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the evening before, being thrown out of their 
gig and very much hurt, she remarks,
"Oh what a day is this, called upon to hear
of another accident, but God in his great
mercy has not seen fit that this should
be a fatal one- He will not lay upon us 
more than we can bear. Oh may he have 
mercy upon the poor suffered, my Father,
sister and friend. <date>August the 17th</date> the day her
surviving partner left after having been on a 
visit, she says, "May God he, always be, with 
the friend of my dear brother". Her last 
observation she has left behind her in
reference to this subject, was on the <date>23 of 
Aug</date><date>ust</date>, when she writes, "Eight weeks have
elapsed since that melancholy event which 
deprived me of a dearest brother. Oh how 
rapid is the flight of time! soon will it 
bring me to him! <trait>happy </trait>then will be our
meeting, since, then the fear of another
separation can no more distant our
<trait>happiness</trait>. ----                   From that time 
her treasure was in heaven, and she took 
every opportunity of attending the preaching
of the Gospel both of church and Chapel,