Creator
Louie Strentzel
Recipient
[John Muir]
Transcription
[in margin: 419]
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October 9, 1879.
O Friend Beloved, if ever the dear Lord leads you out from the depths of those blue glacier caves, and will let me once more look upon your face, that I may know you are not become only a white wraith of the northland – there will be no happier woman than I in all the wide world. Then I can rejoice with you in all the marvelous wonder and wildness with which your soul has been thrilled for the summer time of this new year. But now! remembering you
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wrote that even you could not in your dreams forget those dangerous ways! I can only think with shivering dread, and pray for the merciful care of God over you. This morning when I began to answer your letter from the northern midnight, I had no thought that it also would be finished at midnight, and in Oak- land, but so it is. Word came that my former teacher Mrs. Colby who has been dangerously ill, was much worse to day, and I brought mother down to see her, but have not heard to night. I was in the State Grange meet- ing until eleven o’clock, yet feel too restless for sleep, and besides, we must cross to San Francisco early in
the morning, while the Victoria steamer leaves at noon,- so I can send to you only this poor note for remem brance. And after all, perhaps it will never reach you, for Fate seems to have willed only punishment for me because I was not patient. This last time, your letters came while I was at Mrs. Upham’s, and I did not know until too late for the “California”. all very pleasant at 920 Valencia. Bennie and I are very good friends. – Little Helen is well. Papa said yesterday, to tell you that he believes “Alaska berries are just nothing to compare with Alhambra Corinths and Alexandrias in October.”! Mother is still quite unwell, but is gaining strength with the cool weather and more time for rest. Goodnight, Louie
Location
[Oakland, Calif]
Date Original
1879 Oct 9
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 24.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Strentzel, Louie, "Letter from Louie Strentzel to [John Muir], 1879 Oct 9." (1879). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 504.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/504
Resource Identifier
muir03_1161-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 1160
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
