This letter is address to Mrs. John D. Swain, 769 Main Street, Worchester, Mass. (The Standish), postmarked New Haven, Conn, Jul 28, 1915.

194 Orange St.

Dear Edith,

Your last letter made me blue and discouraged for I thought John was trying to do better and if he expects to go on in this way God only knows where he will land.

Well there is no use of my writing about it. Only it makes me miserable to think of it. To think after all you have been through and now all this to come when you are older it does not seem right. Well it may come your way yet. I pray that it will. Some one will get their pay for all this some day if not in this world it will be in the other.

I hope this hot weather has not made you ill there was a day or two that it about did me up. You see last summer I went to Norfolk about every two weeks. This year I have not done it. The reason is there has been so much to do I could not go. and we are behind on our orders now and they keep coming in. I am not going any where until I come up to you. Miss Mary Eldridge want me to come to help with the concert as I did last year and of course it means more for me for the two days that I can earn in a week in the shop. Now this is what I plan to do. Go to Norfolk Monday the 16th and leave there for Worchester the 19th this will be Thursday. Will this be all right for you. I hop it will for the two days in Norfolk will give me a little rest. To tell you the truth I have worked to hard and to long hours and it begins to tell on me. I find I am not as young as I was.

I think you asked me when I spent the 4th. Well it poured in New Haven all the fore noon and about all I did was to get a hair cut and went to the show in the afternoon and saw the fireworks in the evening so you see I did not do much and did not spend much. How about your car fair is it used up. If it is I will send you some more. I wish you would tell me when you write again. Keep out all you possibly can. It is the only thing you can do. When I told you I was glad you were not going to pack up when you said you were first, I did not mean I was glad you were going to stay in the city through the summer. If I had had the price I surely would have sent you away as you always do. I find it is inconvient to be poor at times.

Well I hope you haven't had to go through any more sick times as when you last wrote.

With love to you both.

Chas,

Wednesday

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