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-Tuesday-

My dear Bess:

   On hearing or learning
of your illness thro' mothers
letter of Sept 23rd I felt
about ten different ways
at the same moment. First
I said to myself how incredible
Bess laid up, the one seldom
ill in bed. Well in short I was
shocked, and longed to get
over and serve as nurse.
  Mothers letter arrived
this morning. I had been
painting in my new studio, and
noticing my little Italian
model (our old friend was