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01679 1 letterhead New York, June 14, 1893 10.20 A.M. My dear Wanda. When I got back from Boston yesterday morning,
I made haste to the Century Rooms to see if any letters had come from home I was very glad to find one from you, a good long
one telling just what I wanted to know, that you were all well. And you told so many things about Elfie jumping on your lap
then running to play with Helen, about Hefners dogs, the cherries, the weather visits to the old place, Aunt Maggie I got
a good view of you all at home as if I had been there myself, And this shows your letter was a very good one. I m glad you
are learning to sing, for everything in the world sings in some way or other. Even the mosquitoes along the hedge, the sand
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