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February, no
March 1st 1896
9 P.M.
My Dearest
I stayed home
from Kirk tonight as
it was drizzling a little
intending to spend the
evening with you; but I
found some one who
needed me more than
you did and so to be loyal
to our true standard of
Christian helpfulness I
gave the evening to the boy
Pierre Stevenson
He is a boy of 17
without parents or home