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1 Wednesday? Sept. 29, 1881 Dear Mother, Glorious news today from the far, far North Our beloved wanderer is coming
home Safe and well, through all the perils of Arctic seas and storms and deleted: cruel ice terrible ice-fields he comes with
rejoicing for he has looked at last upon that wild mysterious realm of the sea-King, Wrangel Land and now he is satisfied
to come again to the clear sunshine of his South land home. Perhaps he will be here before October is half gone, and then
how gladly I shall send to you the swiftest lightning word message that your heart also may be comforted. Two of John s letters
to the Bulletin have just now come, and there may possibly be another to-morrow evening, which I will at once forward to you,
afterward when the extra copies come, I will send to the others of Johns family words deleted O what a burden of dread has
been lifted from my heart by these letters. How beautiful the world seems again and there is no shadow over deleted: all the
future that I can now see. Surely deleted word in all the wide world there will be no woman more blessed than I when I have
deleted: once more my husband and our baby once more safe and well by our own fireside. Dear, dear Mother, if only you could
be her to welcome your deleted word beloved son 06099