Letter and envelope from John M. Bunker, St. Thomas, Nevada to Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada

Letter and envelope (with stamp) from John M. Bunker, St.
Thomas, Nevada, to Mary E, Syphus, Panaca, Nevada, dated September 27, 1894.
Envelope addressed:
Miss. Mary E. Syphus.
Panaca Nev.
Lincoln Co.
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St Thomas.
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Sept. 27, I894
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Miss. Mary E. Syphus
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Panaca Nev.
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Dearest Mary,-
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I suppose you begin
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to think ere this that I had
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forgotten you, but not so.
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We returned from Trum-
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bol yesterday morning
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about one oclock. bringing
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in one wagon and about
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three or four hundred ft of
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lumber. besides loosing
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some of the horses.
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To say that I feel like
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writing to-night I cannot
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but my love for you will
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not let me put off longer
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We had to institute a
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series of fast days, which
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did not work very well with
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me. We had a little flour but
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had to save it for soop, and
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for three days we had to
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live that way. The last twenty
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four hours there was no soop
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about it. For myself I
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would not have cared if I
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could have brought home a
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whole wagon and all the horses.
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I was making all calculations
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on getting back from Trumbol
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in time to go north with
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the conference teams. We were
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seven or eight days longer
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than we expected therefore I
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am behind. Not only that
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but on getting here I found
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Harry had to leave for the
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Canyon and I do not feel
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justified in leaving the
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way things now are
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John Abbott came nigh
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loosing his life while on
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the trip, his wagon got
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turned loos down a steep
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mountain and it looked
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as though there would not
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be splinters enough left of
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the outfit to gather up, but
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better luck lay in store.
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The wagon struck a big
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pine tree that grew by the
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roadside so there was no
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dammage done except
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a broken wakon, a crippled
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mule and a pretty badly
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bruised lad. His wrist is
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just beginning to be so
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he can use it to advantage.
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Well dear Mary I find myself
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lost in the details of this
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trip of misfortune. I will not
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bother you further with it
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but suffice it to say should
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I have another such as the
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last I would be bald headed
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no doubt.
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I hope you will pardon
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my wild and unconnected thou
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-ghts for I am very tired and
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sleepy. Night before last we
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traveled most all night, what
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we did not travel we spent the
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time in eating. During the
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time that I was not wide
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awake last night I spent in
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hard work trying to find
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myself and the outfit, in the
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mountains. I found all the
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folks quite well here, some of
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bro. Whitneys children have
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a fever now and then.
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Clara is looking ever so
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much better than she was
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when she left him.
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Harry and Levi started for
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the Canyon last monday to
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move Mr. Mill's family from
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Kingman
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You no doubt have
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heard all the news ere this
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so it is a needless waste of time
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for me to rewrite it
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I found your ever devoted
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letter awating me when I
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arived here and I assure
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you its contents were eagerly
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devoured. I should have
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Page 5 written before I started away line 19
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but my notice was to short line 1
I cannot write longer to nigh line 2
dearest Mary therefore I pray you line 3
will take the will for the deed line 4
May the love that beams line 5
from my eyes to night line 6
be found in this letter. line 7
I remain as ever your line 8
devoted lover xxx good night, line 9
J.M.B.
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