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could make us a visit, can't you? Do tender my most heartfelt and deepest sympathy to your cousin in her affliction. Tell her our thoughts which has been a comfort to me has been "God never does nor suffers to be done that which is, [ ?]. Yours as eve,r Jennie { ? ? } July 10th 1899

Tis, I received your lovely Florida letter. Dr. Blair told me he was negotiating with you to get you to do his office work. Did you not fancy it? I do hope your cousin's second child recovered entirely. Write when you can and if you can come and see us.

ah of heart failure. I did not know she was ill until Tuesday at 8:00. James had been sick and I had been up all night with him. He was better that day so I left that evening. Mother knows she was to me and left messages for all of us. But I can't write now. Some day, I hope I shall be able to talk to you. How I wish you

Saturday morning Father arrived Saturday night. They were not in the least alarmed but Father wanted to be with her and Mrs. L. thought it would be better to have some woman belonging to her there, although she had a good nurse. On Monday, there seemed to be quite a change. They had a consultation and the doctors said they did not like the action of her heart. She died Tuesday.

My Dear Miss Hartzell: This will be simply a few lines to thank you for your lovely letter to me from Brownsville. You ask for some of the particulars of my dear mother's death and I shall try to give them, though I know you will excuse me if it is somewhat, [lame ?].

[ Ledbie ?],my oldest brother was having so much trouble with his throat. Dr. Blair said he was worn out and must go away for a rest. So he persuaded Mother to go with him. She had been at Old Point but two days when she was taken ill. It proved to be typhoid. The doctor said a very light attack and likely to be a long low run of fever.

Her temperature never but once ran up as high as 104 and almost immediately dropped. Was all most normal most of the time, only reached 101 at the highest. She suffered no pain. On the fifth day, Mrs Laughlin telephoned Ledlie and learned Mother was ill. She was in New York and immediately telephoned home and then went to Old Point arriving