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there sometime one of Es cousins several
days they got a nurse but she would not
stay all the time Mary had a very large
swelling on the side of her neck which disturbed
her very much & broke also one on the back of neck
then E and Eugene and Julia all came down with
measles the [Patch?] boy working for them also sick
Nancy very kindly came for a day or two but
getting greatly interested in poor suffering M.
staid near 2 weeks for days her life trembled
in the balance and even now a very little thing
will be too much It required 3 watchers each
night and strangers could not do for the
children Esther and Eugene in the parlor and
the girls by themselves but Mary became
so low the that she ordered Julia taken out of the
room they remain separate E and J begin
to sit up Esther goes from one room to the
other and waits on Mary now Yesterday
we went there Esther had taken some cold
she thought but hoped to be better soon the
other children had large swellings about the
throat E [cais?] trouble from fear it may affect
his learning I came home last thursday morning
I don't know when I should have got away if
we had not had our friends Israel and Jane
Drake as guests but I hope they will get along
I find I can not stand much now adays am
all used up with a little [extra?] I am
better than sometime ago there is great ^differences^