I cannot resist my desire to write you a few words of love
and sorrow; only a few, for my heart is full and words seem
very weak. Thank God, my friend, for the nineteen beautiful
years that ended that morning in May.
If you could but know how sweet and tender a recollection
she has left enshrined in the hearts of her friends, and all
the loving, gracious utterances that are offered to her
memory! It is well with Alice in heaven; that it may be well
with you on earth, in the days that are to come, is the
prayer of
Your loving friend,