Creator
Louie [Strentzel] Muir
Recipient
John Muir
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[in margin: I am growing better every day Louie Muir][in margin: 852] [4]But I have not told you of her trial yesterday morning, which will explain the hurried ending of my letter. She had been so happy with me all morning, but the swollen gums began to hurt when I began to write, and she wanted to come back to me, and when I said “no, no, baby must not come now,” her eyes filled with wonder and grief as if she thought “Mamma does not love me any more!” and nothing that any other could do would make her satisfied. Ought I to have begun a lesson in discipline? I did not, but just took her in my arms, and kissed and petted, and at last comforted her till she went to sleep with all care kissed away. There is too much light, and she is waking now, to say, “Good night papa.” O my beloved husband, good bye, God keep you in His tender care.[1]Monday, July 25, 1881. 9 P.M.Dear John,Our bonnie Annie Wanda is sleeping as quietly as a folded flower: no shadow of this morning’s trouble on her sweet face, but when I bend over for still another kiss, a happy little smile quivers over it for a moment. O papa, if only you were here to see! Evening after evening, I hold her in my arms at our east window while she looks out with eager eyes at the sunset glow upon the hills, and reaches out her arms, and laughs and croons in delight. I forgot all fear, and think only of the blessed time when our own best-beloved will come home to us, and sing to his baby the “auld Scotch songs”, and then of the after-time
Location
[Martinez, Calif]
Date Original
1881 Jul 25
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir04_0678-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0678
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
