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My Dear Miss [Hartzell]:

My, oh my, how I miss you! It seems weeks instead of hours since I watched that hack drive off in the snow, rain and slush with that dear face at the window. I went back to bed and found, ["Chi?ie"?], weeping also. After he went to sleep, I was dozing off when a low, [expulsheal?], voice on the other side of the room whispered, "Miss Hartzell. I told her you

were gone. Mr. Clements and Wallace had breakfast together, but Betty waited and had hers on a chair beside my bed. While I ate mine as, [Jamie?], was fussy, [Anne?], tried her hand at burping him. I really think he missed you. I could not put him to either smile or talk all day. He either slept or fretted. I got up before tea and then while, [Jamie?], slept a little, I put the rooms sort of to rights. That is the library

Mr. Clement's room. I was just finishing. It was after eleven when Mrs. Perry came in. She just insisted upon making the beds in my room and bathed the baby. I had him just dressed when Lena appeared. It was twelve o'clock. Lena is fairly satisfactory, but a great change from the sweet, kind, unselfish companion I have had all these weeks. I can tell you I am lonesome. I had no appetite yesterday and I just felt sick over your being in Detroit. Such awful matter,

especially after Mrs. Perry told me she thought Miss Gerard was still in Bay City. I am very anxious to know if such is the case. I hope you have, [omitted?], if such is the case. I have an opinion on the subject which will not look, [small?], on paper if you had to find your way around. D. alone, I will feel, [small], to say the least, not pleased. Do you know you left a five dollar bill and two pennies under the pin cushion on my dresser? Mr. Clements tried to persuade, [?], it was

a present you had left for him. Such did not succeed. It was such a mean day yesterday. No one was in, but, just now, I see Mrs. MacDonell (hieing?) hither. Well, Mrs. MacDonell came in and staid until supper time. So I make a start to, [nite?], a little [more] here in the library while Mr. Clements reads. Last night, Jamie and Lena slept in the nurseryHe, in his bassinet, and he seemed to like it.