He was gratified that his lines should meet with Hudson's favor and that they should be the means of putting him in communication with Hudson. Does Hudson remember him as the clerk at Donahoe's bookstore? He lost sight of Hudson, but knew he was in Holy Orders, until a priest spoke of him as Editor of the Ave Maria. While editor of the "Catholic Herald" at Lawrence Massachusetts he received the magazine but has not seen it lately. He is now better paid and appreciated than when working for Catholic papers but regrets being cut off from Catholic literature. He would feel relieved to find some outlet for thoughts in that direction. The poem was first inserted in the "Pilot" and he explains some changes he made regarding the name of the Sister on the enclosed proof. Hudson should send him the number in which this appears. Has Eliot Ryder received the poems he sent him, and what of his "Anthology"? :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2 pp. 12mo.