
Just a line or two to send my loving salutation & cordial greeting to you, my dear, good old friend & to thank you for the good letter you so kindly sent to Wallace—a facsimile of which he kindly made & forwarded to me.
Sorry indeed were we to learn that your condition at the time of writing (May 23rd) was "the
same continued, bad, bad enough."
In spite of the continued ill reports we keep on hoping for the best.
Meanwhile we take every opportunity of writing to assure you of our heartfelt sympathy & affectionate solicitude for your welfare.
Alas that we can do nothing more!
Our best thanks to you too for kindly promising to send us a copy of that audacious photo. We are curious to know what it is & to see it

This morning I recd a letter from Mr Stead (Editor of the Review of Reviews) in which he says: "I was not able to get the portrait in this month but I shall be delighted in noticing "GoodBye My Fancy" to use the portrait of Walt Whitman on Camden Wharf."
I intend lending him the copy of "Good Bye" that you kindly sent to us in case he has not yet seen the book.
I send you the third & concluding part of "Academy Pictures" by this mail

Pardon my writing more at present. I have had a fearfully busy week with Influenza cases—I have had a touch of the disease my self lately—and my horse—truest & faithfullest of friends—has been nearly run off his feet.
We are anxiously awaiting some report of your birthday proceedings
Please convey my kindest regards to Mrs Davis Harry & Warry Also to H. L. Traubel when you see him
With best heart love to yourself I remain Yours affectionately J Johnston