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  1869 Feb or March Not March My dear walt

i have just received your letter i was very glad to hear from you it seemed quite long since i had a letter i am glad you have got rid of your cold it has stuck too you pretty long i was glad to get the letter and glad to have what it contained to tell the thruth Edd and i have had to live pretty saving when george went away he dident leave me any and i hadent very much and i had the washing to pay for out off it so i told edd last night he should have bread and coffee to day but i gess we shant starve every thing is so dear butter 65 cents per lb i dont get much of it meat is cheaper and i like it better i dont know whether georg will come home this week or not he thought he would when he went away if he could leave) i am pretty well only last sunday morning i hurt my knee i catched my foot and struck my knee and it got so lame in the coarse of the day i could hardly walk it is a little better at present but is very stiff i thought i was glad george was gone for i couldent hardly doo any thing when i was entirely still it dident hurt me much but i tryed   to walk and it hurt me so i had to sit still but i think it will be better soon i have been trying to get things straighened up a little prepatory to moving when my knee was so lame i thought what would i doo if i was so i couldent walk but i can walk quite smart to day if i keep my knee strait it hurts me so to bend it) i suppose we shall have to go as soon as the house is in any kind of condition if george comes home i shall get him to have one of the stoves put up to get the wall perfectly dry i dont regret leaving this house when the cellar is open i can smell the dampness up stairs if the door is open they have every kind of stuff down there and the rats has dug so the water comes in every rain i told mrs steers they ought to open the doors every clear day but she is very much engaged making money to think of any thing she is clever to me but they want the rooms i suppose its natural enoughf i have the music marm and the daughter to practice and all) i have had no corresspondence at all only your s dear Walt so i havent heard from any body only as you say you have had a letter from jeff i should think as matty is so smart they would keep house) you remember Walt i always said if Grant got to be presedent i hoped he wouldent disappoint his party but i dont know i hope he wont but i suppose time will tell)

good bie walter dear LW

i felt sorry to see so many females discharged