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it inwardly all the time.
Jeans Bird book interests him so
much and I study it with him
all the time - we are making a
collection of nests - we have four
but most of the birds still have
use for theirs. We want a barn swallows,
but it is too high for me
though time was -

Please burn this up - it is worse
than no letter at all. I shall wait
for the mail before closing. No
letter from thee; one from Marie
however which I will keep until
thee gets here. She wants to know if
I know a Richard A. MacCurdy,
Nassau, Cedar & Liberty Street, [New York|N.Y.]]
Father thinks he is Pres. of the Mutual
Life Insurance Co. of New York - will
thee find out if he is right - Father says
there is a Branch of this on Union Sq.
[near?] [Tiffany?]. Love, Margie

Be sure and write what train thee and Sister are coming
on Thursday.

Norwood,
June 25th, 1900
My dearest,
I can scarcely realize that
this week will bring us together-
blessed week- I cannot tell thee
how hungry I am to see thee.
I suppose thee is busy doing up
loose ends before leaving - Father
paid something to Dr. Ellrey yesterday
about the portrait, and he learned
to accept it as a foregone conclusion
that thee was going to do it in
August. I cant help feeling that
Bea Tyson had something to
do with our losing the Warner portraits
though Father says it is
impossible, but you never can tell
what "snakes in the grass" will
do, and she is that type. There is
a great deal of talk about her
encouragment to Sam Rumford