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4 desire of my heart while our mother is still with us. She was very ill in the spring, and tho better now, is very much
broken. It seemed strange that she should collapse with physically and mentally so suddenly after seventy of such unusual
health; but so it is. Aunt Julia's slight hold on life continence still slighter. The boys are well, are working very hard
are as devoted as they should be to their pail mother. Aunt Mina is the same Aunt Mina, only more so - poor lonely soul.
She sees so life for herself. My blessed sisters grow ( illegible very illegible ) finer than ever. Goodbye. 1 Oalen College,
Honolulu. Mr. Muir, Again I am back at my Honolulu work, living about as when you saw me here. The past blessed year has
left me better in spirit, stronger in body; indeed, it has shown me that I can live in Indianapolis a more satisfying and
larger life than in Honolulu, and in margin: Send me a word, send me a illegible , send me a illegible of some kind. With
love to the family, I am Sincerely illegible Katharine M. Graydon. Nov. 3. 1906. 03772