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Dear Pappa,&#13;
Your letter is here and I am glad you are among sympathizing friends. Belle's letter shows here to be ...</text>
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Dear Pappa: –&#13;
	Your letter is here and I am glad you are among sympathizing friends. Belle’s letter shows her to be a girl of some feeling and that is the kind you want near you in such a time as this. The other night, I was telling the Herron about Sammie’s death and I had to stop. The first Sabbath after I got back, the choir sang “Nearer My God to Thee” &amp; I usually offer the prayer of the morning after that hymn, but I couldn’t. It brought back memories of my brother - I seemed to </text>
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