
          from politics, pro 
 or con. But if 
 we can last a little 
 longer, I should hope, 
 and I do hope, 
 for better times
 and a more honorable 
 state of things, [crossed out: let] 
 whatever turn things 
 may take. I think 
 there are some signs, 
 tho. [though] faint and distant, 
 I confess, they are!


 Enough of this.
 Jane is not very 
 well. We sympathize
        