
Another hot wave here—getting along much as ever—Lou & young Amy Dowe were here this forenoon— Geo : has gone off to N Y —may go down for a few hours to Greenport to see Mary —(last news she was badly suffering f'm rheumatism)—Lou bro't me a nice basket of rasp & blackberries—I had some & a little oatmeal for my breakfast—Am sitting here yet, the same old story—God bless you—love to you sister dear—2 enc'd —
Walt Whitman