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2 those haunts makes me long more than ever to get back among them for a while. I am very glad you have been at 325 again.
It is always such a pleasure to Mother to have you there. The holidays have passed pleasantly with me; full of work with interest
and presenting both sides of life. I wonder if suicides are more frequent in the time of 3 general rejoicing. I watched
one poor young thing dying for several days and was glad when her last painful gasp failed, and I saw two gay Xmas trees,
the life of them made by the entranced little boys that scampered around, and I have had much in my mind the poor brave Willards
facing their loss and his battle with health, and the world is as sunny and