Letter and envelope form Nellie Harrison, Kanab, Utah to Mary Etta Syphus, Provo City, Utah

Letter and envelope (with stamp) from Nellie Harrison, Kanab, Utah, to Mary E. Syphus, Provo City, Utah, dated December 10, 1893.
Envelope addressed:
Miss Mary Syphus
Provo City
B.Y.U. Utah
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Kanab Dec. 10,
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Miss Mary Syphus
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Provo City
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My Dear Mary.
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Your letter was
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welcomed, indeed, and 0! how
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I enjoyed it for I could not feel
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satisfied at reading it twice,
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I have been very busy ever since
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I came here on Saturday's and
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am very glad that I have had
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something to busy myself with.
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I am going to tell you some
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of the best news that you ever
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heard. Well, just try and guess :
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Yes, you have guessed the very
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thing. Ma has another
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lovely girl baby just one month
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old today and in two weeks
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from today I shall be home
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to see its darling face. 0! You
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can hardly imagine how very
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very impatient I am to get
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home once more and see all
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of the loved ones whoes names are associated with that sacred word - home which in its^self: seems to imply all that is on earth worth living for. The word seems to commend reverence.
How I hope you are anticipating, like my self a visit with^ the dear ones at your home for holidays. We intend to leave in one week from next Thursday afternoon, We have an awful, to awful, long road / travel over and the weather is very cold but where there's .a will -there's always a way and our wills are sufficiently strong , to take us out, far out, of Kanab.
0! Mary there are two nice young men who are going to escort us. Nellie and I, home. I can tell you more about who they are and how they look, dress, act. etc.after the trip is over.
By-the-by, my dear, how did you enjoy your Thinksgiving Bunker.
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I am of the opinion that your
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Bunker would be to heavily
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laden with Thanksgiving stories
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to fly round many corners with
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out the assistence of some nice
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young lady of somewhere near
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your size and complexion.(?)
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Forgive me, dear Mary, for making
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such an idle remark but I'll
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alow you the same privilege, for
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where "much is given, much is
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expected."
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This is a very sickly time in Kanab.
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Several of my students have had
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to remain out the last week
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on that account. I hope that
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it will soon be all over with
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as it breaks into their intrests
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too much. I now have 70 pupils
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and night generally finds me
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very tired and ready for a rest
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by a nice warm fire.
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My room is cool and my news
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basket ef is literally empty
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so I'll close with lots of love
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and A Merry Christmas
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I am as ever Yours
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Affectionately
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Nellie Harrison
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