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Sans Souci, May 3. 1888 Thursday A.M.
My darling husband To day makes 17
months since you were taken from me.
God grant that you have been happy these
17 months. I pray if I am taken before
another month comes around, it will be
my unspeakable happiness to be taken to
you my darling one. you who loved me
so devotedly. Never was there a nobler
heart than yours, or who loved as ardently
as you loved me Oh if I could live over the
50 years you had with me, how thankful
I would be. I never would tease & worry
you but as you cannot return to me I
must so live that I can go to you. How
delightful to be with you my darling one
& our precious Hayne, Nash & [illegible] & [illegible]
Pauli & Vandy & W Beattie & all the
dear ones you before. I hope this time next
month I will be living in town & near
your resting place where I can pay you
a daily visit & see daily the spot where
I am to lie by your side. God grant that when
our bodies are lying side by side, our spirits may
be together in a happy place. I am now copying
extracts from your journal that relate to me.
My precious husband God make you [happy]
& take me & all your [illegible] ones to us when we
die.