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Walpole May 3d 1856 My dear sister Abby: I received your letter Thursday and I was happy enough to hear from you. True, I had looked and expected ever since I came here to hear from you, every mail. But I could not write you until I had heard from you, as I did not know where you was. So I have been waiting patiently as possible. But it has seemed long, for I have heard from home only once, and that was but a few lines that Charles wrote Fast Day. Sometimes I feel afraid some of them are sick. I wish I could hear. If Charles was at home I should before this time I know. His being in Boston accounts for it in a measure. I shall write home again soon. So Charles has really gone to Boston I did not think he would quite so soon. You will enjoy it exceedingly you and Charles! Oh! dear! I wish I could be there. You guessed pretty nearly my feelings Abby, but then you know it will not answer to feel so. I have forty scholars this summer. They have changed both the other teachers. Mr. Francis Knapp teaches the