150 MEMOIR OF JOHN "WILSON. 



will write thee on Saturday, fixing my day of return. I go to 

 Ulverstone to see Maggy, etc. Don't hire a servant without seeing 

 and approving her — mind that. Write me on Saturday as before. 

 Put Elleray on the letter, else a surgeon at Bowness will read it. 

 Love to Ung* and others. 



" Eternally yours, 



"J. W." 



From the excursion with Garnet and Robertson he is hurried back 

 to Elleray on business, and writes in haste : — 



"Elleray, Sept. 28th, 1816. 

 "My dearest Wife: — I have not half a minute to spare. 

 Immediately on receiving this, send me the inventory of every thing 

 at Elleray. If it is too large to go by post, copy it over in one 

 long sheet, and send it off" on Thursday. If it can go by post, 

 write on Tuesday — same day you receive this. On receiving your 

 letter to-morrow, I will write you at length, and tell you when I 

 come home, which will be immediately. It was impossible to leave 

 this hitherto, for reasons I will explain. You will have heard of 

 Maggy since I saw her. I will see her on Wednesday, and tell you 

 all about her. Whatever my anxieties and sorrows are or may be 

 in this life, I have in your affection a happiness paramount to all on 

 earth, and I think that I am happier hi the frowns of fortune, with 

 that angelic nature, than perhaps even if we had been living in 

 affluence. God forever bless you, and my sweet family, is the 

 prayer of your loving and affectionate husband, 



" J. Wilson." 



There are no more letters or memorials of that year. The next 

 brings us into a new field, which calls for a chapter to itself. 



* A playful soubriquet for his eldest son. 



