Dear husband i seat myself this blessed sabathe morning to drop you a few lines to let you no how we are for I no you are onesay since you heard that Jim Is dead: but i have to tell you of a nother death in the family poor Nant left this world last Thursday she died just _____ she left the world a leaving behind a good evidence that she was going to a better world than this. she told us if we ever saw you to tell you for her that she wanted you to meet her in heaven she mad every body that she saw promise to meet her in heaven; but i am afraid that the dredfull Disese is not done in this family yet for Sally is lying at the point of death now with it it is the Liptheria but the rest is all well at present but we dont no how soon we will have to leave the world an follow on after Nant an Jim.

Sally says that she wont get well I wont you to pray to our redeemer to preserve our lives to see you tell brother Alf an Jace an Mon that I want them to pray for me. pray that the Lord will preserve my life an ------ to se each other in earth wone time more: I have bin mity onesay about you since you rote that you was sick. I herd day before yesterday that they was a going to leave over thare at the salt works. i will tell you how i got if. Alf Sprecker rote home that they was a going to leave the neset morning an that you was sick, and he didnt now how you would get a way. I heard since that you are 4- miles this side ofeaten hill a comeing back to the narrows and i pray to the Lord that is so far if you could get back to the narrows again i would feel better satisfied I will rite on a nother piece of paper 
 
 
 
 

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