89 Jermyn Street, S. W.
March — 1899
[DEAR NORA:]
This is to be handed to you by my special messenger, who
is to assure you that I am in the best of health and spirits —
Keep him for a few hours and then send him on to Chicago — As
he is doing this on a bet, do not give him any written
instructions only verbal ones. I am very well and happy and
send you all my love — Jaggers has been running errands for me
ever since I came here, and a most loyal servitor when I was
ill — On his return I want to keep him on as a buttons. See
that he gets plenty to eat — If he comes back alive he will
have broken the messenger boy service record by three thousand
miles. Personally, it does not cost me anything to speak of.
The dramatization of the Soldiers continues briskly, and Maude
is sending Grundy back the Jackal, to have a second go at it.
Maude insists on its being done — so I stand to win a lot.
RICHARD.
