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saw it "Flash & Gleam among the oak trees Laugh & leap into the Valley" I looked at it from all possible views I went in behind it & came out on the opposite side. I looked at it from the bridge below, from the bluffs on either side from among the trees half hiding it. I saw it "Peeping from behind the curtain Gleaming, glancing through the branches As one hears the laughing water From behind its screen of branches" I captured some small flowers from among the bank on the base of the falls & send them to you. They have bathed often in its spray & could they talk they would tell you of your husbands love for & thoughts of you. I feel very anxious to hear from you & our dear children. It is almost 3 weeks since I left you & in all that time I have heard from you but once. I feel dear wife as if we must try