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from Chelsea Mass. She is very
lively and keeps us all in a
roar most of the time ; - also
plays well and often which
serves to drive away the blues
more frequently than we guess.

We have prospered finely
together - this is my side only -
Have not had a shadow of
a quarrel yet, and the girls
all say we are splendidly
mated. I think I was very
fortunate in getting such
a nice girl's company - for
I was expecting to be put
in with some little country
thing who wouldn't dare say
her soul was her own

I shan't say anything about
Nennie's looks for I don't
like to describe people, but
she would pass anywhere -
So we have have on the whole,
kept our little house together
very peacefully and happily.

Then Lizzie Abbott - dear
little Lizzie - She is a lovely
girl! : - a dear, motherless little
soul, whom every one loves