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230 La Salle Avenue Chicago April 9th 1894

Dear Mother, You know that tennis net Harl and I had in Oberlin that is now in the boys' closet downstairs there - north room? I think it is there up on the shelf in the corner or somewhere. Would it cost much to send it by mail? It isn't heavy surely. We want it very much to decorate the room with, and it's no use there, is it? I would be very very grateful if you could send it along.

One of our Policemen died last Monday a week ago. The Sargent at our station died very suddenly sitting in a chair there in the office at the Station about 2.30 PM. Went to sleep, and they found he was dead. Heart failure. Of course it was a great