Berkshire            Nov 17  1860

 

My Dear Aunt

                                    I began to think you had fled from existance But today I am happy to hear you still exist and learn your whare abouts I hasten to write you I will give you history of my affairs and of the people of Leroy as far as I know I rec a letter from you in 2 weeks after you left our house I answerd it in 2 or 3 days Bensons rec one last Winter I think is the only letter that has been rec by any one that I know of in Leroy I was married in Feb 16^th I was well and fleshy then, I am change now I have seen but six well days since I was married I took a hard cold/I have had a cough ever since

 

Dear Aunt Cinda

                                                                                                This is the letter that Lura commencd to write you that I spoke to you of when you was with us, you can see that when She commenced this, that she hasten to write you But was not well enough to finish it. Poor Girl She has gone and none of us can see her again only in thought It was hard for me to part with her But Such is Life and we all have our trials if She had lived longer it might have been harder for me to give her up, for the more any one Saw her, the more they loved her She was always pleasent and kind and through all of her sickness She did not complain nor find a word of fault/with any one, after She thought She was not going to be well enough to go home to die all She wanted was to be taken home to be buried Some times I think I will never get Married again if I do I never exspect to find another like Lura

 

                                                                                                I will come out and see you this summer if I can I am very glad that you took that Tida(?) I wanted you to have Something that was Luras But when you was here I was very busy and did not think of any such thing Oscar & Ted are very ansous to here from you and George, and wonder why you do not write I hope you both will write to me and I will try and answer in my Stile we are all well except Alberts little Emma write Soon Yours Truly

                                                                                    W O Cross

 

[overleaf:        Mrs Cinda Browning]

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