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in pencil in top margin [1950s]

letterhead MRS. WILLIAM ARTHUR STOUT 435 NORTH HOUGH STREET BARRINGTON, ILLINOIS

Dear Jack -

       Ours is not to question why - we must be content to cry.
       Your son's sudden passing must have, indeed, made your very soul weep.  I can't tell you how my heart goes out to you.  When a stranger's boy goes I'm pretty glib with the cliches about God's will and all that, but the smooth talk escapes me when the tragedy hits someone I'm