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came & nocked on the door he had two little children with him & gave me my letter broken into he said his boy & another one took it out of my door & brought it home. and the letter inside was carried off by the other boy so I found those pictures were all there & unsoiled as far as I could see he said he was a man who only came to town on Thursdays & boarded down below me on Seaver Street & the son was going to be punished for taking the letter out of the slot of the door & he said he would never do it again. the man knew Pa. said he used to sell him yeast cakes, & take his dinner down in the restaurant [[strikethrough]] other side (Pies I suppose). he was good to bring back what was left of the contents in the envelope  he posted it for me that night & hope it arrived safe with those pictures. so please let me know if you got it safe the man seemed honest & I could not find any fault.

It looks now like clearing the sun is trying hard to shine hope Lena is having a good time basking in the sun which she thinks so much of her health seemed better the last time she was here. if she would'nt think so much of sickness ness & her ills she would be better theres a case where a christian science would come in play Mrs Barry & I think. we use it here a lot during our ills its much better than to harbor them  Ma