. Twin souvenir of Francis C. Waid : comprising his First, Second, and Third souvenirs. in company with my father-in-law,for Ottawa, there to take the cars for the East. I remem-bered, before leaving the home, my love to Hattie andVera, who were absent at Olpe, Lyon Co., Kas. In giv-ing, at Ottawa, a farewell shake of tlie hand to Mr. Tyler(for he had to return home on account of his horseMary being afraid of the cars), I felt that, for a timeat least, I was parting with the last link that united mewith what was most dear to me on earth—wife, kindredand friends, old and new, and I confess a se
. Twin souvenir of Francis C. Waid : comprising his First, Second, and Third souvenirs. in company with my father-in-law,for Ottawa, there to take the cars for the East. I remem-bered, before leaving the home, my love to Hattie andVera, who were absent at Olpe, Lyon Co., Kas. In giv-ing, at Ottawa, a farewell shake of tlie hand to Mr. Tyler(for he had to return home on account of his horseMary being afraid of the cars), I felt that, for a timeat least, I was parting with the last link that united mewith what was most dear to me on earth—wife, kindredand friends, old and new, and I confess a sense of deso-lation came over me. I had an hour to wait for the train,in lonely commune with myself; and during that timemany thoughts and reminiscences presented themselves 162 to me, some of which I jotted down in my Diary, andthat portion of this work, commencing at page 165, nowtakes up the thread of my narrative. Linger not long. Home is not home without thee;Its dearest tokens do but make me , let its memory, like a chain about thee,Gently compel and hasten thy Extracts from My Diary,
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