
Lou and Jessie came here yesterday—I
assure you I was gratefull grateful
. They took hold immediately with an energy that has advanced
household comfort, in one day, than I could have accomplished perhaps all
winter—brought a woman in the house with mop and pail, and scoured the floor,
alleviating all that stale, dusty, musty atmosphere—drew out a carpet kept in
reserve, and we put it down—Lou engineering—to a line—then she
went away and returned having purchased a new carpet for Han's
sleeping room, and had a stove for winters use set up—bought an arm chair, a
pair of shades, and had the old
old lounge or sofa taken away to be repaird repaired
in the best possible manner; bot a
matrass mattress
for me, cotton and stuff—better perhaps than I had. The stove
was put in place in our best room—a good heater. The women worked, and so did
I, until the best shirt I had was ript ripped
, in rags. I told Lou that I had no other—true. She told
Han that she had intended to have given her some money but could not—she had
none left.
I wished that she had left 25 dollars for the taxes—but alas—numerous persons have contributed, a dollar occasionaly occasionally , to keep us up—beside your kind remittances. Oh! good friend Walt. Han is pretty well.
Yours gratefully— Charlie