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Gordon appreciates Hudson's success at peace making. Mother Lucretia wrote, but Gordon believes that the foundation of their friendship has been shaken. She hopes Hudson voted for Cleveland. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Gordon thanks Hudson for the Scholastic Annual. She is surprised that Rene Papin is not at Notre Dame. Colonel and Mrs. Elmer Otis have invited her to spend several weeks with them but Gordon refused, she intends instead to visit Mother Lucretia :: X-2-o A.L.S. 8pp. 12mo.

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Gordon regrets she neglected writing to Hudson during his illness. She fears the summer months because of the cholera epidemics and does not know where to go during this period. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.

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Hudson's letter came but she is in great haste and cannot give a deserving answer at present. She asks Hudson to say a Mass for her mother on Nov. 13, the anniversary of her death. Her father leaves for Ohio today. Josie is well and wishes to be remembered to Hudson. :: X-2-j A.L.S. 2 pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents A wonderful improvement in John English's health is attributed to Father Hudson's prayers. English, if he recovers, has promised to take Fr. Hudson to Lourdes with him. Miss Cordon wishes to go to Europe some day. An interesting letter was received from Father General recently. Miss Gordon has a request to make of him next month. She inquires about her cousin and, for her father, about will Johnson of New Lexington, Ohio. Horse back riding is her favorite sport, but the facilities are...

Scope and Contents Hudson must think that she is devoid of common etiquette for not answering his letter of the 21st. She has become a chronic crank and cannot summon sufficient courage to write. She expects to find Father Lambing's production both instructive and interesting. Not long ago she wrote to Fr. General requesting permission to allow Mother Lucretia, C.S.C., to come to Cairo for the holidays. She received a reply but no satisfaction on the subject. If the request is refused she will stop at St....

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Gordon after leaving St. Mary's traveled to Toledo where she visited Julia Burgert . On her way to Cincinnati she saw John and Angela Ewing at Lancaster. The trip greatly benefited Gordon's health. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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The Mississippi and Ohio Rivers at Cairo have reached great height and the annual excitement has seized the people. Every year the people of Cairo must go to the expense of moving their furniture and themselves to higher places to escape the flood waters. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Gordon's planned trip to Cincinnati was canceled because chaperon failed to appear. Mother Lucretia has written to Gordon. Bishop Peter Joseph Baltes confirmed two hundred this morning, including Judge Mulkey, his wife and niece. Mulkey built a mansion in Metropolis, Illinois, but there is no Catholic Church in town. A priest says Mass occasionally in the Judge's house. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 5pp. 12mo.

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With regret Gordon learns that Mother Lucretia is burdened with cares and suffering. She hopes that she will be give change this summer. Gordon doubts if she will be able to visit St. Mary's and Notre Dame for years. Is Mrs. English house keeping yet? It would have been disastrous to the school if Lena ? Wallace had died. :: X-2-l A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Gordon thanks Hudson for sending the Scholastic. She is glad and at the same time sorry to learn of the death of Sister Presentaziana . Josie Gordon came home Friday. He is going to Metropolis, Illinois to visit Val Mulkey, a school chum and son of Judge Mulkey of the Illinois Supreme Court. :: X-2-l A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.

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Gordon writes requesting a Mass to be said for the Souls in Purgatory. :: X-2-l A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

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Josie Gordon is home from his trip to Ohio. Gordon thinks he will return to college. Gordon is sending a pupil to St. Mary's by the name of Leahigh. She doesn't know the girl well, but she does know the parents. :: X-2-l A.L.S. 5pp. 12mo.

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Gordon was sorry that she saw so little of Hudson, during her recent visit to St. Mary's. Mother Lucretia explained Hudson was ill. George Clark visited her since she returned to Cairo; Gordon finds him agreeable company. :: X-2-j A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Gordon has settled down in Cairo for the winter. In a letter from Mamie English, Gordon learned of the departure of Mrs. English and her son. Gordon asks Hudson to look after her cousin, William Gordon, who has just entered Notre Dame. She is teaching music. Her father is not opposed to this and Mother Lucretia is delighted. :: X-2-j A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.

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Gordon requests a Mass for the souls in Purgatory. :: X-2-l A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents At length she is to have a little chat with Hudson. Doubtless the retreat was very fatiguing, but she is pleased to know the effects were so beneficial. She is disappointed that Hudson cannot accept an invitation to go to Lourdes. She is confident John English will recover and the trip would give Hudson a lease of at least fifty years on his life. She would like to see him the size of Father Walsh. She hopes he was able to say Mass this morning for the anniversary of her mother's death....

