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Wednesday afternoon My dearest Janey What shall I write to cheer the heart of my poor homesick sister? My heart is sad for thee, my sister, I fain would be with thee. I long to press my lips to thine, Once more thy face to see. Dear Janey you dont know how much I want to see you. I wish I was there with you to help you carry ashes up and down those many flights of stairs. WE are afraid very much that you will hurt your back carrying them so much up and down stairs. You look to be stronger than you really are and I fear that if you do not tell them that they will unintentionally assign to you heavier labor than you are able to perform. You must take care Janey not to hurt yourself. How long are you to hold that important office? not long I hope. I recieved your letter last Wednesday night. I think was very glad to have a letter from you but was very, very sorry that you felt so lonely and discouraged. I expect you will like it better when you get into the regular classes and the examination is over. Write often and tell me how you get along. We all feel very anxious to hear from you after but not more anxious I suppose you will say, than you are to hear from us. We did not at all realize that you were gone so far until we had your letters. It seemed as though you would were gone away for a short time and would be home in a few days. Thanks to our dear Uncle Sam, the distance is not so great between us and we can hold sweet communion together