P. S. Take good care of your finger. A finger-joint would be a great
loss. I think cold water is as good as anything. Grandmother wishes you
had some of her carrot salve. Let us hear from you in some way.
Grandmother wants to know if the Two Betseys don’t make carrot salve.
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I must add here that Lucy Maria was not the girl to give up those
pictures in “two oval frames.” For by perseverance, and partly with my
assistance, the thing was secretly managed, and managed so well that
Uncle Jacob actually carried them out home himself, in a bundle to Lucy
Maria, without knowing it! And they now hang in triumph over the
fireplace in the “girls’ chamber.”
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_Lucy Maria to William Henry._