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- Transcript: Sunday Sept 5th/69
My Dear Son
I have not had an opportunity of sen-
ding a line to you since you were here
oh dear how sadly disappointed I was at bei
=ng absent when you came down to weeks
ago - I had enjoyed my visit to your sick
Sister so much, but realy when I found
that I had missed seeing you, nearly
all my pleasure was spoiled. Tis true
I could have come home Sunday evening
but even then I would have reached
here after you had left - And I well
know your disappointment was as great
as my own at finding me gone - I had
so many things to tell you and matters
I wished to talk over with you, which
are of interest to us both - realy I could
not get over the disappointment - The
day Gaston returned he stayed all ni-
ght at here and Mrs Harrison sent
for me to come home, as Mrs Owen &
Jennie Childress were here, they
came to the Home Sunday & Monday
reached our house, Tuesday Evening
I came home - But Jennie had left
for Galveston some three hours before
I reached home, so I missed seeing her
Too, Some one else did not see her
This past week Sam went down
to Galveston with Capt. Ferran and
has not yet returned, I am looking for
him every day - Yesterday week Mrs
Owen returned & Miss Howland with her
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Mrs Harrison will go down also in a
short time, and still intends to get a
house if possible and go to housekeeping
I hope she may succeed, As that will be
a relief to me for several reasons. She
still says that she will always make
room for me in case it suits me to live
there with her, I cannot tell yet what I
will do, or rather, what I will obliged
to do, rather - Am still hoping some change
will occur for my benefit, and relief I
do not think I can have much reason to
expect anything soon from Sam, As
there are delays innumerable to keep
him at work for I fear but little profit
to him - Mr. Bell has of late looked
rather gloomy and on two occasions spoke
to me something in this way, “Nothing is
in place, or in order” “There is nothing
here to do any thing with.” I said made no
reply to either of these remarks as I thought when he made
up his mind to come out plainly it would
then be time enough for me to speak. I
think he feels lonely, although Mrs. Harrison
and myself chat with him on the Galery
of evenings, so as to keep him from feeling
lonesome. Wm Birch told Bell he
wanted to come back to me, that he would
do any kind of work form chopping wood,
making rails working on the farm, or do any-
thing indeed, that came up to be done on
the place, And that I might pay him in
land, as her wanted a small tract to make
a home of some time. Wm has never said
one word to me upon the subject, and if
he should I do not think it would suit
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long to take him again. If I had material
to have my house made comfortable I
would employ him to do the work -- But
he needs just such a man as he is with now
to keep him in proper place, and make him
work, he told Bell that he had never ceased
to regret leaving me, that he felt attached
to me for my kindness to him &c &c
There is some little prospect of my keeping
Betsey & her child for some time to come &
as I would be here alone with Mr. B I will
keep her, I do not expect it will cost me
much money to do so, I could not stay here
without someone beside him on the place
even should he stay the coming year as he pro-
posed to do. Tomorrow he & Jimmie Cornette
will commence getting hay. Col Smith
mows the hay & gives half to any one who
will haul one half for him, In in this
way one can soon get as much as they will need
for the winter. The rain prevented our saving
much fodder. Since you were here Bell
has had another sick spell, but is now up
and well again. I heard today that Gaston
had been sick, he came home feeling badly
from Lynchburg - I keep well tho at times
I feel over come with the heat, Never have
I felt such hot weather, indeed if I had to
cook I believe it would make a finish of
me in a short time - I met Mrs James
Willie in Galveston, You may remember
her, she is a daughter of Mrs Johnsons of
Washington, her mother is still living &
in Franklin La with her daughters who
are very comfortably situated. Mollie is
living in Miss she married well so Mrs
Willie informs me
Monday morning
I send this by Sam, as he goes up
today And oh my dear Son I regret
to be obliged to call on your scanty wa=
ges again, we are in much need
of some things, and not a dime in
the house. I would not send for any-
thing were it not that Mrs Harrison
is still here - send me small
quantities, as I wish to get along
with as little as possible. How I
do want to see you, and before long
I hope to be able to go up and spend
one day with you
Remember me kindly
To Mr & Mrs Sydnor & Miss Walker
As ever dear Son your
Loving
Mother
Mary Jones
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