My Dear Helen:
I am too stiff and sore from a terrible fall I have had, to write more
than one line; but I must let you know that my fright was very silly,
and I am very much mortified about it. The house and the things are all
safe; your mother has come home; and I will write, and tell you all,
just as soon as I can use my pen without great pain.
Some new people have come to live in the Nelson house; very nice people,
I think, for they keep their milk in yellow crockery pans. They have
brought with them a splendid black cat whose name is Caesar, and
everybody is talking about him. He has the handsomest whiskers I ever
saw. I do hope I shall be well enough to see him before long, but I
wouldn't have him see me now for any thing.
Your affectionate Pussy.
[Illustration: "They have brought with them a splendid black cat
whose name is Caesar, and everybody is talking about him. He has the
handsomest whiskers I ever saw."--Page 46.]