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Constantinople April 4, 1895
My dear Wife --

Your letter of the 13th April came yes-
terday and brought the continuing good news that
you were alive and well. It seems that you had
not received a letter which must have reached
you a few days after. I am now reconciled
to the idea of remaining alone until fall. Your
ideas on this subject are good -- it is better than
to quit here now just about even. I should save
something. Indeed I (from a money stand point)
can do better at home, then, than to stay here --
so it seems to me -- For here I cannot write except
on business. It is only with head tired with the
labors of the day that I can find time at night
to keep up any little correspondence. Thus I cannot
find time for that reflection so necessary to write
any thing like a book. But I should not quit now.

That newspaper account of my going
home should not have deceived you, for you

Constantinople April 4, 1895
My dear Wife
Your letter of the 13th of April came yes-
terday and brought the comforting news that
you were alive and well. It seems that you had
not recieved a letter which must have gotten to
you a few days after. I am now reconciled
to the idea of remaining alone while all my
ideas on this subject are good. It is better than
to quit here now just about when I should have gone.
Constantly--indeed I (find a rainy climate feirce)
can do little at home, thus, I have to stay here --
so it seems to me -- For here I cannot write [???]
a business -- It is only with head tired with the
labors of the day that I can find time at night
to keep up any[my?] little correspondence -- thus I cannot
[spare?] time for other reflection so necessary to write
any thing like a book -- But I should not [?] now.
That news [from?] account of my going
home should not have decieved you, for you