who kept in good heart and
felt very shure that he would
return a gain, the very day that
the sorrowful news came some
of the neighbors were there and
they said she was very cheery
and thought that he would
soon be at home, but little
did she think that such sorrowful
news was on the road to her.
I must tell you too that David
Longfellow came home very sick,
he is getting better or was the
last that I heard from him
but the Doctor thinks that he
will be a criple for life, he
has lost the use of one of
his legs, what is the cause
of his being a criple I did not
hear but I think that it is
the fever settled in his leg, but
I do not know for I did not hear.
Well William, I hardly know what
more to write this time as I have