1876 February 22, Awbury, to Lillie

              Awbury 2nd mo. 22nd 
/76
My dear Lillie
Yesterday when I was called to dinner I was agreeably surprised to find thine [-] Alexis's nice letters [-] two postal cards from Alf which were quite cheering, as we have not seen a sign of his handwriting since the 30th of November.  The dates of your letter were from the 6th to the 8th og Feb - and we were very glad to hear of your pleasant excursion to ["Turbia"], and the ["Bercean"], and that you had [----] with such agreeable company [-----] Arthur Albright? from Birmingham!  Thee does not mention Lilly Bright & her sisters, so we suppose, they never have left [M------], tho thee has not said so.  I expect thy father has already apprised you of the sad news of Aunt Rebecca Cope's death.  when I wrote to you last I had no idea that she was dangerously sick but the sudden attack of Pneumonia & paralysis was very unexpected to all of them, and they were not alarmed about her until 5th day noon tho she had