Letter and envelope from Aggie Herrick, Ogden, Utah to Mary Etta Syphus, Provo, Utah

Letter and envelope (with stamp) from Aggie Herrick, Ogden, Utah, to Mary E. Syphus, Provo, Utah, dated May 7, 1894.
Envelope addressed:
Miss Mary Syphus-
Provo,
B.Y.A. Utah
Postmarked Ogden, Utah, May
8,
1894, 3 p.m.
266 6
Wash. Ave-
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Odgen,
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May
7-1894-
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Miss Mary Syphus-
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Provo, Utah-
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My Dearest Mary-
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For several weeks
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I have been waiting to hear
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from you and many times
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I have wondered why you
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did not write; but the
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other day in looking over
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some letters I came across
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one of yours that was not
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marked answered and I
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came to the conclusion that
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I have not answered your
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last letter. If this is the
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case I ask your forgiveness,
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for you must know that
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I would not have been so
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neglectful, if I could have
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helped it.
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Well, we are having
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lovely weather and of course
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we are enjoying it. The
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flowers are blooming, the
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trees are in blossom and
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the whole air is filled with
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perfume. 0, if I were only
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a poet, I feel that I could
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pour forth my soul in
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praise, but it is impossible,
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for I am only a common-
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place girl.
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Mama has been to Logan
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for two weeks but she is
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home now. We have been
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house cleaning and the
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result is that we are sore
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all over. We are not through
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yet, but I hope we will
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be before long. How I dis-
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like the dirty, dusty work I
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But then it is such a relief
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when it is all done.
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During Conference, I went
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to Salt Lake and stayed a
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few days. I enjoyed my
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self so much. I found Ollie
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well and working hard
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at her lessons. She has
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promised to visit me when
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her school is out! While in
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Salt Lake I had the pleasure
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of seeing Jennie and Tina
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Brimhall. I was so glad
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to meet them, but we were
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in a hurry so we had very
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little time to talk -
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Well my dear, how are you
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getting along with your
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studies. Is physiology any
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easier than it was? How is
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the Literary society getting
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along? We are enjoying our
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meetings ever so much. We
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are reading Scott's Lady of
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the Lake, now and we
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like it immensely. Of course
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we do not have the explana-
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-tions that we would have
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under a good teacher, but
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still we gain some benefit
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just from reading the best
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productions of the best authors.
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it this late day I will
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answer your question,. Miss
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Zitzman advertised for her
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watch and it was returned
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to her by the finder in two
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or three days after she lost it
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She was very fortunate, was'nt
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she?
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I do hope that you have
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not fallen in any ditches
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lately. Of course I know that
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you get nervous when young
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Written across top of Page 1 men are around
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but Mary dear
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please try to
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be more care-
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—ful.
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Well, my
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dear, I must
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stop now,
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Please write
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Written across top of Page 1
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friend' that, line 12
if she is guilty, line 13
she is forgiver, line 14
All send love line 15
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