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I h AVE I.*:fN LOOKING FOR YOUR NAME IN THE PASSENGER LIST FOR 

 :S, IN VAIN , AND NOW A LETTER FROM ROSA TELLS US THAT YOU ARK LAI D 

 r ~ AWL WITH THE GOUT, BEGINING AT THE BIG TOE, AT THAT J - WELL /I 

 NOT EXPECTED THAT OF YOU - YOU MUST HAVE BEEN LIVING TOO HIGH SINCE 

 GOT HOME. - AND WE ARE ALL REALLY DISAFPOINTED - THE SPRING FLORA IS 

 PAST GIVING WAY BEFORE THE ADVANCING DROUGHT > AND IN A PEW EEKS THERE 

 ILL BE THE SAME DUSTY PLAINS AND BROWN MOUNTAINS THAT YOU SAW BE TORE. 

 UNLESS, INDEED, YOU SHOULD FOLLOW ME TO WASHINGTON TERR IT,, WH IT HER 1 * AM 

 BOUND A FEW WEEKS HENCE. NOW THAT VILLARD IS DIRECTLY INTERESTED IN THE 

 N.P # / HE WANTS TO KNOW SOMETHING OF WHAT IS ON THE ROUTE, AND I AM TO 

 TAKE THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE CAS|jcLES, FROM THE DALLES UP. I WISH 

 YOU WOULD JOIN THE PARTY FOR A WHILE, ANYHOW! 



MY HEALTH IS A GOOD DEAL BETTER THAN IT WAS A YEAR AGO AT THE END OF 

 MY COURSE, AND I THINK I CAN STAND A MOUNT AN TOUR VERY WELL , AND WITH 



CHITIS, Pi OBABLY IN CONSEQUENCE OF HIS GROWING TOO FAST , FOR HE IS 'WAY 

 ABOVE HIS MOTHER NOW. I AM GOING TO HAVE HIM EXAMINED TO-MORROW, TO SEE 

 IF ANYTHING SERIOUS IS THE MATTER, IN ANY CASE., I SUPPOSE HE WILL HAVE 

 TO LEAVE THIS FOGGY CLIMATE FOR A * WHILE , BUT WHERE TO SEND HIM Is THE 

 QUESTION , AS MY TRIP MIGHT BE TOO HARD ON HIM. NOUS VERRCLS - BUT IT IS 

 A VERY UNEXPECTED AND GRIEVOUS CONTRETEMS , IF NOTHING MOWfiT HE HAS IN- 

 HE RITE D A TENDENCY THAT WAY PROM ME, I AM AbhAiD, AND IT MAY BOTHER HIM 

 AS IT DOES ME, IF NOTHING WORSE COMES. HIS MOTHER "TAKES ON DREADFULLY* 

 ABOUT IT, THE MORE AS SHE MAY THUS HAVE TO STAY ALONE WITH THE GIRLS FOR 

 TWO MONTHS, I WISH I COULD PERSUADE ROSA TO COME AND STAY WITH HER - SHE 



'HAT FOLLOW AN OVE[£ 



YOU EXERCISE YOUR POWhKS OF Pj 1?UA' 

 SION ON HER, AND COME ON WITH HER - I HAVE NO DOUBT VILLARD WILL FURNISH 



THE MAI L IS ABOUT TO CLOSE AND SO I MUST DO THE SAME LITTLE ALL (F 

 WHO IS AT MY ELBOW, AS WELL AS THE REST 1 , SEND YOU KINDEST GREETINGS, AND 

 WISH YOU WOULDN'T GIVE UP COMING' 



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