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Stanford, Oct. 18, '96

My dear Mama:- I have just come home from a bicycle ride, and so you may imagine how tired I am. We rode about ten miles, and I had a stomach ache during the last eight of them which caused me considerable annoyance.

We visited Mrs. Stanford's stock-farm, and Menlo Park. While in the latter place, we visited

including household and outstanding bills have exhausted every cent but $1.80 of the twenty-five dollars I drew from the bank two weeks ago.

But there's no consolation. My bills are now paid and here after, it should not cost me more than $15 a month to live including books, which is no small item of expenditure.

Please send up the $6.00 that you owe me, as soon as possible. Sent it in U.S. bills. I shall need part of it right away, as I dare not spend any of this money I have now, for fear of going "broke." I'll write next Tue. or Wed.

Good bye.

Lovingly,

F.J.P.