Florrie will flourish more than ever, and you will be stronger; and, although it may require more patience and skill, I shall rally! "I am in real pain and difficulty while I dictate this.

These horrid spasms seem to sit on me like a mountain, but I felt I could not let you go without a longer good-bye and a more affectionate kiss than what is so ordinarily.

This is a poor thing, but it speaks of the feeling of my heart, and the most fervent prayer of my soul.

Love to all, "Yours, as ever, "W.

B.
"The Chief of the Staff." To his second daughter, in command of The Army in the United States, his last letter read as follows:-- "_July 20, 1912_.
"My dear, dear Eva,-- "I had your letter.