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When are Mother & Lucy coming up? Why do you come!

There is no doubt though the we were never in so much prosperous and comfortable condition as at present in spite of Mrs Kitters and Almeda; So you need not think you must hurry home on any of our account. I am afraid you might possible be most as bad as Almeda's

Respectably

I.S. J.M.

[bottom of page, upside down]Joseph affirms that Mother need not and better not come home as long as she can have a good excuse for staying away. We do not need her here. We do get along.