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Warwick, May 21 1875 My dear & only sister The busy spring- time with its never-ending demands upon my time has prevented me ans' your 1st letter, but I'll take the time right out of "whole cloth" now, lest days & weeks will glide away, leaving the 2nd unanswered too. I am glad those people of Mr. Osgood's society have put their shoulder to the wheel, striving to make the good work move on, that one angel sister loved so well, & devotedly - Oh Abby, Mary is dead & gone - It does seem some days when I am thinking a great deal about our loss of so dear a sister, as though I should cry my eyes out - If I could only see you such times, & talk over about her, perhaps I should not feel so grieved - It has seemed [as?] the time from 1st as though it could not be, & as time goes on I grow less rec- onsiled to her early death I fear! It seems a dreadful loss to me, to lose her & give her up entirely: I wonder if it does seem so great a bereavement to you & our brothers? there are other things I ought to write you, so I must not write it all about poor Mary - I feel so sure about Mr. Osgoods doings & sayings I don't care to mention him - [illegible] what you wrote me concer- ning his remarks about me? Well he may talk on till doomsday if he likes I have not "misused" him or said any

[written along the left-hand side of the page] I shall be so very glad to see our long absent brother Charles? I hope he will be well so he can enjoy his visit - I do not see any way that I can help with money - I have sold only 1 ton of hay - $20, & this I have had to use nearly all of it to pay Jona; for money our [rough?] when I went to Granby, & for eatables - I would help of course if I had anything to help with you & Chandler & Samuel, have some- thing "coming in" & I have nothing, but all "gain out" - I have been to Athol today for Mary - she returns next Monday - she calls herself well but complains of feeling tired -