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Sister St. John has heard from Mrs. Keiley that McMaster dined with her, and asks him to take good care of himself. She will send back the portwine keg to be refilled, and asks McMaster to have a Mass said by a Jesuit on the Feast of St. Stanilaus, November 13. The Mother has gone to Avoca, and will probably be gone until the end of November because she still has Waseca to visit. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Sister St. John asks McMaster's health. He has been in her thoughts and prayers very often and the Reverend Mother is keeping a candle lit for him before the altar of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. She asks him to keep his spirits up for Pho's sake. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Sister Saint John has just come from the Blessed Sacrament, where she was thinking of McMaster's being under the same roof with the Blessed Sacrament. She urges him to have patience, for all things pass away. P.S. Mother Antonia has sent word that a novena was made for Mc Master at Waseca. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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She has been wondering how McMaster is, and feels that the Sister's nursing is doing him good. The Christmas novena was begun today. She hopes the Holy Child will bring him greater love and courage. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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This morning's Holy Communion was offered for him. She has been answering a letter of Gertrude's. Mrs. Troy has consented to Mary Troy's becoming a nun. Regards to Pho and Mrs. Keiley. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Sister Saint John has recieved a letter from Pho. She asks McMaster to be bright for Pho's sake. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Many prayers are being offered for McMaster in the convents around Philadelphia, in the Western convents, and by this time also in England prayers are being said that he may have patience to bear all God sends him. In Rome a candle burns for him before the altar of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour. The Mother sends regards. Sister St. John remembered him on Christmas Day and commended both herself and him to God. She assures him that rest will come some day. A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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She wishes him a happy feast day, and promises to offer half her Mass to him. Some of the Sisters were to have gone to Cheyenne, but the passes did not come. The Mother will found a house at Plattsmouth, halfway between Omaha and Lincoln. The Mother cannot write now but sends her regards. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 2pp 12mo.

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She writes him on the occasion of still another of his daughter's entering a convent. Three daughters will then be in orders. She realizes what a shock it will be for him, but she tells him to pray and look to God for comfort. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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She thanks him for his letter. It will be a lonely Christmas for him, and she hopes God will make up for all. She would like to talk to him, for she knows what hard work fighting against himself must be now. If he could come she would be glad to have him. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents She wishes Sister Gertrude a very happy birthday, and will offer tomorrow's Holy Communion for her. Her father's, Helen's and Sister Gertrude's birthdays are on Thursdays. She thinks often of Helen and her, but they will be a last time together in Eternity. She is not tired of life, it is a time to learn to love God better and work for souls. The thought of eternity strengthens endurance. She wishes she had time to copy out Father Faber's verses on "Desire of Good". Lent will begin...

Scope and Contents She acknowledges the receipt of the water, and is reading the life of Father Herman. She enjoyed his visit. It is Father Herman. She enjoyed his visited. It is Teresa's birthday, so the Reverend Mother is sending her a box of plants. She is glad Alphonsus is at home. The Sisters at Avoca have charge of 50 Indian girls sent them by Bishop Martin Marty O.S.B. . They are in Protestant schools now, but the sisters will conduct something like an orphanage, with some government help. :: I-2-e...

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Reverend Mother told Sister St. John to thank McMaster for the palms. The sacristan Mother N. Teresa told her that they were such nice palms. She will offer her Mass and Holy Communion for McMaster's birthday. She is to be professed on April 9th. She asks him to have a Mass said for the four that are taking their vows. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Sister St. John tells McMaster that the Mother Superior told her she had answered him. The last vows will be at St. Leonard's House and he is very fortunate in being able to attend. Bishop O'Connor is to receive the vows. She begins her retreat on Wednesday evening. She is glad McMaster is so interested in the Drexel girls and she hopes he will visit them again. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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She wishes him a happy feast of St. Alphonsus. She offered her Holy Communion for him and prayed for him. This is also the ninth anniversary of his first Communion. She is afraid he did not have a very pleasant visit with her last month, but it was not because she did not want to see him. Next time he goes to Cullens he should bring them her regards. Enclosure: A holy card, with pencilled message. :: I-2-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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She has received his address from Gertrude McMaster, and also the letter he wrote Gertrude from Baltimore. She has only a few moments before taking the children out for a picnic, but she is praying for him. Gertrude has told her all arrangements were satisfactory. Her father will probably see her next week, and she will hear all about John then. June 24. will be his patron's feast, and she is sure he will not forget July 5. :: I-2-m A.L.S. 16mo. 2pp.

