"Edwin.
"P.S.—Henrietta says she is sorry you have two and a half shirts, but that is better than she expected.
"Billy McCorkle says $12 ought to have been an object to you. Ah, he says, it was a bad day's work when you left him!
"We expect you by the return stage. So pack up your tatters and follow the drum.
"E. F."
"Philadelphia, 1st June, 1822.
"Mr. William Forrest, York, Pa.
"Dear Brother,—I take this opportunity of addressing myself to you and asking your pardon for my ungrounded belief that you had been guilty of misusing my letters. I have every reason now to believe that Mrs. Allen must have invented some lie and told it to Stanislas.
"I have the pleasure of informing you that your friend Sam Barr is married. Therefore wish him joy; for you know a man entering into such a state stands in need of the good wishes of his friends. I am sorry to relate that Sinclair is dead.
"'There would have been a time for such a word.'