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Dont you think I am getting tough, to ride 30 miles on a hard trotting plow horse in a day. O, but I like riding horseback on a good horse- and I get some compliments for sitting well upon a horse. Shall I believe them? Did you read "Happy Days"- in the January Atlantic? I hope you did call Mary's attention to it. There are several other matters I intended to mention, but they slip my mind just now and as twilight approaches, I am reminded that the mail closes very soon. With kindest love to all I am darling- as ever Your Affectionate Husband Simeon Whiteley.