My Dear Father,—I received your letter, and was pleased to hear you are better. I will write you a few lines to let you know what we intend to do about having you come home. We are intending to have you come home when Dr. Lomax says you are well enough and can, and when you come home we will try to make home as pleasant as we can, so try to keep up good courage. Please write if you feel able.
This from your affectionate daughter,
MARTHA A. SWAN.
A WORD TO THE PEOPLE. PROVERBS 22, 23.
Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom and instruction, and understanding.
For a description of my heart-felt sorrow during those ten years of my captivity, read Psalm 22.
To know my joys and hopes since the cloud passed off, that hung so heavily, long over my mind, read Psalm 23.
"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want."
"If any one knoweth how to appreciate the blessedness of liberty and good society, I more."