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Gordon gives a resume of her love life. She leaves for San Antonio, Texas and a winter's visit with Colonel Elmer Otis 's family. As far as Mother Lucretia is concerned, Gordon never again intends to write to her. She asks Hudson to send a photo of himself. Her brother Joseph did not return to school because of poor health and is working with their father in the business. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1pp. 12mo.

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Gordon would like to go to Boston or New York and resume her study of vocal and instrumental music. Since the expense would be heavy, she asks Hudson's help in obtaining a position teaching music at some Catholic school. Her brother Joseph Gordon is doing well in his own business. :: X-3-j A.L.S. 8pp. 8vo.

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Hudson's suggestion of advertising in the Ave Maria meets with her approbation. She suggests the advertisement read that the applicant is a graduate of a noted Catholic Academy and desires to take a position this autumn. :: X-3-j A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

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Gordon apologizes for her delay in answering Hudson's letter. Who is the author of "A Young Philistine"? Since Gordon wrote Mother Lucretia declining her invitation to visit St. Mary's until next spring, she has not heard from the woman. :: X-3-d A.L.S. 7pp. 12mo.

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Gordon is grateful to Hudson for the letter. Gordon is now a society reporter for the principal paper in Cairo. Gordon received several handsome presents. Gordon will visit St. Mary's and Mother Lucretia in the spring if she is invited. :: X-3-f A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo.

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For seven months Gordon was connected with the little paper The Telegram, but she is now enjoying a rest. She would like to hear something of St. Mary's and Mother Lucretia. Joe, Gordon's brother, is now a physician and has an office with her father. :: X-3-h A.L.S. 7pp. 8vo.

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Gordon has returned home after spending six months with Colonel Elmer Otis's family in Texas. Otis is in poor health and his physician ordered him to take a trip to Wisconsin. She plans to remain in Cairo until autumn and then take a western trip. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 8pp. 12mo.

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Gordon enjoyed reading the account of the St. Mary's Academy and Notre Dame graduations in the Scholastic. She received a letter from Mother Angela Gillespie while she was in Columbus establishing a hospital that is connected with the medical school. She did not know that Mother Lucretia would remain out west. Gordon is going to Kansas City to attend Angela Watson's wedding. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 7pp. 8vo.

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Gordon was pleased to hear from Hudson after so long a silence. She thanks him for the picture and the copy of Anna Hanson Dorsey 's story. Her visit with Colonel Elmer Otis 's family has been pleasant. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.

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Gordon thanks Hudson for the Scholastic which arrived yesterday. She passes on a criticism that she has heard more than once of the Scholastic, but that was before Hudson became editor. Gordon read a work entitled "Secrets of the Convent and Confessional" by Mrs. Julia McNair Wright, a most vile combination of lies ever penned. She wonders if Hudson has seen and read it. Gordon wishes to know what are the "Homo Apostolicus" and "Theologia Moralis". :: X-2-i A.L.S. 8pp. 12mo.

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Gordon is glad Hudson's trip proved benefical. It has been three years since she left St. Mary's. Gordon describes her recent trip to Mound City, Illinois, where she attended a concert by the Cairo Band. Hudson's letter is the first news she had of Mother Lucretia and Sister Eugenie's arrival home. Her brother Jesse left Saturday to enter the College of the Most Sacred Heart of Mary, run by the Jesuits at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin :: X-2-n A.L.S. 11pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Gordon is thankful for Hudson's letter. She has been traveling the past few weeks and has stopped at Cape Girardeau, where she is visiting her brother, Josie Gordon, who attends St. Vincent Adacemy. Gordon met the president of the College, Father J. W. Hickey, C.M. She is staying at the convent of the Sisters of Loretto, who are stationed at the College, which lies on the banks of the Mississippi where one can get a good view of the river boats as they pass. Mother Constantia, the...

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Gordon discusses her last trip to St. Mary's and Notre Dame. She was disappointed because she did not see Hudson on her last trip. The cause of her real disappointment is her brother, Josie Gordon, whom she describes as without ambition and application. He has failed in all of his class examinations and has been going to school for six years trying to pass a four year course. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.