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S.S. Adriatic
Thursday, May 5th 1914

My dearest Marion,

My! but we are falling a long way off from the dear old and young folks at house, and alas it is too late to turn back, at least that presents itself to me in the dead of night, when the Boo hoo winds are howling outside.
I could not realize when I saw your dear face receding so [[necessarily?]] in the distance when we left t [[?]] the dock, that the big journey had begun, and that you and the boys and Marian, were going to be left so far behind. I was in tear a whirl [[?]] before leaving, I could not seem to think clearly. If Jerry had only his discharge you and he might have come along and

Transcription Notes:
This looks good to me.