4lflf ^Test llBth St. New York City 
Jan Id, 1013. 
DeaR Collinsi- 
Now, now, now!!t you need not feel so big with your new 
typewriter, tho I do envy that possession. I reckon that this old 
Oliver will do me for quite a little while }onger . Of course, while 
you can do Uncle Swm out of one for the present, I don’t blame you. 
Someday, not soon, I may get spenixive myself and get a new one. 
Then it shall have all the latest fixings to date. 
First. I do not know %. Fromme, but I may be able to find out 
things about him. I take it that you want to know, first if he is 
biddable, or whether he knows it all? whether he is a good mixer! 
looks like a gentleman, and whether he can be trusted to take respon¬ 
sibility if occasion arises. You want to know whether he ”ea,ts andi 
sleeps well” pulls on the reins, or drives with a tight bit. 
I envy you your visit to the Farm, sometime I hope to get out 
there myself. Just now, there does not seem much hope of my getting 
anywhere save right in this burg. I have invited my little cousin 
and ger mother down here for the Easter vacation, and shall have to 
”cut down expenses” in anticipation. Also there is not so very mubh 
on the outside here now, though I expect tobegin in February with one 
boy. 
Thanks for the cojby pf the agreement, it seems to me that the 
BPI gets out of it very well indeed, and that you will not have so 
very hard a time for the things. But I should think that the North 
End of old Maxcey A would be a little cramped. Still, its better than 
having the whole thing up at your house, and not getting a. moments t*m 9 
