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4 awhile and in an hour or two I found myself at work in a large steam factory, where waggon spikes, and hubs, and many
other things are made. This is a large and beautiful town but not so beautiful as Madison with its lakes and hills, blue prairies
I suppose that illegible this your will have gathered some handful of An illegible and spring beauties for yourself little
Agnes, Anna and mother. The first four days of Apr' were very warm here and made the illegible anemone, illegible nger of
spring and Dutchmans brushes, come up among the withered leaves the pop illegible hung out their c illegible more than a month
ago and a large apple tree that holds its wide branches over our well here opened its blossoms last Saturday. The bluebird
illegible have come and sing sweetly in the woods and gardens - I dreamed a few weeks ago that was walking by a deep clear
stream that flowed through a field of hay that was waving in the wind and changing in the light and all illegible - amented
with gorgeous flowers Beautiful dream was it not? Tell me in your next about your best dream. But I must bid you goodbye I
wish I could see you Henry you will be taller man and shall soon be a good scholar I fondly hope that you will be spared to
become a good and useful man I feel lonesome and will look anxiously for your letter my love to your little sisters father
mother Remember me to Allie Carr and all my friends Yours affectionately John Muir 1 Indianapolis, Ind' Apr 22d /66
My Dear little friend Henry, It is a long long time since I heard from you -, more than a year - I answered your last letter
of Apr'/65 in a short time after receiving it and waited waited to receive your next containing your photograph, but have
now concluded that one of your letters must have been lost, I am truly anxious to hear from you for I never forget my little
Henry and never will in all my life, and surely you will reply to this as soon as you receive it You see that I am now in
Indiana - and here is the reason You know that I loved the peaceful hollow in Canada, so I contracted