p.

214 Columbus Av,
Boston, Aug 16, 1888.

Ed. Independent:

I write to inquire
whether a poem I sent
you from the West has
been accepted. I think
I called it "The Inalienable
Gift."

As I have not heard
from it, it has occurred
to me that some message
regarding it may have
been sent to me at
Chicago, and lost in
the mails with which
thieves have been making
havoc there.

If it is not to be used,