She sent by mail six chapters of "Beth's Promise" and will continue sending the rest as rapidly as she can copy them. The evils resulting from mixed marriages are shown in the story throughout and it is impossible for those who are not of the faith to bring up Catholic children. Mrs. Hamilton and Aunt Beth, who are born Catholic, do not know how to pity those that are not as fortunate. They condemn them instead of exercising Christian Charity towards those whose opinions are only the result of a blank ignorance of what the Catholic Church teaches and believes. Her story is made of daily life, some real and some ficticious, but all illustrating the truth. She will be uneasy until she finds out that her manuscript has reached Hudson. Therefore she asks Hudson to inform her as soon as he receives the script. She knows that Hudson will not forget to mail her check around the 15th of that month. Today is her birthday and although she would like to forget it her friends send her congratulations. The Archbishop James Gibbons of Baltimore sent her a note of congratulations, and she is touched and consoled by this note. She encloses it for Hudson to see. She hopes Hudson is in good health and asks him to pray for her and for her daughter who is having temporal difficulties. P.S. She asks Hudson what the initials C.S.C. stand for. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo