■that it is preferable to rheumatism which is recurrent if not constant. 
This , I believe , may never coem again after it departs . I sin¬ 
cerely hope so . It is a shame that your visit should have been 
xhBDteHx shortened and spoilt by it . 
I have marked out the pictures of the tools in red paint 
and have put a pad-lock on the door . If I succeed in keepingit locked. 
it will be the first thing I ever did keep locked . The first proof 
of the value of the collection occurred Friday when Tom. came into the 
studio and wanted some oil to oil a saw . I proudly unlocked the clos¬ 
et and furnished him with the article at once . Strange to say , he 
brought the oil-can back ! 
You did not say how you found Mrs. Brewster . I hope , better. 
Now I am going over to see Lukeman*s new studio . 
Affectionately , 
