Letter from [Louie Muir] to [Ann Gilrye Muir], 1881 Sep 29.
[4]precious gift, your son who has brought joy and steadfast blessedness to my heart and life. [illegible] However it be, I trust that before many months we shall all meet in the delight of a grand reunion: parents and children and grandchildren. I long to see that lovely Fountain Lake where John fi...
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| Summary: | [4]precious gift, your son who has brought joy and steadfast blessedness to my heart and life. [illegible] However it be, I trust that before many months we shall all meet in the delight of a grand reunion: parents and children and grandchildren. I long to see that lovely Fountain Lake where John first knew the charm of the fresh wilderness: and the exquisite water-lilies: how the blue eyes of baby Annie Wanda will shine over their snowy chalices![1] Louie’s letter to mother –Martinez, California Sept. 29th, 1881. Dear Mother MuirGlorious news to-day from the far, far North! Our beloved wanderer is coming home! Safe and well, through all the perils of the Arctic seas and storms and terrible ice-fields — he comes with rejoicing, for he has looked at last upon that wild mysterious realm of the Ice-King, Wrangel Land; and now he is satisfied to come again to the clear sunshine of his South-land home. Perhaps before October is half gone, he will be here: and06099[Page 2][2]then how gladly I shall send to you the swiftest lightning-word, that your heart also may be comforted. Two of John’s letters to the “Bulletin” have just now come, and there may possibly be another to-morrow evening, which I will at once forward to you. Afterward when the extra copies come, I will send to the others of John’s family. O what a burden of dread has been lifted from my heart by these letters. How beautiful the world seems again, and there is no shadow in the future that I can now see. Surely in all the wide world, there will be no woman more blessed than I[3]when I have my husband and our baby once more safe and well by our own fireside. Dear, dear Mother, if only you could be here to welcome your beloved son! I can almost see his look of surprise and intense joy if he could look upon your face when first he leaves the icy waves. California is only a five days’ journey from Wisconsin:- do you not sometimes think of coming, in our blossom-time, to behold the wonderful Yosemite, and the beautiful Sierra forests that John loves so well? ... |
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