Pond will presently begin to render his weekly-or-whatever-it-is account to you, accompanied by money. Bank this money in my name & keep it strictly to itself. Use none of it, don’t borrow from it, even temporarily; but when you want money apply to me & I will most probably draw on Elmira or Hartford.

Gilder of the Century said to me, “We are not only indebted to you for a good chapter for our next number, but are profoundly indebted to you for unearthing a gem of an artist for us. As soon as we saw Kemble’s pictures in your proofs, we recognized the fact that that was a find for us, & so we went for him & we’ve got him. He is going to New Orleans for us to illustrate a long article of Cable’s.”

I was very glad to hear him say these things.