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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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Gordon received Hudson's letter. Mother Angela Gillespie, C.S.C. spent a few days at Cairo. Sister denied that she thought Gordon had become worldly. :: X-2-o A.L. Incomplete 3pp. 12mo.

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Mother Lucretia wrote that Hudson was not well. Gordon suggests a trip to restore Hudson's health. Never will Gordon forgive Father-General Edward Sorin for depriving Hudson of the offered trip to Europe. Gordon's brother Josie returned home recently and seems much improved. He is going to study Latin and Greek during the summer under Mr. Davenport, an Episcopalian minister. Gordon feels Josie is not as bad as she first believed him to be. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 8pp. 12mo.

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Gordon complains that Mother Lucretia has neglected her. Gordon presumes Hudson knows of the trip Lucretia and Sister Eugenie are to take. Josie, her brother is studying hard, but she is afraid of his bad habits. Hudson believes that his trouble started in his last year at Notre Dame when he associated with bad companions. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 8pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Gordon thanks Hudson for his kindness in sending her so many things. The fall and winter weather should strengthen Hudson's health. Hudson would favor Gordon if he would run an errand for her to St. Mary's. She has not had any replies from St. Mary's to her mail since September. So the Plumed Knight, James G. Blaine visited Notre Dame and St. Mary's. Tell the writer of the Exchange column that if he would use his pen in denouncing the "Know Nothing' renegade as he used it against George...

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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 regrets her tardiness in replying to Hudson. She has received the "Scholastic Annual." She does not think that the "Scholastic " was as good this year as it was last year. Gordon is on another one of her visiting tours. This friend, Alice Morgan, now Mrs. Prescott is only recently married. She will visit a friend next who is a nun. This leaves her alone, an old maid. She will continue her journey for a few weeks more. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo.

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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 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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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 requests a Mass for the souls in Purgatory. :: X-2-l A.L.S. 1p. 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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Nell McGrath has been visiting Gordon since October 1st. On November 9th they will begin a trip to New Orleans. :: X-2-l A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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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.

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.

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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 The four girls and Mrs. Morgan went downtown. Hudson's letter was waiting for her when she arrived here on Wednesday. When she left Keokuk she did expect to remain in St. Louis three weeks but the programme was so pleasant she could hardly persuade herself to leave. She has heard nothing of Notre Dame commencement exercises. Mother Lucretia sent a description of the exhibit at St. Mary's. On leaving St. Louis Wednesday morning she met Father John A. Zahm, C.S.C. getting off the train....

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Gordon, plans to visit Hudson at Notre Dame. She thanks Hudson for the Scholastic and his advice. :: X-2-j A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Illness has prevented Gordon's writing Hudson. Hudson failed to tell her how Mother Lucretia was looking when he recently met her. Gordon has little confidence in her ability to write magazine articles. She read the novel "Rosa Ferrence" which Hudson sent her. The beginning of a new school year make s her realize that it is thirteen years since she first entered St. Mary's Academy. Gordon explains why she thinks she will never marry. :: X-3-e A.L.S. 14pp. 12mo.

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Since Gordon never sees Hudson when she visits Notre Dame, there is no reason for her to make a trip there. Her Brother returned from school and is in miserable health. Gordon thanks Hudson for the book "A Troubled Heart". :: X-3-a A.L.S. 8pp. 12mo.

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Gordon encloses a letter to Mother Lucretia which she asks Hudson to forward. After Miss Watson's wedding she plans to return home. She received a letter from Colonel Elmer Otis in which he says his health has improved. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Gordon scolds Hudson for not following her directions in addressing a letter to her. She left Cape Girardeau two weeks ago and on her way to Keokuk, she stopped off at Saint Louis to visit Zoe Papin :: X-2-i A.L.S. 5pp. 12mo.

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The last three days Gordon spent in Burnside, Illinois visiting relatives. She requests that Hudson send her a catalogue of Notre Dame, which she will give to her cousin, who is now attending the Lutheran College at Carthage, Illinois. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Father Hudson's letter, the Ave Maria, and Scholastic, were received with gratitude. She visited Nauvoo, Illinois one day. She describes this trip and other activities which keep her busy and happy. A previous engagement will prevent her from visiting St. Mary's until July. Her cousin was given a $175 pony. The Gibbons would like Fr. Hudson to know that they have another child, six in all now. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 11pp. 12mo.

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Gordon is leaving St. Mary's Academy for her new home in Cairo, Illinois. She asks Hudson for permission to visit him before her departure. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.