
we have lived through
the heat so far the heat has been
bad enoughf but i could have born
it but i have had a real bad time
with the rheumatism last saturday
toward evening i went up on the hill
i went by the way of cumberland st
and set down several times before i
reached the top whether it was that or what
i dont know but all that night i couldent
sleep my legs pained me so very bad and
sunday but tuesday they dident pain me
so bad but left me pretty lame but
i have kept around slowly made edd
doo all i could i suppose it was coming
down the hill strained the nerves so
i think i shant go on fort green
again
i am well otherways but such pain as i
had for two or three days) and to mend
the matter i had one of mr heyde s
complimentory letters over a sheet of
foolscap
i read part of it and kindled
the fire with it) walt if Mrs Oconor and
Jenney
comes i will make them very
welcome and treat them very kindly
but i cant doo as if i wasent lame but
i shall get along very well it dont hurt
me so bad quite to day to walk as it did
yesterday) george hasent been home
in a long while i havent heard a word
from him he said if i got out of money
i must write to him but i aint out
yet i have felt sometimes quite uneasy
about him as he is liable to be affected
with the sun and he had to go to florence
to inspect the new york pipe)
matty is not
or wasent the last i heard so well
she and the children talked of going to minnesota
the children
has had the whooping coughf and they dont seem to get over it
Walt you must keep a good heart that teedious thumb will come all right i hope