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we can under the present circumstances & in future. We are having a severe blowing snow storm to-day. The first of any consequence we have had since you were here & the weather yesterday was beautiful & it has been quite warm & spring like. The frost has been out the ground for some time & the ice out of the lake around the Mill, but last night the Weather changed & the thermometer is now below zero & it is blowing hard & snowing. Before this storm I had thought we should be able to go to ploughing before long, but this changes the aspect of affairs. It is now almost noon & the morning train is not in from Chicago which was due here between 8 & 9. --------------- You ask me how much longer my job will last here. I do not know. It sometimes seems to me as if I cannot stay here longer away from my family, but when I reason upon the subject I am thankful of an opportunity of earning some money with which to pay our debts. I almost wish I had not such strong irrepressible longings for home as I now have & have always had from my childhood up. I want home, wife, & children to be happy. I have a dear good wife & lovely & affectionate children, but I have no home. I fondly hope when we moved on to our farm tat I had at last found a home, but no one knows how terribly I suffered when I found that I was mistaken. It would have been home to me there if you could have loved it & felt that it was home. I do not blame you for not loving it although I know at times I have been irritable upon the matter & have spoken to you as I

[left-hand side] The excitement in regards to David & Leaming is wearing away & I think they will be able to resume business next fall. I shall try & not have my property sacrificed and I do not think it will be.