She had very bright eyes and looked interested. That was Carrie. The better
you kneow her, the better you will like
liked her.