JOHN DAY'S RETIREMENT 35 



trouble I can assure you I have always considered you 

 as a kind friend now God bless you do write me per 

 Return of Post : I do hope and trust you have got me 

 some money by this time what in the world am I to do if 

 you would only write me telling me what answer I 



ought to send to and I should be very much 



obliged to you now I beg you write and see what 



you can do with him now do write me by Return of 

 Post and very much obliged — Ever yours sincerely 



Wm. Palmer. 



Now I most certainly should expect a letter from you 

 per Return of Post without fail — ^Wm. P. 



This second letter, with its lack of punctua- 

 tion, its grammatical errors and its agonised 

 appeals for assistance, reveals a thoroughly dis- 

 traught mind. Apparently it was written either 

 just before or just after Palmer's arrest-— probably 

 just before. 



