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3 You must feel richer now in having two grandsons a namesake too - a little John Muir - my sincere wish is that he may
become as great and good a man as you will wish him to be. We have one grandchild- Wheler's little Helen - named for our
Helen - she is now nearly three years old - very bright and pretty. Your letter says in the big house on the hill - living
all alone 1 June 22, 1909 My dear brother John, Your recent letter came and was most welcome. About six weeks ago I
was taken with La grippe - and am not yet well or you could have had a letter from me sooner. When in Crete recently Anna
Waterman showed me one of her California letters - telling of your daughter Helen's serious times with typhoid Poor girl -
she has certainly had tiresome times with 04530