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2 once more before you go away into the awful silence and darkness of the North, it would not be so hard to bear O my husband
if there can be any delay in the Corwin s sailing I beseech you, come for the love our own wee, wee bairnie However it be,
pray, pray that God will bless her and hold her always in His loving care. How beautiful she has been tonight nestling and
clinging against my breast 3 and looking up with her great starry eyes as if she would understand and comfort me. She
was sick all yesterday so I cannot leave her out of my sight and arms. I try with all my strength to be brave for her dear
sake, and when you come again home, please God, she will be the bonniest sweetest lassie that ever gladdened a loving fathers
heart while I write, her little hands are still clinging to mine and 5 will be safe and blessed, and the love of God will
lead you and abide with you evermore. Louie Muir. in margin: 849 00992