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will be there. At 7'oclock Tom drive me up to the station but we found the train was two hours late so I went back home. It was very cold 6 below zero I noticed about 9 oclock and very still. My father now when I have him always say "God bless you" sometimes I fancy he is anxious about me and wonders how I get along with all the expenses, but I try to keep all anxieties from him. I am sure he feels more cheerful when he sees me happy. Sara and I sat by the fire and talked as we always do, and we let poor old Park come in who seemed troubled or ill. He was very thirsty and drank a great deal and we gave him a dose of Arsenecum to allay his thirst. 

Monday 25" Jan 1886. I awoke very early with a sort of sick headache which has clung to me nearly all day. Poor old Park came on to the front porch and barked early this morning or rather in the night and this morning I went out to see about him. He was lying in his hammock and I thought he was dead but he came out presently and seemed all right except that he was still very thirsty. I gave him more Arsenecum. I was not able to eat much breakfast and sat by the fire until 11 oclock when Tom drove me up to the train. Something occurred at West Camp which obliged them to send to Kingstown for a locomotive and it was nearly two oclock before we got away. Sam Coykendall, his wife and two of the younger boys were there and had to wait all that time. Sam and I talked in a friendly way about all sorts of things. Delafield a farmer friend of Booths introduced himself to me and we talked of Booth. He spends his time on their place near Stone Ridge and raises Holstein Cattle he told me. I saw by the Tribune that the Ferry house and West Shore station foot of 42"  St burned Sunday morning. There was a sort of frozen rain and the winter landscapes all the very down were charming. My head ached but it did not prevent me from enjoying them. The weather had moderated considerably before we reached New York. We came over the river in a sort of a freight propeller and were landed at 43" St. I saw the ruins of the Ferry house on which an engine was still pouring water while men were clearing away the docks as fast as possible. I did not reach my room until 5' oclock but my head ache had left me. Went over to dinner and Mary went up to see Julia Dillon who wants Sade to come their next week when she comes down. Came directly back to my room and wrote to Sade as I promised I would and also wrote a short letter to Booth.
 
Tuesday 26". Went to the dentist this morning but he did not think it advisable to fill my tooth for another week. Came to my room and painted a small winter picture of a scene from the car window near Harristown but I was nervous and unquiet and did not succeed very well. Fuller sent his "Yellow Autumn Woods for me to look over according to agreement. This turns up annually. He came in later and we talked about it. I told him frankly I did not see any thing I could do to improve it and he was satisfied and said it always looked beautifully in my studio. I told him it was because it was in a proper light which he recognized. I would not hesitate to do any thing I thought would improve it and I think he knows that. I wrote a note to E. S. Auchincloss by his request to let him know my picture was back from Brooklyn but I doubt whether he will come. He is a timid man and always seems on the alert thinking to be taken advantageous of. Read a letter from Church saying they would not be down today as they expected to. I was to call on Mrs. Church this evening. Called on Mrs. Anderson and Miss Nesmith this evening. Mrs. Heath was there and later Mr & Mrs. Vandevoort came in and Mrs. Anderson. 

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Park is a dog 1 [[?]] "We came over the river in a sort of a [fearful] propeller..." maybe? - freight /finish filling out missing words/ /include underlined phrases/ ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-05-02 12:52:21 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-05-06 23:09:19