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Tuscumbia, Alabama, July 29, 1895.

…I am spending my vacation very quietly and pleasantly at my beautiful, sunny
home, with my loving parents, my darling little sister and my small brother,
Phillips My precious teacher is with me too, and so of course I am happy I read a

little, walk a little, write a little and play with the children a great deal, and the
days slip by delightfully!…

My friends are so pleased with the improvement which I made in speech and lip-
reading last year, that it has been decided best for me to continue my studies in
New York another year I am delighted at the prospect, of spending another year

in your great city I used to think that I should never feel “at home” in New York,
but since I have made the acquaintance of so many people, and can look back to
such a bright and successful winter there, I find myself looking forward to next
year, and anticipating still brighter and better times in the Metropolis Please give
my kindest love to Mr Hutton, and Mrs Riggs and Mr Warner too, although I
have never had the pleasure of knowing him personally As I listen Venicewards,
I hear Mr Hutton’s pen dancing over the pages of his new book It is a pleasant
sound because it is full of promise How much I shall enjoy reading it!

Please pardon me, my dear Mrs Hutton, for sending you a typewritten letter
across the ocean I have tried several times to write with a pencil on my little
writing machine since I came home; but I have found it very difficult to do so on
account of the heat The moisture of my hand soils and blurs the paper so
dreadfully, that I am compelled to use my typewriter altogether And it is not my
“Remington” either, but a naughty little thing that gets out of order on the
slightest provocation, and cannot be induced to make a period…

TO MRS. WILLIAM THAW

New York, October 16, 1895.

Here we are once more in the great metropolis! We left Hulton Friday night and
arrived here Saturday morning. Our friends were greatly surprised to see us, as