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missionary? Can't you spare one of these darlings and consecrate one for Foreign Service? May the Lord bless you in all your guidance of these His little ones as well as yours.
With much love and please do not say you wish Edith would write so you could read it; but say something nice if you can, and write to me when you have time.
Lovingly
EDITH
(6)
Taiho, via Wuhu, China August 24, 1905
Dear Louise:
Perhaps I can buy you off from scolding me for not writing all this time to thank you for the photographs by telling you that I have sent a little parcel of dolly shoes for the children. They are exact models of children's shoes as they are worn every day and holidays and I hope they will fit some of the dollies.
I appreciate your letters and very much the photos. They are the next best thing that is possible to me in the way of seeing the children. The letter enclosing them came to me while I was down south on a little holiday. The next letter came after I returned and I meant to write immediately but sickness and one thing and another kept me from letter writing. The last letter had twenty-cents due on it and I sent it back to Wuhu to be reweighed, as according to my scales it was just half an ounce. The letter came back before I had kept my intention and now I am almost ashamed to acknowledge them so late. My conscience is clear that I have done what I could although that may not have been much.
My holiday was not the rest it should have been, only consisting of two weeks at Shanghai and Chinkiang. But I was
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missionary? Can't you spare one of these darlings and consecrate one for Foreign Service? May the Lord bless you in all your guidance of these His little ones as well as yours.
With much love and please do not say you wish Edith would write so you could read it; but say something nice if you can, and write to me when you have time.
Lovingly
EDITH
(6)
Taiho, via Wuhu, China August 24, 1905
Dear Louese:
Perhaps I can buy you off from scolding me for not writing all this time to thank you for the photographs by telling you that I have sent a little parcel of dolly shoes for the children. They are exact models of children's shoes as they are worn every day and holidays and I hope they will fit some of the dollies.
I appreciate your letters and very much the photos. They are the next best thing that is possible to me in the way of seeing the children. The letter enclosing them came to me while I was down south on a little holiday. The next letter came after I returned and I meant to write immediately but sickness and one thing and another kept me from letter writing. The last letter had twenty- cents due on it and I sent it back to Wuhu to be reweighed, as according to my scales it was just half an ounce. The letter came back before I had kept my intention and now I am almost ashamed to acknowledge them so late. My conscience is clear that I have done what I could although that may not have been much.
My holiday was not the rest it should have been only consisting of two weeks at Shanghai and Chinkiang. But I was a
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