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with it, and I think it is beautifully written. His name is Castaigne and was always in my time the strongest man in the atelier. I have a good deal of respect for him, more than Kenneth has. Some of the men here in Boston want me to translate it and have it put in one of the papers, but I don't know my own language well enough to do it justice. Miss Taber has put me on the track of some people who do French theatricals I may get an engagement. Par bleu! I think t'would be no end easier to play in French than in English.  

My dear Joe I don't grow rich a bit, and my European prospects for next spring look extremely shaky.