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LETTER #51

Villa Castello, 
Capri, 
June 28th, 1901.

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My dear Colonel:

I am just in receipt of your kind letter of the 13th inst. giving me the sad news of Frank's illness.  Naturally my first thought was to return by the next steamer, but a little meditation changed my mind. 

As I now view the case the time of real danger was when the shock or stroke came and having received no letters from           

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