He is afraid that his long silence has led McMaster to think that they are not grateful for his kind letter. But they have spent much time away from home lately, and it has been impossible to find leisure to write. They are getting the letters written them a year ago when their father died bound into a volume. McMaster is reckoned among their warmest friends—and would have have been even though they had not become personally acquainted with him. His sisters and Miss Cassidy send regards. :: I-2-f A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.