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letter from Mrs. Warren in which she wishes to give up the snow pictures and the Commission for a companion twilight and have me paint a summer picture equal in size to the two combined. This is a disappointment for I have use for the 300 which I felt sure she would send me now. I should not presume to show such vacillation but I wrote her asking her if she had not better keep the snow, meanwhile I would finish her a picture in accordance with her ideas and if I succeeded she might return the "Snow" and I would allow on the new picture what she paid on it. It has been a cold rich day. Sara is tearing the papers from my fathers room and I have sent to Fuller for paper to replace it. She and I sat in the sitting room and talked over Laura's outrageous letter. It seems more and more offensive and heartless each time I read it, and Sara can never forget it. I would refuse to see her if I were Sara should she ever come here. It seems so wholly gratuitous and so wholly cruel. 

Thursday June [[strikethrough]] May [[/strikethrough]] 4" 1885. My carbuncle which I am poulticing gets on slowly but pains me very little. I fear I am to see the worst of it yet although Sara thinks not. Tom drew gravel for the road and I spread it and have been bustling about all day. My plants ordered from Henderson came by Express today. Tom and I set out 100 cabbage plants, 50 Cauliflower, 30 egg plants 50 tomatoes and a doz Peppers. I also set out three roses some Carnations and Verbenas. The Verbenas were miserable little things and in fact the whole collection of plants struck me as inferior and the refuse of stock. I have written them to that effect this evening. It has rained this evening and it will be good for the plants. 

Friday 5" I awoke with a head ache and feeling very badly but got up and stirred about. It was raining, but held up during the forenoon when I went to the hot bed and took up the Nasturtiums and drove over to the Cemetery with them and the other plants and set them out, Port having prepared for them as I instructed him. It was an excellent day for it and I am glad it is accomplished as it has rained a considerable since and they will have a nice start. Girard brought me a batch of letters from the office at dinner time, one from Mrs. Stoddard inciting me to dine with them today to meet E. P. Roe and Hamilton Gibson one from Miss Nixon, a note from Eastman Johnson, several business notes and a long letter from Charlie Osman written May 30 enclosing a note to him from Joe in which he wishes him to discontinue his business connection with me in the birch braid as it is disagreeable to him to have any of my affairs brought to his notice. Was ever any thing more childish. Charlie evidently sees the absurdity of the whole thing just as any man of common sense would and his written a letter to show me the difficulty of his position and telling me that if I do not reply he will not misinterpret my silence. I expected this somewhat for I think one can always count on Joe to do the foolish thing, but it places me in an awkward position with Mr. Dunlap. 

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