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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.

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Since the person who borrowed her copy of "Nathalie" has returned it there will be no need of Hudson's sending a second volume. A letter from home states that her brother Josie is in bad health. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Gordon requests that Hudson say a Mass for Father Barotti, who is ill. In doing so Hudson would oblige Mother Lucretia at whose request Gordon writes. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Gordon asks Hudson to say a Mass for her deceased mother. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Gordon asks Hudson to say two Masses for Sister Lucretia :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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The students of St. Mary's Academy thank Hudson for offering fifteen Masses for the repose of Father Lilly' s soul. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Gordon describes her recent trip into Mexico with Mrs. Elmer Otis. She has since returned to the Otis residence at San Antonio and she is enjoying herself so much that she loathes to leave. Gordon thanks Hudson for the copy of "Lepers of Molokai". :: X-3-b A.L.S. 10pp. 12mo.

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Colonel and Mrs. Elmer Otis and family are well. They have made Gordon's visit at the Army post delightful. Ordinarily there are one company of infantry, one battery of artillery and two troops of cavalry stationed at San Antonio. At present the cavalry are on duty in New Mexico. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.

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Gordon thanks Hudson for the pictures. She is fortunate to have the chance to visit Colonel Elmer Otis 's family; their life is the example she needed. Gordon was surprised to learn that the Papin girls are attending school in Kentucky. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.

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She has just reached the academy and awaits Hudson's welcoming visit. :: X-2-j A. L. S. 1p. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Gordon has been traveling about Illinois visiting friends and so has neglected her correspondence. She has returned to her home town of Cairo and describes it for Hudson. With the flood on the Mississippi and the Ohio Rivers at Cairo, Gordon's father sent her to stay with her grandmother at Villa Ridge, a rural villages which she describes in details. Her father wishes Gordon to go to the Philadelphia Medical College, but she protests, since she does not wish to begin studying again. ::...