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her heart; how noble & soaring her nature. Think how she loved you, yea more, half adored you; how cheerful and hopeful were her views of her future prospects. Think of the little angel babe she bore you & then went away to be its mother in heaven. She made you a father, underlined to my mind as rich & holy a work as a wife can do for a husband. If your feelings are like mine this thought is a blessed one to you. You are a father underlined. Jose is a mother underlined - the destiny of your natures & relation to each other is filled. An angel grows out of you twain. Heaven is wider & brighter for your life. You never before was ready to go to the world of spirits. I express my feelings. When my wife died I was sad that we had no mutual & immortal pledge of our love & union. It matters not so much whether we live or die, as whether we fit