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Dear Cousin Lizzie - What a commotion was made when Uncle Nathaniel's good letter and your photo dropped in among us! You ought to have seen it. I was ironing and though I gave myself great credit for not leaving my work, and answering your note immediately, I must confess that some wrinkles dried into the clothes, as every now and then I left them spread on the table while I went to take a fresh peek at your dear face. Each tried to claim you as a nearer relation then the rest by saying that you looked like her, but Lizzie I carried the palm for when we showed him the likeness and you know the proverb Children and fools always speak the truth but Cousin Alexander had the good sense to remark that you looked some like me. I thanked him, and told him I couldn't get many to say so, and he replied that you certainly did. I am afraid you will think it a doubtful compliment to yourself after you have seen my face! Dear cousin I really thank you very much for it, and gladly concede to your wish and return you mine. I also send you one of brother Eddie's, your dear father's namesake. I wish you would write to him sometime, cousin. He says he never will be illustrious as a letter writer, and in truth has so modest an estimate of his abilities in that line that he would hardly be induced to begin a correspondence, but I know a letter from you would be highly prized, and I think it would receive an answer. unclear let him think it was his likeness that brought your letter and not my solicitation. He left permission when he was home for his photograph to accompany mine, so you see it is his gift. We think Uncle's and cousins photographs very good indeed. Uncle's likeness is so small that we need to look through an eye glass to have it appear very lifelike. Then it seems almost ready to speak, but deer me, I cannot feel satisfied with just seeing your portraits I want to see and know you all. It seems to me that unclear north is most inconveniently large.