Letter from Mary [Muir Hand] to John Muir, 1894 Feb 4.

Kearny, Nebr.Feb. 4. / 94.My dear Brother John;Your holiday letter and card came to me and was greatly enjoyed, not so much enjoyed not as a visit would have been, but as you could not arrange to come our way, the next best was a letter from you.Your recent long trip must have been grand indeed, both from what you write and the home people write, and mother must have been very grateful for all the pleasant news you brought from her long loved home in Scotland. She sent me a tartan kerchief at Christmas time saying that, the others had one and01779 Kearny, Nebr.Feb. 4. / 94.My dear Brother John;Your holiday letter and card came to me and was greatly enjoyed, not so much enjoyed not as a visit would have been, but as you could not arrange to come our way, the next best was a letter from you.Your recent long trip must have been grand indeed, both from what you write and the home people write, and mother must have been very grateful for all the pleasant news you brought from her long loved home in Scotland. She sent me a tartan kerchief at Christmas time saying that, the others had one and01779 3.be spared from home for some time to come, yet will hope to have the happiness some day of visiting your valley, and the little families gathered into it. The San francisco Fair is a temptation to hurry up--but that will have to pass.Our winter thus far has been an unusually pleasant one. A week or two ago we had wind and cold but it is mild again.We are all in usual health The children are growing well in spite of windsLove to you allAffectionatelySister Mary0177