Egan is anxiously expecting a list of John's friend's qualifications before he can secure him a post. He will be only too glad to help him settle on shore. Today, the day after James Alphonsus McMaster's sixty-fourth birthday, is unpleasant in New York. Egan expected to hear John's father speak of coffins, but instead he displayed a splendid pall of engraved gold sleeve buttons. Maria has the whooping-cough; and Egan has moved to Brooklyn. Larned has written, explaining the business of ranching to Freeman readers. Egan has not been to see any play, it being Lent. The white elephant, which is not white, is here. Egan will be glad to see John again. John will have to help him make an intricate bookshelf. :: I-2-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.