
i write
quite often dint i you cant
complain of my not writing
i thought i would write to
say that i think Andrew
is
better he was here yesterday
and i think his throat is
somewhat better he says it
is not but i know it is nancy
was here last night she said
he was better he took home
some pie she said he eat
that and 3 eggs so his throat
couldent hurt him so bad
as it has he took cold
when he went in the country
he was very bad when he
came back he said yesterday
he wanted some roast lamb
i said get a small peice
and have it cooked i told
him to have whatever he
wanted but to be saving
of what he had but to get
anything he could eat
but Walt it is no use
to talk they just get the very
most expensive things lamb
is 20 cents pr lb and tell about jim
eating 4 eggs for his breakfast
other things not half so expensive
would be much more healthy
for the child when Andrew went
away the first time he ha between
30 and 40 dollars so nancy said
when he went the second time
i gave him 10 he only staid
one night the first time an 2 o
3 the last
and they get things
on credit to a grocery and their
money is not much left i gess
they have got to move too the
landlord has told them
they must so now they expect
me tto pay the rent i told
nanc i would pay one month
walt they expect to much
from me i suppose martha
has told nancy i have got
2 or 3 hundred dollars in the
bank they never gave Jim one
cent worth when he went
away not even a shirt when
Jeff
has 18 mat said if they
work and got them as they
had done they could have
them
to i said to mat the
other day in a joke if they had
another young one they would
be so stingy we wouldent know
what to doo but i got the same
old retort that it was me that
was stingy with my bank book
that is such a common thing
to hear if i make any remark
that i would like to have any
thing [illegible] why donti get it with
my
bank book
i told her the other day because
i had 2 or 3 hn dollar
if i used
it all i might go to the poor
house sometimes i think i wish the bank book as they call it was
in guinea sis too says grandma
take your bank book i suppos
walt you ll think i are foolish
and childish but i get out
of patience sometimes Jeffy
wanted me to take Andrew
here
he said he would
feed him well i dident
feel walter as if i could
undertake it they would
soon get tired of fixing things
for him and i know if i had
him i must have the whole
family i told Jeff i was
willing to doo all i could
for him but it would be too
much for me his complaint
makes him testy of course and
i thought walt i had about
enoughf Andrew says nanc
does every thing for him gets
him every thing any would
go to greenport
to get him
any thing he wanted but she
has no econimy
to get things
what is to become of them this
winter God only knows nancy
can get shirts to make at 6sh
a peice but she says she cant
take them
georgegy is so cross
he aint a nice child
at all
jim is better he is here almost
every day as dirty as a pig but
very healthy they talk of taking
part of a house in hampton st
the next to this when mrs more
lived at any rate they have
got to moove sometimes i feel
as if i wished i was away from
every body i get tired and
think they expect too much from me
i feel pretty well since the
weather is cool but i am lame
in my knees at times quite bad
write on a piece of paper loose from
the letter if you say any thing you dont
want all to read
you got my letter and georges