Letters to a Friend 



ago. I find this literary business very irksome, 

 yet I will try to learn it. 



The falls respond gloriously to the ripe sun 

 shine of these days; so do the flowers. 



I hope that you will be able to send me word 

 when you will come, so that I may arrange ac 

 cordingly. Mr. Black will give all particulars 

 of trails, times, etc. If Moores have not gone 

 ranching, send Mr. Black over to their house. 

 It will do her good. I fondly hope she is growing 

 better. 



Love to all. 



JOHN Mum. 



Yosemite Valley, 



May 1 5th, 1873. 



The robins have eaten too much breakfast 

 this morning, and there is a grossness in their 

 throats that will require a good deal of sunshine 

 for its cure. The leaves of many of the plants 

 are badly disarranged, showing that they have 

 had a poor night's sleep. The reason of all this 

 trouble is a snowstorm that overloaded the 

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