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think I am gaining. I want to. Just how long I can stay here I do not know. Mrs Thaw has people coming & going & my place may be wanted. Not only is she entertaining here, but in a house near by, on her grounds, which she calls "the Cottage"  She has guests there, just now, a Rev. Mr. Boyd, who is nearly blind. he has two daughters deaf & dumb. His blindness throws him out of his employment as a minister. His wife is much of a lady & her face is beautiful showing the triumph of faith & patience over a very hard fate. [[insertion]]She supports the family keeping boarders [/insertion]]. They were here last evening & Mr. Boyd recited some of his verses, which embody his memory of his boyhood days. They were interesting & it was pathetic to watch his face as he recited & his wife's face too.

I am reading Woodrow Wilson's "Hist. of the Amer. People." It is in 5 vols. profusely illustrated, which acts as padding. I've read 3 vols. and I cannot yet make out his motive in writing the book. I am reading the book in order [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] , if I can, really to gauge the man's mind. I have not yet been able to change my estimate of Mr. Wilson. He is not a scholar, nor does he show himself to be a thinker. If one was to rely on this book, without having any other knowledge of Amer. history from other sources, I think one would get a narrow view of the history of the planting & the development of our nation. I'm going through the work to the end of the 5th vol. to be fair & just to him. 

I had a letter from Mrs [[Lamache?]]. She is at Asbury Park. You aim to be home next Sunday, is that so? You had better write a line to Mary or Jane telling when you'll arrive so things will be in readiness for you.

Now goodbye dear F. 
Ever affly [[signature]] M. [[/signature]]

[[left margin]] Miss Mary Watson. Mrs Jane Dance. Perhaps you had better write Jane of your coming.