Whitefield, N.H., Sept. 1G, 1897 
Dear Will:- 
I was delighted to get your letter of the 10th, and I 
considered it sfr good of you to write with your time well taken up and 
your unfortunate infirmity in addition besides. I rejoice that you can 
get about as much as you do in your boats and enjoy the beautiful sur¬ 
roundings. The choice birds that you see constantly must be the great¬ 
est pleasure to you not matter how often you have seen them before. I 
have just had a line from Purdie and I am glad he is having such a fine 
time. Harry Spelman and his wife must be with you now. 
We have decided to break up here next week and return to Cam¬ 
bridge on the 23rd, Thursday. It is very desirable to get my aunt to 
Boston as soon as possible, for another attack may come at any moment. 
Margie has no cook and our house is closed, so that we are going to 
board for a little while till we are settled somewhat. It will seem 
rather strange, but is much better under the circumstances. It is hard 
to find a cook from here and there is nobody to do it for us. I shall 
pitch in and do what I can ere you return from the Lake. 
Margie and I are both well and I an d thankful to have got 
over an attack of indigestion that troubled me for a week a while ago. 
Yesterday I drove over to Jefferson with Fred and ascended Starr King, 
a noble mountain. It took us three hours to reach the top. The way is 
entirely through heavy woods and there is a good path all the way. I 
saw but little bird life. Juncos, Chickadees, Jays, and Black-throated 
Green Warblers were seen or heard on the mountain slopes, and near the 
