Father Heaney apologizes to Hudson for sending a soiled copy of his communication on the Holy Sacrifice clipping enclosed. Heaney expects to leave soon, but he is not certain. If the person bringing the mail to Springfield had waited a longer time, Heaney would have mailed a cleaner copy to Hudson. Heaney writes in pencil because when he writes in pen he gets blots on the paper. When Heaney wrote on St. Joseph as the patron of the Catholic Church in 1872, the late Father Neal Gillespie, C.S.C ., said that he had not read the manuscript but the communications of Heaney for the press are usually judged before reading, and the judgment is sure to be confirmed after. The clipping enclosed is from the Catholic Vindicator and Hudson notes where it is to be inserted. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.