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shining fiercely almost
all the meantime. Yet
they do manage to bring
forth fruit in their season,
and I'll send you some of
it.

When you read in the
newspapers that bloody
battles sometimes occur there
and that many are killed
have no fear for me, for
I am "not of [them,?] the
[?] eaters of flesh."

Love to all. Remember
me to the "boys". I wish they
could see some of these funny
little horned toads, and swifts.

Write some. Your Aff. Bro.
H. W. Bessey.