I have every reason to think that she loves me in return; I have
full confidence in her and ^could^ trust her
anywheres and know that she would
be true to my love for her and hold
all vows betwees us as sacred in the
sight of heaven. After what passed
between us last winter, it used
to be misery for me to see her
in anothers company and to know
that she cared nothing for me.
I prayed fervently to my heavenly
father that if it was ^his^ will, that he
should turn her heart to me, if not
that he would cause me to forget her
I could not forget Clara, and it is
with a what I thought long delay
my prayers were fulfilled.
Once when I was feeling rather down,
Sister Zina D. Young told me not to feel bad
and if Clara was Miss Right it would all
come about in time. I think now that
she is the Miss. Right. Since Clara told
me of her love for me, I seem to be living
a new life, and every thing seems to be
brighter before me. Accept the few lines from
your Brother in the gospel of Christ. O. C. Beebe.
"Letter from Ovando Collins Beebe, 13 January 1887," p. 2, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 18, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/XwJA