8 hope it be moved as safely or in as good condition as Snag no 1. I hope Anne will be in San Fran- cisco before long and
you will see her Write me when you feel like it. 4 ever? if it will be a bore. Your friend Sallie J. Kennedy. I would
have written of our visit to Tahoe Virginia but think Annie must have written you. Have not told you how I enjoyed the remainder
of the journey by myself. illegible day after day on the rear platform drinking the beauties of sky and land. 5 of your
article on your darling illegible Ansel; I cannot help saying what I feel about it that in it there is a Heavenly brightness.
Not only is knowledge increased your darling Ansel raised to the warmest spot in ones heart but one is filled with positively
holy joy as one reads and is made to long for purer and better things in life. To think too that I should have seen this dear
little bird; Do you remember our camp near I think the McCloud? It was there Annie and I first saw the little bird. Then do
you recall Lairdts? ? on his Lake but we saw it longer and nearer at the River its motions and heard its sweet little note.
We remarked at the time its apparent tameness for