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P. O’Reilly Esquire
Lytton
Sept 23rd.
My own beloved husband.
Yesterday morning brought me your dear & welcome letter No. 6 conveying the good news that you had reached Sooyoos in health & safety, and further that dear John was so very much better as to be able to go out shooting. I feel that I have indeed great cause for thankfulness & tho it is a great disappointment that you did not come yourself instead of the letter as of course you would have been able to do had you not gone round to Kamloops. Still I am most glad to think that the worst of the journey was over. I suppose the remainder will be a pleasure trip except coming down the waggon road. I hope this will meet you at Lytton as you wish at any date, it will not be my fault should it not. I wrote the accompanying letter No. 6 to
go by last Friday’s boat, but depended on Mr. Mannsell to send it and it was too late & of course I was in a great state of mind thinking that you might arrive at Yale & find no letter and no Carry. & Now I am only able to send you a short letter for Mr. M says I must give it to him this evening and I have not been able to write to-day as I intended for I gave Mary permission to go out for two or three hours to do some shopping. She went before 12 & did not return till nearly seven
and I can’t tell you the anxiety I felt, fearing that she might conduct herself either by staying all night or returning in an improper state but I am thankful to say she did come & seems all right for which I am most thankful. This is the first time she has caused me annoyance, so I do not like to scold her much. It was quite determined. That we should go one Wednesday as Mrs. S was to lay the stone of the Church but the mail came
this morning so we are not to go up until Thursday & I think very likely that will be Saturday. It is trying to me for I am how most anxious to be on my way to meet you my beloved. I shall enclose this to Yale with instructions to have it forwarded to Lytton so I hope you will receive it there & I also hope that you will get to Yale in time to
come down by Monday’s boat for I shall be disquieted to have to wait till Friday for you to come. I will write again by Saturday’s boat to Yale if only a few lines, & do telegraph from Lytton to say where I may expect you I should go on at once to Yale if it were not that H.E. has expressed a wish to see you, but all this I told you in NO. 6. I am well & the darling man
also except that he is a little pale & cranky as he is getting some more teeth. I can’t tell you how much I should prefer to go on home to meet you dearest soul & sometimes I think I will, & then again I think I had best not. I have not time to write any news I must save all till we may please God this day week, won’t that be joyful, I can hardly believe
it but I am sure when you think of the steamer you will hurry to be in time for Monday’s boat & it will only be one day’s difference from what you said Sept. has only 30 days & you can do any Yale business when we go back together. I only hope they will go from here on Thursday for I promised to spend a few days or a week at the quarters. Now my own darling good night & May God help & protect you & bring you safe to me. Your ever devoted loving wife
Carry O’Reilly
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*8 Letter is No. 7, letter No. 6 was not saved as she refers to it in the letter.
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