Dear Father It is Whitsuntide now you will remember and of course a general holliday time with the English people. Yeasterday Pres. Penrose, A Jones Elder Paxman and I were enjoying the kind hospitality of Bro Cross a middeling well to do tradesman, and enjoyed ourselves immensely The little party broke up soon after midnight and Elder's Jones and Paxman walked down to Pimlico, but Bro Penrose and I remained here over night; and it is now morning and while waiting for breakfast I determined to improve the time by answering your letter of May the 5t which came to hand yeasterday I have also before me unanswered your