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or her nurse daughter. I have heard
nothing whatever of Mrs. Magaffin, but
have wondered how & where she was &
what condition her sad affairs
are in now. We have had a sad
time over at the hospital. The head nurse there,
you know who I mean &
I will not write names, has gone away
sick, never I fear, to be any better.
But before she left, she was trying to
brace herself up by the use of chloral
& overdosed and things
were in a terrible state for awhile.
And before any of us knew of it,
it has been pitiful if you were here.
I would tell you more, but I will
not write it. You would hardly
have recognized her, in the noisy,
excited, wild state she was in &
I feel so sorry for her, sick & going
home to her mother whose support she
has been. It was too bad and it has
been very bad for the hospital too,
for patients have been neglected &
nurses frightened &