_Union House_, _Manasquan_, _N.J._, _but address to Scribner’s_,
11_th_ _May_ 1888.
MY DEAR CHARLES,—I have found a yacht, and we are going the full pitch
for seven months. If I cannot get my health back (more or less), ’tis
madness; but, of course, there is the hope, and I will play big. . . . If
this business fails to set me up, well, £2000 is gone, and I know I can’t
get better. We sail from San Francisco, June 15th, for the South Seas in
the yacht _Casco_.—With a million thanks for all your dear friendliness,
ever yours affectionately,