those cosmopolitans as you note on your list ( which I f’or your guidan¬ 
ce return with this ) . But you embarras me as not ail of them have 
been dried by me . But that is easily remedied. I attend to them at 
first chance , and 0.0 you justice as best I know. 
fhe shakbmaker is the worst robber around here . He fells the best 
trees only, saws them into“cuts” of three feet, and splits them into thmq 
sheets of wood six inches wide to cover our roofs with. He makes “ sha¬ 
kes”. If the tree is twisted in its igrain, he abandones it. if good but 
six feet, he takes them , and trades his shakes for m .sky and “ grub” 
( vitals , more of the former of cours-e ) at the first “ station ” or 
store . ihere is not a section of government land anyways near accessib¬ 
le territory which he has not singled over. And if a ^ipoor man steals 
an overcoat from the rack in a hostel , he is locked up. I have been 
born and nursed under covers of silk and lace, I have shared my profes¬ 
sion’s life in the lowest hovels, and from a whole-souled scientist , 
I am reverted to an ardent politician, for i\ pure 'humanity’s sake. If I 
keep alive , if my brain is further refreshed by such friendly expres¬ 
sions as you have for my, heart’s bitterness : the day will come when 
I enter the steps of legislative halls,. I have pilgrimed three times t><f— 
the little rooms where Luther translated this, bible ere he went forth 
on his mission. I have looked from out o\f his window where he gained 
^strength for soul and body . I now myself' spend my yea/?s on a recluse 
so similar to his , tijhat I feel sterengthened in the very likelness of 
our position. Like him I feel convinced of the truth of my doctrine , 
the religion of humanity , and like him I do not icare for consequences. 
My orchard book will contain some of my ideas on our surroundings, I 
