
its another monday morning and edd and me is alone george has gone to brooklyn and Lou is going to philadelph[damage] i wish you was here with me to day we would have some good strong tea for dinner george has gone to see about getting the brookly work and take out a small sum of money from the bank for the man to begin his house or Lou s as she calls it) i should much like to have somebody to talk with i dont hear much but house and money if they could build and keep all the money in the bank it would be good the man is to build it very cheap george thinks he will lose by it

i received your letter saturday
dear walt i am glad you
are improving although slowly
it is tedious to stay in so long
i know by experience
i havent
been out except next door
in ten weeks this street has been
so full of ice and there is
quite a quantity of snow in
it yet but i shall try to go
out soon i have been better
of the rheumatism this winter
untill a week or so ago i got
quite lame in my knees so i
could hardly get down
stairs but i think i took cold
going out to the privy getting
my feet damp as the water
stands in the path nearly all the
time but every thing must
be kept so scientific here
i dont know sometimes how
it is i hope there will never
be any thing to annoy or
disturb the manager i think
sometims a person can be
to particular Lou aint so nice
about any thing but the appearance
of the house that seems to be her
hobby she has her girls come
to see her quite often girls she
used to work with they have
to all be up here sometimes
i dont feel like having them
but there is no where else
for them but in the kichen
we had five here yesterday
not all girls but 3 went away
but one girl and her beau staid
till 10 oclock)
well walt i beleive that will
doo for gossip) poor jeff i want
to write to him to day but
i hardly know what to write
to him i have the letter from
hattie poor little girls i want
to see them but i dont know
when i ever shall i dont
think it would doo to invite
them here to stay) i thought by
hattys letter maybey they dident
like their new home but your
letter says you think they are
satisfied hattie dident say they
was dissattisfied but she said
the last few weeks seemed like
a dream to her
of course no
place can be like home to them
poor matt it seems as if i
can hardly realize she is
gone as her picture hangs here
and looks so much like
life it brings the tears to my
eyes but i seldom speak of
her i think walter dear you
and me felt the loss more
than any one else except
her family of cours Jeff feels
it more than any one else can
but time will asswage in some
measur if it wasent for that we
couldent live throug our troubles
you must write walter dea as often as you can) will you have to get some one to write for you walter or will the work make no difference dont worry walter dear