Scope and Contents Her father was at the Convent June 27, 1883 and told her he was writing, to make the steamer on June 30, 1883, so she is making use of the same opportunity. His letter of June 18, 1883 was gladly received. She thought he had the night watch every night for the duration of the voyage, but her father told her otherwise. His visit was pleasant; they spoke of John, and she found her father had taken a fancy to Captain McLean, who, he says, has suffered much, and has not their faith to help...

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She would like to see him, and talk to him. Her father has told her he is sending letters July 28, 1883, so that she could write, too. Gertrude was with her from July 13 to July 16, 1883. When John gets to Rio he will be able to get to confession and to Mass. Mother M. Gertrude S.H.C.J., living at the Spring Harden Street Convent, told St. John of a young man who once called there and spoke very highly of John. She would like to know who this young man was. :: I-2-m A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Sister St. John is praying for Gertrude so that she may have the strength to see others suffer and to suffer herself, for last days are sad days. She received the trunk on Saturday night and from the arrival of it and the piano, she supposes that she is moving. Regards. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Sister Saint John thanks McMaster for the trouble and expense he went to getting the water. They had their monthly retreat and exposition today. She is going to write to Gertrude on her birthday. She went down to see Mr. Harper for a few minutes after Benediction. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Sister Saint John hopes McMaster will forgive the pencil as she is writing in bed. She does not want him to worry as she is much better. A large supply of books will keep her mind off the pain. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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She wishes him a happy birthday and will think often of him, although she cannot receive Holy Communion this morning. She has had some bad days lately, but is better today. She places her trust in God, and hopes He will let her go on. She asks McMaster to give much love to Jen. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents The document arrived this morning and has been signed. The Mother sent it up to catch the post. Sister Saint John believes that the Mother wrote Sister Gertrude. She is feeling better now and expects soon to go about a bit. Saturday brought her letters from Sister Teresa and the Mother Prioress. They are beginning a Novena for her which all the Sisters are going to make. The Mother remarked to her that she noticed the spiritual growth in each of Helen's Sister Teresa's letters. Sister...

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She is writing at the suggestion of the Reverend Mother. Yesterday she was not so well, but today she is better again. She sends him a piece of Heliotrope that was on the altar yesterday when the Lord came to her. She is interested in "Le Toois Rome" by Monsignor Ganine, so when McMaster comes she may deluge him with questions about Rome. She is very happy to suffer for the Society, since she cannot work for it. She sends her love to Gertrude. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Sister Saint John tells McMaster that the lemons arrived and she received his letter with the money. She encloses a letter for Gertrude which she began last week. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Sister Saint John says she was very stupid not to send the address of the Convent in Avoca, Minnesota. She thanks him for the flannel. The adopted daughter of Mr. Henweed was professed today by the vicar-general. Mother reached home on the 5th and she was given the deed for the property in Lincoln by Mr. Fitzgerald. Everyone enjoyed the full length photo of Gertrude received in Sister Saint John's last letter. She wishes he would write to either Mother Blandina or Mother Saint Anthony...

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Sister Saint John wishes McMaster a happy Christmas. This Christmas he will have more for which to say "Quid retribuam" than last. She supposes she will not see him until after Gertrude's clothing. She wants him to wish Mrs. Keiley a happy Christmas and visit poor Aunty Brown. No father will be more earnestly remembered than he. P.S. She tells him the wine is out but she does not need as much anymore. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Sister Saint John tells McMaster that the Sister who opened the demijohn broke up the boxes. She does not want him to send any more wine not only because of the expense but also because she will only be too glad to stop taking it. The Mother gave her permission to go to Mass as she is feeling better. She would like Sister Gertrude and Sister Teresa to know this retreat will not be over until Thursday so she hopes he will wait until then to visit. The oranges and nuts arrived but she...

Scope and Contents Sister Saint John thanks McMaster for the life of Bishop John Newmann he sent. Certrude wrote to the Mother last week. Sister Saint John wants to know if McMaster sent the photograph to Mother M. Agnese. She wonders whether Father Joques? has cured Sister Agnes. She believes it not the will of God to make her well right away, and she asks McMaster to ask God to teach her to profit by getting well slowly. She is anxious to know if Pho ? is going to Denver to practice his religion. She...

Scope and Contents The wine is finished so the demijohn will be sent according to McMaster's directions of last time. Sister St. John is praying for Mr. Drexel and remembering his daughters as McMaster instructed. She is sorry that he is ill and supposes it is the changeable weather. She hopes McMaster will be able to come down for a visit, as a retreat is being held for the children on the Feast of St. Joseph and she is relieved of teaching duties. She thinks the Reverend Mother is writing to thank him...