arcadia May 11^th 1865

 

            Dear Husband you may think strange of my riting on this letter of yours but it is so [faded] and cold that i could not get any paper I got your letter that had the money in Tuesday nite Mr Reynolds got his yesterdy morning his letter 10 and mine 20 dollars i am much obliged we are going to keep the money and say nothing about it till it all gets here for if we do there will be great time i never new what it was to be abused before as i have ben by the Lusks it is first dealings i ever had with them and it is last i gess when you get home you will tell them what you think of them                       we are all well [faded] Lilly is not well Frank is a better boy than when i rote you last i allwayes glad to tell you when he is a better boy. Pa the box or case has not come yet what is to be done Mr Reynolds went up to the Depot again yesterday and it was not thare can you do any thing about it o that muslin is as pressious as gold to us yes more so can you save it from being lost them things will be a great loss to us for thare was things we need very bad i feel so afraid they are lost i can not keep it out of my mind Mr Reynolds sayes he is afraid they lost i do not know what we should have done if it was not for these things you have sent us before now we have got them most [?] up i feel so bad for fear it is lost i must stop i will rite you a good letter as soon as i get some paper            Deb Tucker

 

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i got your letter of April 26 the same time as this

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