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I know this letter sounds morbid but it is not intendedso. It is just that all of my life I have been careful to keepthings in order and, in view of my present health, I do wisheverything to be in order in the event that anything shouldhappen. Sincerely yours, Martha Smith Brown(Mrs. John King Brown) I perused this letter with some surprise. I knewMrs. Brown merely as a client who had made a few smallpurchases, in total amount perhaps ten or twelve dollars.All of my contacts with her had been by mail for sheresided some hundreds of miles away in a distant state.In all we had exchanged possibly a dozen letters in twoyears. Always her letters had been marked with the samemeticulous explanation of her wants which marked thepresent letter. I had, from time to time, written ratherdetailed answers to some of her questions. It was heart-warming to learn that such impersonal contact had in-spired her to demonstrate so complete confidence inmyself. |
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