Part 39 (1/2)

DEAR JOE JOE,.

I was so glad to hear from you. I was afraid you had forgotten me.

I am going to have a few lectures in and about London. One of them, a public one, will be at Princes' Hall on the 22nd at 8-30. Come over and try to form a cla.s.s. I have as yet done almost nothing here. Of course, breaking the ice is slow always. It took me two years in America to work up that little which we had in New York.

With love for all,

Yours ever,

LV.

To Miss Josephine MacLeod

HIGH VIEW, CAVERSHAM, READING, ENGLAND,.

20th October, 1895.

DEAR JOE JOE, This note is to welcome the Leggetts to London. This being in a sense my native country, I send you my welcome first, I shall receive your welcome next Tuesday the 22nd at Princes' Hall half past eight p.m.

I am so busy till Tuesday, I am afraid, I shall not be able to run in to see you. I, however, shall come to see you any day after that. Possibly I may come on Tuesday.

With everlasting love and blessings,

Yours,

LVI.

To Miss Josephine MacLeod

80 OAKLEY STREET, CHELSEA,.

31st October, 1895.

DEAR JOE JOE,.

I shall be only too glad to come to lunch on Friday and see Mr. Coit at the Albemarle. Two American ladies, mother and daughter, living in London came in to the cla.s.s last night - Mrs. and Miss Netter. They were very sympathetic of course. The cla.s.s there at Mr. Chamier's is finished. I shall begin at my lodgings from Sat.u.r.day night next. I expect to have a pretty good-sized room or two for my cla.s.ses. I have been also invited to Moncure Conways's Ethical Society where I speak on the 10th. I shall have a lecture in the Balboa Society next Tuesday. The Lord will help. I am not sure whether I can go up with you on Sat.u.r.day. You will have great fun in the country anyway, and Mr. and Mrs. St.u.r.dy are such nice people.