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Patterson
March 24
Dearest Grandma:
No word has come from Grace since I left, but I'm hoping to hear that you are better and that you are gradually more refined of all turniges[?] and pains.
It's warming up here some. About time! I should say, Birch, a few, can be heard in the morning. To-day on a walk through the woods I found some ferns that had evidently kept green under the snow and ice all winter. If [crie?] soon see twine for those firstlaiys -- of the spring -- the little wild hypatias
