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my eyes fly over the articles to see what
may have happened there next.
You will guess, from all this amount of
writing, that I am better, instead of sick,
and so I am but not well yet. I do
not sleep so well as I ought, + some
nights, roll and toss by the hours, and,
if you were only near enough, (and haven't
I wished for you dozens of times), you
would surely say "at it again" and down
would come your dear hands on the
"bubble," on the back, and up would come
... you + I very well know what. Well,
the old limbs are serving me well. You
will be glad to hear they carried me
a good long 3 miles climb and scramble
a couple of weeks ago, and would
have done so numerous times since if
the poor things had not been so nearly
melted. But the weather has been so
humid, and so warm that walking,
any more than necessary has been out
of the question. Last night, there was
a heavy storm somewhere near us, tho