Letter from Margaret Lyman on correspondence, her mother's health, and missing her husband

Union Falls June 1st
Rev. H. Lyman
Forest Grove, Oregon

My Precious Husband,

Since writing to you last, I rec'd a letter from you, written at Cheney, W.T. It was most welcome & it seemed pleasant to have something come as directly from you as that. It reached me 2 weeks from the day it was written. I rec'd by the same mail, a letter from Willie, which was written the same day as yours but mailed 2 days later. Since then, I have rec'd a letter from Sarah with which Horace sent a brief one. These have all been very acceptable Sarah doesn't seem as well pleased with the situation as Mary does, but I suppose she isn't as well able to endure the climbing mountains etc.

Mother has improved somewhat in strength I think since you left. She goes out in the garden a little about every pleasant day. Still she doesn’t seem to think she shall be able to go to Oregon & I suppose it is not best for us to urge the matter. It seems strange that you had rec'd nothing later from me when you wrote last, than a letter written about 1st of April. There must be lots of my letters on the way to you if they haven't been destroyed.

You seemed just as dear to me as ever. I can't tell you how often I press my lips to your dear likeness: & not only to that but also to the place where your head used to rest. If I have time, I will slip in a little lunch of wild violets of which there are enough blue ones to show that my love for you is true.

Are the pills you left in the bureau drawer of the same kind as those you gave Mrs. Gill when she was sick last winter?
If so may I give those to her she was saying yesterday, that she wished she could get some, of the same kind: though she doesn’t need them at present. So I thought I would ask you about them. I must close,

Most Lovingly,
Your Margaret