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house two miles before I got to Hebron, I found her a pleasant old lady & intimatelty acquainted with Mr Morisons family. They visit her frequently & she visits them, she gave me a good room & every attention in their power, but the road from Valparaiso was very rough & I was oh, so tired that I did not know what to do, I raised a little blood that night but I did not say anything about it, I went to bed early but was so tired & feverish that I could not go to sleep for a long, long time. How I did long to have you with me, & I would have been so glad to have been back safely home but at last I got to sleep & when I awoke in the morning I assure you I was thankful to find myself rested. We got started about 7 in the morning & as the roads were better I did not get so tired, & Fan & bill got along nicely although we had quite a load. We reached Momence a distance of 32 miles at a quarter past one, there we stopped 1 1/2 hours & got dinner for ourselves & horses & I laid down & got well rested. The roads were excellent from Momence & as I did not get very tired we reached our place before dark having rode that day 56 miles, Fan & bill felt well & went right along although they had quite a load. There are but few horses that would have taken us along with such