
i had company yesterday so i dident write to you we had aunt freelove s daughter elizabeth with an other lady here yesterday i got your letter this morning and i got three last week i dont know what i would doo walt if it wasent for you to think of me it seems as if all the other sons and daughters has their own to attend to which is perfectly natural) george and loo and Jeff insists on my breaking up houskeeping they dident only insist but almost commanded me i told them i should remain here this winter if i lived) they none of them want edd walter and they would soon get tired of paying his board) and we aint much expence to any but but you walter dear for any thing but houseroom at any rate i shant break up as long as i can get around if i lose the use of my limbs altogether then i wont object i suppose they do it for the best they think i live so lonesome) but walt dont worry about me breaking up i have had my way as edd says to long)

i had a letter from loo since they went home jimmy behaved very well while they was away but after they got home he stayed out late and on wensday night he was out all night he went to a political meeting and the band of music atracted him he said he slept in the alley but loo seems to have great patience with him she said he took on and cried and promised to not do so any more [illegible] he would only be a good boy)
walt i have a poem by Jean Bruce Washburn of the yo semite valley california mrs stantons aunt i think its beautiful its a small pamphlet i will send it to you if you wish walter write walter if you would like it
the old indian tradition i think is so beautiful
the fire in the woods on the prairie is awfull to read