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Camden S. C. Feb 21st 1868
Once again sweet Sister, is it my privilege
& pleasure to reply to a welcome missive
from you : how welcome let this very
early answer be convincing proof: Days,
weeks, & months flew by as I anxiously & im-
patiently awaited [hearing?] from you, but I
felt afraid that the 14th would not be forgot-
ten & my heart did not deceive me, for as I
sat in an arm chair before the fire yesterday
afternoon, rocking & thinking of you, Buddie
came in from the Office & placed in my
hand, just what I was expecting, your thrice
welcome epistle ; It contained though
dearest Bettie, one sentence that pained me
much : "I began to think perhaps you had
gone to Charleston to live & in the blessedness
of another state, had forgotten me" : why,
my own precious Sister, how could you