Although McMaster wrote John on March 6, 1884, he writes again by today's steamer. Gertrude McMaster came home with a cold in her head. The weather is bad, but not so bad as when John left New York, Captain Atwood wrote on Jan. 26, 1884 that the weather was the worst he had ever met, and his owners have not heard from him since, so they were glad to have McMaster tell them of John's letter of Feb. 10, 1884. McMaster encloses a two-dollar greenback not wishing to send more because he does not know if it will reach John. If John gets to Caiberien Cuba he should call on the acting Consul, whom McMaster has written, and who will treat John kindly. :: I-2-m A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.