Letter from Abraham Owen Woodruff, 19 February 1894
D[ea]rest Father & Mother
I am very sory to
think that you all at home forgot me
so soon. I arrived here yesterday morning
almost frantic to hear from you, & found
to my surprize & sorrow that none of
you had remembered me. Clara was
the only one who seemed to realize how a
boy would feel who had not heard from
his home for a month. If she had not
remembered me I don't know what I would
have done. Had you have written two
weeks after I left I should have received
it by this. You must not forget that I am
a quarter ^third^ of the way around the Globe
& it takes two weeks for a letter to reach
me. Yesterday was Sunday; we had two
meetings here in our office. The one
in the afternoon I gave a short sermon
& most of the other boys spoke also.
Brother Sheuer & one of the missionaries
are going home. The fact that you did
not write me & also that they were
going home almost broke me up.
I was very anxious to know where
