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Wednesday we had a card from Mate, saying that the children were all sick with cankered sore throat, and if where knew where E. was, she thought we had better send him a dispatch to come right home. We did not know where to send, so Jennie went up there (to Turin) and she staid till night before last, a little over a week. - Mate was taken sick, with the same trouble Saturday - but they were all better before J. came home. Cousin May was here when Jennie went away - and Ellen Griffith has been staying here since then, so I have not been alone. I am gaining strength, but do not feel as strong as I did before I was sick - am able to help some about the house, though not a great deal. Maggie is teaching in Pen=

in margins: had you torn off an overcoat there - I do not know what it will cost to send this Have had no chance to inquire I sent you a pair of socks by mail from Turin Will send another

The coat is over 4 pounds in weight and so not mailable I think