Stockton Feb 22, 1892

Dear Alice:

Your letter of the 19th is just received. Am sorry to hear you are feeling so badly. In regard to your staying or leaving I shall let you use your own judgement. You can stay and ask for a short leave of absence as often as you need it if you like. If you think your stomach is bad my opinion is that Dr Hall's treatment would do you more good than anything. At any rate your bowels must be kept open, and if you do not do that, get some tincture of rhubarb, or syrup of figs and take occasionally.

I am going down town with Frank this morning to get him a suit of clothes and as I want to get this off on the noon train will not stop to write much. Everything is going on about as usual here. They are working on the house. I hope this will find you feeling better then when you wrote last.

From your mother

E. M. Watrous