2 Let me see your letter What is this John imaginary maid is that so well to a pity. but I hope it will not be so always
but John when you see the real maid send for me for I would give a bawlee to see her to. You wished me to tell you in my letter
how I know it gives so much pain to love and not be loved again all I can say about that is I have heard it said that those
who were in that disease seemed to be pained very much about it as for having an experience- ed heart illegible John what
have you been thinking on that is out of the road altogether but John as I make a kin of confident of you I may tell you I
got a kiss in a dream and it being the first I ever experience- ed real or imaginary it gave me such a fright that it waked
me up so you 3 see I aint drilled much to the illegible yet. I have been very particular in addressing your questions
though it tickled me some so so I have been chopping some now days William and I cut one it was four feet through at the butt
and when we cut it of 12 feet longe it was 3 feet through and I think times must have changed greatly since it was a g illegible
The Indians I suppose must have been thick around here then perhaps at has been a illegible tree for many a happy couple and
where two hostile tri illegible met and made a peace nay perhaps it is so old that it was the only one standing then and maybe
they had it all flowing over with strings of beads with a seat of honour near the top where each chief sat and made a speech
and then