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May 29 [1915] Dear Mary

 It has been a long time since I wrote and I am ashamed - still it will punish you for waiting so long before you wrote me the last time.

Jo was here & told me the news that Lem was expecting a baby. Well I am glad for you both. Life isnt worth while & still we keep producing it - and there is no joy like a child - perhaps some sorrow too. Through the last thirty years nothing has brought me