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  Dear Walter

i write quite often dint i you cant complain of my not writing i thought i would write to say that i think Andrew is better he was here yesterday and i think his throat is somewhat better he says it is not but i know it is nancy was here last night she said he was better he took home some pie she said he eat that and 3 eggs so his throat couldent hurt him so bad as it has he took cold when he went in the country he was very bad when he came back he said yesterday he wanted some roast lamb i said get a small peice and have it cooked i told him to have whatever he wanted but to be saving of what he had but to get anything he could eat   but Walt it is no use to talk they just get the very most expensive things lamb is 20 cents pr lb and tell about jim eating 4 eggs for his breakfast other things not half so expensive would be much more healthy for the child when Andrew went away the first time he ha between 30 and 40 dollars so nancy said when he went the second time i gave him 10 he only staid one night the first time an 2 o 3 the last and they get things on credit to a grocery and their money is not much left i gess they have got to move too the landlord has told them they must so now they expect me tto pay the rent i told nanc i would pay one month walt they expect to much from me i suppose martha has told nancy i have got 2 or 3 hundred dollars in the bank they never gave Jim one cent worth when he went away not even a shirt when Jeff has 18 mat said if they work and got them as they had done they could have   them to i said to mat the other day in a joke if they had another young one they would be so stingy we wouldent know what to doo but i got the same old retort that it was me that was stingy with my bank book that is such a common thing to hear if i make any remark that i would like to have any thing [illegible] why donti get it with my bank book i told her the other day because i had 2 or 3 hn dollar if i used it all i might go to the poor house sometimes i think i wish the bank book as they call it was in guinea sis too says grandma take your bank book i suppos walt you ll think i are foolish and childish but i get out of patience sometimes Jeffy wanted me to take Andrew here he said he would feed him well i dident feel walter as if i could undertake it they would soon get tired of fixing things for him and i know if i had him i must have the whole   family i told Jeff i was willing to doo all i could for him but it would be too much for me his complaint makes him testy of course and i thought walt i had about enoughf Andrew says nanc does every thing for him gets him every thing any would go to greenport to get him any thing he wanted but she has no econimy to get things what is to become of them this winter God only knows nancy can get shirts to make at 6sh a peice but she says she cant take them georgegy is so cross he aint a nice child at all jim is better he is here almost every day as dirty as a pig but very healthy they talk of taking part of a house in hampton st the next to this when mrs more lived at any rate they have got to moove sometimes i feel as if i wished i was away from every body i get tired and think they expect too much from me i feel pretty well since the weather is cool but i am lame in my knees at times quite bad write on a piece of paper loose from the letter if you say any thing you dont want all to read

 

you got my letter and georges