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favorable report regarding the Weldon family. 
Mr. Weldon’s foot, although much better than 
before he entered the hospital, has never entirely 
healed, and he has not been able to do much work 
yet, only a few days occasionally. One of our local 
physicians has been working on his foot the past 
few weeks, and Mr. Weldon thinks it is healing 
gradually and says he is going to start out next 
week hunting for a situation as cook, but the out- 
look seems very “dusky” to me at present. Mrs. 
Weldon and the children are well, and so far have 
had enough to eat, and I hope your kind donations 
will be as much appreciated by them as they are by 
Yours with kindest regards. 
In November I learned from the local doctor 
that it had become imperative that Mr. Weldon’s 
foot should have surgical treatment immediately. 
Another operation was necessary, and once more 
Mr. Weldon came to Boston. His trouble had now 
assumed a rather alarming aspect, and in order to 
check its further spread it was necessary to adopt 
heroic measures and remove the foot. 
Once more the assistance that came from Bruno 
(indirectly of course) was the means of tiding the 
family over a difficult period. But after the opera- 
tion, which was successful to the extent of arrest- 
