
i
got your letter yesterday
but the paper you spoke
of i havent received
yet i dont seem to have
much to write walter
as i dont hear from
any of our family
i havent had any
word from st louis
in a very long time
i sent a letter last week
but have got no answer
i have hans box
ready
and am waiting for an
express man the one i
left the order to come last
tuesday did not come
it was westcots
too but he
dident come
i think its likely this
is the last box i shall
ever get up
it has worrie
me enoughf) the hot
weather and all together
i think it worries me
more than it does them
good i have sent her
a picture framed
and yours walt as
you are coming home
so soon
i wont send
it) the war news
seems
to be all the rage
here i hope it will take
the fenians
and roughfs
off that will doo some gd
i think the paper will
come to day walt
ice is very scarce and
high
i havent had much
you dont say any thing about your thumb walt i hope its well