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Dear Mother. I thought I would write a little to thee. I am
glad thee has concluded to come. I presume that I
shall not have much time to visit with you or
see to you but I think you will have a good time
and it will be a great satisfaction to me to know
that you are here, and that you see the closing up of
my school life, if I should fail in anything I
should feel terribly. If Miss Cobb does not come back
I presume I shall. I feel terribly about her being
away.- Her father had the [?] fever together
with an apoplectic paralytic (?) stroke. There are
generally a good many visitors generally here but
so much the better. Was it not wonderful about
the escape you had. I cannot be thankful enough.
Polly is an unfortunate horse I believe. I thought

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Dear Mother. I thought I would write a little to thee. I am
glad thee has concluded to come. I presume that I
shall not have much time to visit with you or
see to you but I think you will have a good time
and it will be a great satisfaction to me to know
that you are here, and that you see the closing up of
my school life, if I should fail in anything I
should feel terribly. If Miss Cobb does not come back
I presume I shall. I feel terribly about her being
away.- Her father had the [?] fever together
with an apoplectic paralytic (?) stroke. There are
generally a good many visitors generally here but
so much the better. Was it not wonderful about
the escape you had. I cannot be thankful enough.
Polly is an unfortunate horse I believe. I thought

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