Having heard from her father that another steamer is about to sail for Rio de Janiero she writes John again. She hopes the yellow fever and small pox epidemics in Rio are over before John arrives. It is now almost two months since he left home. She meets Georgie on the street occasionally, but Georgie never looks at her. She thinks John will be glad to get inside a church again. They hope to hear from him soon. August 7, 1883, The steamer leaves today, so she writes a few more words. Maurice Francis "Frank" Egan is out of town, to help some uncle on a farm. She can write nothing more. They are all anxious about John. :: I-2-m A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.