Salem, U,Y, 



Jan, 22nd 1927 



Dear Mr Deane. 



Your letter of dec, 9th was most welcome nnd i am glad you are keep- 

 ing fairly well .1 am very sorry however to hear that Mrs Dexter is so 

 poorly, and I know how anxious you must all be. In a letter from Mt n uth 

 ven last evening he says she has been quite ill again, and he is worrie 

 about her. I am glad your summer was a pleasant one and hope your winte 

 is passing comfortably for you. I an sure Miss Brown takes good care of 

 yo^and at our ages it behoves us all to be careful and not over© do. 

 We have had a very cold season, our lowest temperature has been 24below 

 zreo but many days it has run 10 & 12 below,! have not minded the cold 

 as my house is very warn and I have been out everyday but one, when it . 

 snowed^ end blew a gale drifting badly. I have thtos fiar escaped the pre 

 vailing influenza and branchial troubles which so many are having. 

 I do not visit anywhere wher: they are ill with such ailments, as I am 

 alone end have no one to look after me if ill. I am leading a very quic" 

 life at present, a few games of Bridge being my only dissipation, and I 

 get tired often if obliged to stay later than I want to, but I have to 

 conform Jfo others ways when I go out. I have been reading a number of 

 light books,! find reading rather hard , as ->{cannot concentrate my mind 

 upon my book as I could wish, my thought s wander off. for so many years 

 I read aloud to my sister hours a day that I did little to myself and 

 now have to learn to do so. I had " Cherry Square " sent me by your bro 

 ther and Mrs Deane ,and I have enjoyed it very much. I have also read s 

 several of Lincolns books which I like ,1 have a book on travel the 

 ' Spell of Fianders"which I find most interesting. I mix n&vels and trave 

 so as not to get into the habit of caring only for the books of the da 



