Hudson's letter and check were received. She is sending a statement for number 24 to 30 in which the story is finished. At $4 a page it is $117 less the $50 received. Hudson should write this week. She thanks Hudson for his promptness in sending remittances. The need of money is distracting, but Hudson would not know as his vocation lifts him above the cares of the worldings. Mrs. Dorsey was grieved by Hudson's last letter when Hudson told her he was feverish. It must be malaria troubling him again. If Hudson's superiors want to send him to Heaven they should keep him chained to the car and not give him any rest. She thanks Hudson for his prayers as her daughter is improving. Her son-in-law is no better. Her heart grows sad when she looks into the future, as the long illnesses of the past years have thrown her into debt. It consoles her to have Hudson's sympathy and prayers. It is not strange that "Kismet" could not be found in the dictionary as it is an Arabic word signifying "it is written" or "it is fate". Capt. Brandt was a sort of a pagan so she had him say it. She once knew a naval officer like Brandt who couldn't help swearing to save his life. During the Mexican War the sailors stole three bells from a church in Tobasco and smuggled them aboard. It was too late to return them when the Captain discovered it so he gave them to Capt. Kittey to give to some Maryland Church. She quotes the inscription put on the bell into which they were recast and which hangs near Baltimore. :: X-2-e A.L.S. Initial 8pp. 8vo.