Saturday.
My Dear Sister:
Have written Orion to return that thing & keep no copy. Doubtless you were right. It should only be shown to people who are learned enough to appreciate it as a very ‸able‸ piece of literary art. Heretofore it has only been shown to Bishops, Presidents of colleges, &c., & has always compelled their applause; but Orion does not run with that sort of people.
I enclose (if I don’t forget it) check for $200.
I am not worried about
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I’ve got another telephone wire up, now, all to myself—from the house to the Western Union telegraph office—so one of my cussedest aggravations is at an end. It is like adding a hundred servants to one’s staff for a cent apiece per week.
I got up a kind of marvelous invention the other day, & I could make a mighty fortune out of it but for the fact that anybody can infringe the patent that wants to & I shan’t be able to catch them at it.
Livy’s ailing, a trifle, but will be able to go down to dinner; the rest all well & send love—also gratitude that Ma is progressing so handsomely.
Ys
Sam
Source text(s):Previous publication:
MTBus, 137, partial publication; MicroPUL, reel 1.
Provenance:See McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenance.
