come here to attend upon me when laid up with a severe attack of rheumatism but with God's blessing I soon got better & able to go about though I am far from strong yet. I have been anxiously looking for a letter from you for some time back for I am in a fix about Anna. She is still a[t] the school & I am so unwilling to take her away and my dear D I am not able to meet her demands. Her last yr is due & so is this one but I trust that