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The Grove
West Northfield
Cook Co. Ills
School room
Feb 6 " 1853

Dear Cousin Bob
I have just got through
with my lessons for today so I thought that
it would be better for me to improve the time
in writing. Netty has been out here to stay a
week, she has just gone home day before yesterday
She worked all the time while she stayed
so that we did not see much of her over
at our house. you know that she always stays at
aunt Carrys lately when she comes. We all went
down to the depot when she went home. Asa
made Gracy think that the depot would bite
her and he told her that she must speak
very softly she was almost afraid to speak
a bove her breath till she got there and
found out that it would not bite her
We had to wait at the depot more than
an hour before the cars came, the sure was
crowded as it could be and there was an
Indian there too