
i have been looking for a letter all day but none came so it is
saturday night and i am alone for A wonder so i thought i
would write you a few lines although my paper is somewha soiled and rather scanty it will let you see we are
all in the land of the living i have better paper than this but it is away up stairs
and i am too tired to go for it) we have had a terrible murder here as i suppose you
see by the papers all spaniards together) well
georgee
dident get the job of the big house after spending so much
time he says he aint much dissappointed as the architect was in favor of the new york
bosses perhaps its all for the best it would have been a great care and
worriment of mind they will get the job done they are at about
chrismas George says) probably something will turn up by
that time i tell him to go and see his friends and take things
easey i have not had one word from hanna since i came
home i want to hear from her very much i often wish i
could see her i got thinking about her and other things night before last and i
could not get to sleep till most morning then you know i get up very early most
generally a little before day light i dont mind so much after i get down stairs but its something
of job for me to get down some mornings i have been very lame more so than
usuall) i have got a union
with an article about your book i
told Jeff to take it and
send it to you would you like to have it or dont you care about it) it is not so severe as the one in
the nation of the 16th of
november
tom Rome left it here for me to read he is quite put out about
it
i should like for mr Oconner to see that in the nation it is a long piece with flourishes) the one in the union made me laughf you got my letter dident you Walt i wrote last sunday and finished monday about Cornelius s death Jeff and matty and the children are very well indeed martha has a woman to come every day and doo up her work little jimmy comes as usual no more to night with my awful pen
your mother L W