Dear Mamma:-I started to write to you before supper, but the bell rang sooner than I expected and so it did not get done. Now it is bedtime. One of the girls who was at Northfield the year I was and who lives in the village came to call with her sister this evening. I don't remember ever having seen her, but I suppose I did.
We aren't doing much that is exciting, but I have the tablecloth hemmed and it looks pretty well, I think. The shade in the pine grove is so thick that I have been able to work there without hurting my eyes. Today I lost my thimble, but we went over the ground this afternoon and I found it nearly back to the house. Glad I found it.
I'm glad you got to Maine all right and I hope you'll have a nice summer. The wild strawberries here are about gone, but the cultivated ones will last until we leave, I think.
I expect to leave Friday afternoon and stay in Syracuse with Blanche Hamson that night. Then the next day, the Fourth, I'll go on and get to Ithaca probably at night, tho perhaps in the middle of the day. I gave you the Ithaca address, I know, 123 Highland Place. Work begins Mon. morning at 8 o'clock. I'm glad to have had this rest in between. And it has been nice to have Elizabeth here, very. Mrs. Warfield has been very kind indeed, and I think she has rather enjoyed having us here. We ate up the rooster today!
Yesterday we went up to where there was a fine view. Elizabeth seemed to walk all right as far as I could see. I think we'll get to Mary Lyon's birthplace tomorrow unless it is very hot. Elizabeth goes on the morning state Friday so as to stop in Springfield for her trunk.
With love to you,
AbbyWed. night.
Had a postal from Edith Wallace. She got her A.M. all right.