[from the diary of Anne Madison Willis Ambler]
I was two weeks behind hand in my
journal spent all the morning
writing up to Sunday & helped Ma to
peel apples to dry the rest of the day--
After supper before nine oclock
Emma & I being tired & sleepy went
up stairs & undressed just then we heard
the dogs bark & rushed to the window as
we were expecting both Nat & yourself.
Sure enough Pa was coming down the
walk with two persons, but as it was
dark, we could not distinguish them--I
came to the stair steps & heard Ma calling
me-then I knew it must be you. Fled
back to dress & you sprang upstairs before
I had scarcely begun. Oh, I was so
glad to see you--At first you looked just
like yourself but afterwards I was shocked
to find how much your sickness had
altered you--so thin, & many wrinkles
around your eyes--The other gentleman
was Mr Duncan--
--I am truly thankful to see you
once more--
I am writing this the 24th. You have
gone & I have neglected my journal whilst
you were here & must make up for lost time--
[as transcribed in 1972 by her granddaughter Anne Madison Wright Baylor]
MSS 15406
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