p.

why John dont go to [illegible]
[illegible] or of the [illegible] doing at all
Spend $5 to get Clara a presant
and I hope she will play me
a tune on the Piano when I
get home to pay for it [illegible] once
she need not Kepp Clara away
from her music for fear not
having money enough to pay for
her [illegible] I shall send enough
to pay for her and as much
as I [illegible] am going to get some
[illegible] [illegible] when I get in
to Band [illegible] and will [illegible]
send some home and when
I get home I will get one
with [illegible] As for my going
off you needn't be at all
alarmed as I only did it