after infinite labor and fatigue, mrs. clemens has got her menagerie ready to move, but now we are brought to a halt by jean’s illness. she has had hoarseness and a pretty sick time of it in one way or another, during the past four or five days, and now a rash has broken out on her which the doctor is not willing to say is not scarlet fever. so we shall stay still and wait a day or two, and then go or stay according to results.

if you would like to have $3000.00. on account, i will send it with pleasure. i mention this because osgood was here last night and sai ysⒶemendation he thought you wanted to finish paying for your house before you sailed for europe. if the money will be a convenience to you, all right; it will be no inconvenience to me to pay it.

iⒶemendation not only had a prodigious ly Ⓐemendation good time at your house, but as usual i brought away some material results. i wrote an article for the tile club, which would never have been written if i had not gone to belmont. i always make expenses, and a hundred dollars or so besides out of a visit to you.