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In earth's most desert loneliness,
I shall not be alone"
The 14th was a sad, sad day to me, it
seemed that one single mouthful
of food would have choked me & each
word I spoke quickened every pulse,
until by twilight both heart & brain
felt as if they were on fire: oh! how
I longed for a letter from you then
for I felt as if nothing else would
do me so much good: why is it Sister
Bettie that I can open my heart &
reveal its secret feelings to one whom
I have never seen? ah! there is a tie
that will bind my heart to your's as
long as life shall last & even had you
not found admittance there before, one
little word in your last letter would have
been a sure key to every portal: "Pet": oh! the
thousand memories that filled my
heart as I saw it: like sweet music
it fell from the lips of my Brother, &
you could have chosen no other name