le--one of them is a male and the other a female. The male I
do not perceive very plainly, and I cannot make out much about
him; he seems to be standing up and looking very sad, but I can't
tell you a great deal about him. The female I can see much
better, and can make out more about. She is tall, and has dark
hair. She appears to be connected in some way to the old people,
but I do not think she is related to the young man, though I
cannot exactly make out. She is a very agreeable-looking female,
rather pretty, I should say, if not positively handsome. She has
straight hair and does not wear curls. She is standing up now,
and appears to be talking to the young man, who has his back
partly turned toward her. I don't quite make out what they are
saying. She has had a very severe attack of sickness, but has
nearly or quite recovered. She is not, however, what I should
call a healthy female, and she will soon have another fit of
sickness, which will be worse than the first, and will bring her
very low indeed--very near to death. But she will not die then,
though she is not what I should call a long-lived person. She
will certainly die in six or eight years. What disease she will
die of I can't just make out, but it will not be of a lingering
character: it will carry her off suddenly. These people are all
very anxious about you, as if you was one of their family. They
have not heard from you lately, and are looking daily for
intelligence from you. They have written to you twice within
three months. One of the letters got to this city--a man took it
out of the mail. I don't know where he took it out, and I can't
exactly describe the man, but a man took it out of the mail.
These people are not satisfied to live where they are now; they
are discontented with the country, and will return here in the
Spring. They are talking about it now. They would like to come
back this Winter, but circumstances are so that they cannot. You
may be sure, however, that you will see them here in the Spring.
There is no doubt of it; they will come here in the Spring. The
other letter that I told you of that they had written has got
here safe, and is now in the Post-Office. You will find it there
if you inquire; you will be sure to get it as soon as you go down
to the office."

This was delivered in a very jerky manner, with occasional
twitchings of the face and violent claspings of the hand, which
her visitor retained, although it gave him a co