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Sallie seems so deeply distressed at the\nidea of my going away to keep house by myself \u0026amp;\nat in a rented house, that I have called on Mr Lan\n-dal \u0026amp; asked if he would hold the matter over\nuntil I could see Mr. Ashe \u0026amp; yourself to which\nhe consented, to still give me the refusal until\nsometime next week say about the middle of\nthe week.  The trouble is Gaston is not able\n------------------------------------------------------------\nto pay ten dollars a month for a house.  I have thoughts\nof this plan as he is embarrassed and I do not like to\nfeel that he is at expense for my accommodation \nand support for us to pay the rent and for us all\nto remain together say for the coming year\nwith the hope that we all will be better able to\nsituate ourselves better \u0026amp; move to suit all parties\nI have suggested this to Sallie but of course she \ncannot decide upon anything until Gaston comes\nup again  he may be here any day after Satur\nday next, most likely will be here Sunday eve\nning.  But again Sallie seems to dislike the idea\nof your being at any expense in a place they\nwould occupy.  I tell her that no matter how that\namount was used as it would be for my benefit\nas I do not feel that it is right, nor agreeable to my\nfeelings to burden him in his present circumst\nances in the smallest degree. As much as I desire\nto at once have the quiet of a home, I feel willing\nto remain with her this year as her health is very poor\nand their situation is, I fear the cause more than\nanything else.  It seems to grieve her very much\n----------------------------------------------------------------------\nthat I was entertaining the idea of having a home\nof my own, she said that she had tried to make me feel at\nhome.  I replied that I had felt perfectly at home \u0026amp; welcome\nbut that no place was could ever be a  home to me where\nI could not have that quiet I had been accustomed to\nthat to be in hearing of every word \u0026amp; every step taken\nfrom early dawn until bed time did not suit me\nthat I had gone through with the turmoil of raising\none family and that now I craved rest \u0026amp; quiet\nshe said “Ma, you ought to have it \u0026amp; if I had the\nmeans you should have just such a place as you\ndesire, but I am not able to help myself or you\neither as much as it grieves me to see you in discom\n-fort” \u0026amp;c \u0026amp;c.  I hope we may be able to help make some\narrangement that will be satisfactory to her as I feel\ndeeply for her.  I could doubtless get board at [      ] Wood-\nridges, but in case I could Sallie says she would go to\nBoggy for the winter that she would not stay here alone\n\nYou need not get anything or bring up the\nlittle Table at present.  I will make Sam contri\nbut[e] something to our arrangement whatever it\nmay be.  I shall look for you in a few days\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\nAffectionately Your\nMother    Mary Jones"],"sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","@id":"https://digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu/concern/texts/hd76s031v/manifest/sequence/normal","rendering":[],"canvases":[{"@type":"sc:Canvas","@id":"https://digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu/concern/texts/hd76s031v/manifest/canvas/cf95jb75s","label":"uhlib_1970_003_do77139218p_0001.tif","width":640,"height":480,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@type":"dctypes:Image","@id":"https://media.lib.uh.edu/images/cf95jb75s%2Ffiles%2F8278af00-27a2-408d-9e09-b81e26e1bec1/full/600,/0/default.jpg","height":480,"width":640,"format":null,"service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://media.lib.uh.edu/images/cf95jb75s%2Ffiles%2F8278af00-27a2-408d-9e09-b81e26e1bec1","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"on":"https://digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu/concern/texts/hd76s031v/manifest/canvas/cf95jb75s"}]},{"@type":"sc:Canvas","@id":"https://digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu/concern/texts/hd76s031v/manifest/canvas/7s75dc601","label":"uhlib_1970_003_do77139218p_0002.tif","width":640,"height":480,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@type":"dctypes:Image","@id":"https://media.lib.uh.edu/images/7s75dc601%2Ffiles%2Fad59ff1e-b577-4fbb-ad2d-b2fb62fa8a99/full/600,/0/default.jpg","height":480,"width":640,"format":null,"service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://media.lib.uh.edu/images/7s75dc601%2Ffiles%2Fad59ff1e-b577-4fbb-ad2d-b2fb62fa8a99","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"on":"https://digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu/concern/texts/hd76s031v/manifest/canvas/7s75dc601"}]},{"@type":"sc:Canvas","@id":"https://digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu/concern/texts/hd76s031v/manifest/canvas/c534fp106","label":"uhlib_1970_003_do77139218p_0003.tif","width":640,"height":480,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@type":"dctypes:Image","@id":"https://media.lib.uh.edu/images/c534fp106%2Ffiles%2F8a8a0c3a-3cb4-4ec8-a571-f5fc6dd4ee99/full/600,/0/default.jpg","height":480,"width":640,"format":null,"service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://media.lib.uh.edu/images/c534fp106%2Ffiles%2F8a8a0c3a-3cb4-4ec8-a571-f5fc6dd4ee99","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"on":"https://digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu/concern/texts/hd76s031v/manifest/canvas/c534fp106"}]},{"@type":"sc:Canvas","@id":"https://digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu/concern/texts/hd76s031v/manifest/canvas/bv73c063c","label":"uhlib_1970_003_do77139218p_0004.tif","width":640,"height":480,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@type":"dctypes:Image","@id":"https://media.lib.uh.edu/images/bv73c063c%2Ffiles%2F5f19eb46-3e3a-4ad0-95e9-4937ff095a25/full/600,/0/default.jpg","height":480,"width":640,"format":null,"service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://media.lib.uh.edu/images/bv73c063c%2Ffiles%2F5f19eb46-3e3a-4ad0-95e9-4937ff095a25","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"on":"https://digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu/concern/texts/hd76s031v/manifest/canvas/bv73c063c"}]}]}]}