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Isaac and Amy Home Sunday Eve April 10

                     I found Ada worse off than

I expected, and my uncle better. I was mistaken in regard to Adas difficulty. It is not a “milk leg”; but is a fear ful pain in the fleshy part of the left hip And what seems the worst part of it she is discouraged. And it is not a won der, since she has been confined so long with it. She cannot be moved from her bed, and for a whole week, before I came home she had lain upon her face. Her nervous system is almost entirely upset. I fancy that it is for the most part psycholo= gical, and if it were ____ I should throw it off very soon of course it is real, and terri = ble to Ada. Elisabeth and Laura are with her. And Elisabeth is nearly worn out. having had but little rest since her return from the East in Dec. Yesterday I went to see my uncle, and told him that he would be at work in the gar= den in three weeks. If I could get Adas wind, I could feel positive respecting her. I have gone into choking again. I milk from four to five pails of milk a day, and attending to other matters such as trimming vines, and trees. So much for general news. I left a pocket handker Chief marked W. There was a stripe in the border. I would not have mentioned it, but that you might suppose it some ones else

Left hand margin Tuesday morning Last eve it did seem my heart would break This letter just goes to the office. If I had time, and language, I would tell you of the wealth of happiness, that fills my ___ most being