
Y'r letter Susan rec'd & welcomed, & of course I was glad to hear f'm you all but hoped that George had fully or most fully recovered—but it is slow & tedious work & I hope & trust for the best. I want to come down & see him & I hope to yet.—Still keeps pretty dull & poorly with me going down slowly but surely all the time—pretty serious catarrh (probably) in the head & bowels too—& bladder malady—havn't been out the past week—am comfortable here wood fire—cloudy out & looks & feels like snow—have had a couple of visitors to–day, one f'm the college near Boston—My brother George return'd f'm St Louis & was here a couple of hours—my neice Jessie remains at present in St L—It was all a dark & rather sudden blow—Susan I enclose two dollars for Harry's little ones, give it to Eva for them—Maybe Harry will be here in a day or two I hope he will—That bad accident here on the foolish misplacing of the RR switch—we knew the poor conductor Leap, kill'd (leaves 6 children poor enough)—Love to you all—Ed stop here often as you can—you too Susan—George keep a good heart—my love to you Harry dear—
God bless you all Walt Whitman