Anserd Sept 1[18]85 see copy Chapel Villas Grays Essex Eng. Aug 15 [18]85 Dear Father; I received your welcome letter of July 3rd about one week ago and of course was glad to learn that you were well, and were about to be set at liberty for a short time at least. I was much interested in reading an accound of your conference at Fish Lake published in the Contributer, and the reading of your concerts, stump speeches, camp-fire stories etc, arroused within me a longing desire to have ben with you; much bennifit to your health would be desired no doubt from this outing. I had hoped that you would have paid a short visite to the old home before returning to St. George, but perhaps it is all for the best that you chose to do otherwise. (my last letter was written while suffering an attact of the "blues" and very likely it did not convey the most