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7 In my last letter that I though perhaps you had better select a home in some quiet unexpensive New England town. I said this upon the supposition that it would be more pleasant for you than to return here to our prairie home. I do not think it would cost any more than to live on the prairie. If you desire it make such arrangements & I will do what I can to carry them out. If you return here I am very anxious that Lydia should accompany you & that you should get a good little girl from the home. I don't believe it will be possible for me to go east & accompany you back as my trip from Chebanse here jarred my lung & made me have such a fever for the time being that I hardly think a long journey would be safe. You of course cannot return alone, & if you decide to return & Lydia does not accompany you I shall make the