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My dear little Sister; Pardon these pencil marks as I have taken pencil and paper to the woods, and am seated where there are three trees together and a shrub beside them and a nice seat between. If you remember? in the upper edge of our woods. It is delightfully cool now for several days. I came home last Friday eve to remain two weeks. Is is a real treat to be home after so long an absence. It is so long since I have written and so long time they have written from home that I hardly know

in margin: I think we must get Callie a doll before long.

at top: Little Clara is ever so cunning. She said to me several times "Aunt Malie, do oo like Bossy milk?" "Are you Aunt Malie?" "Yes" "Are you Callie"! "No." "Well who are you?" "Malie." Sarah gave Maggie a nice doll not long since and they brought it out for me to see. She sat on my lap admiring it in my hand., twisting her head to get different views and saying over and over "Maggie baby" "Maggie baby." and then she kissed it passionately She had not been permitted to kiss it before for fear of soiling it.