Ross, sternly patient, saw little difference in her position.

"I hope you will enjoy your new work," he wrote, "but personally I should prefer that you did not--so you might give it up and come home sooner.

I miss you as you can well imagine.

Even when you were here life was hard enough--but now!!!!!! "I had a half offer for the store the other day, but it fell through.

If I could sell that incubus and put the money into a ranch--fruit, hens, anything--then we could all live on it; more cheaply, I think; and I could find time for some research work I have in mind.