Anser this letter, and don't mind what aunty says.

So no more at present from--Yours very respectfully, SALLY DOWS.
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S .-- There's been some troubel in our township, and some fitin'.

May the Lord change ther hearts and make them as a little child, for if you are still young you may grow up different.

I have writ a short prayer for you to say every night.