
i write a few lines to say
i received a letter from heyde yesterday
they all jeff and all set in for me to send
the letter to you and i thought i would last
night but to day i thought better of it
i thought it would only put you out
of temper as it did all of us) he first
began with saying hanna was so she
came out to the kichen and eat her meals
but she is very far from complete recovery
she is very frail constitutionally yet
her hand or rather her thumb by what he
says is quite bad and the flesh scrinks
from the bone) this may all be true
probably is) then he goes on to say that
she is better off with him that any change
would not benefit her or to that affect
with his highfullatin phrases) well now
for the second act) he says
he received
a very stupid letter from Walt addressed
to han
which he humanely concluded not
to deliver to her and then he goes on to
quote the first part of the letter he says
it ran thus) i suppose my dear sister
you are by this time perfectly recovered
and the next) what a stupid man and
the balance he says
is about nothing himself
stuff i am out of patience let him stay
in washington he has but small credit
here i dont want to see him)
all this i have copied from his letter except where i marked above now walter what doo you think such a man is capable of doing i hope you have or will write to the Doctor and if you can go on there i should be glad matty says she makes no doubt the letter he kept from her was the one you spoke of her getting well enoughf when you came that she could come back with you i shall write to her and i shall write to him he is a very bad man very very but Walter dont lets think of him if han was away from him i should never want to hear his name again) we are having quite a snow storm to day here Jeffy and matty did think of going to Boston on monday next they will go to st louis is a couple of weeks it will be much the best for them and i shall be releived of a great care they will board martha is better than when she came but she cant doo much the children is trouble enoughf there is three girls down stairs and a jolly hous we have i tell you i am pretty well but get almost worked down
walt if you should get any wine send or take it if you go to han) write so i can get it tuesday and i will write again good bie walter dear