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2 to the children so far far away and they say they will not fret after you come near enough so the telephone will bring
messages from you. I have not been able to read or write for the past three weeks, I was so miserable with Neuralgia owing
to the unsettled weather cold winds, that my eyes were almost useless, the nervous trembling of my left eye came back again,
but I am comfortable now, for the wind has ceased to blow 3 during 3 day, the warm sunshine is balmy as in Springtime.
We hope now for a month of golden autumn weather no rain. Not many grapes were injured by the rain we are sending them off
fast as possible. This morning I was moving some of the unread newspapers, found the clippings inclosed, Mr. Webster is Father's
old friend who used to have a lovely home in East Oakland, well