a month, so that I will make 16.00 a month clear of all expense and I intend to try to do my best to please, and advance the pupils; in your last letter you seem to be very averse to my boarding at Mr. Robinsons, I will try to subscribe to your wishes as much as possible, if I can get a place to board nearer the school house, that will be at all agreeable, but from what I can hear, I think it will be very doubtful, but as I said once before, I will endeavor to be as discreet as you could wish me to be; and I do believe that Dernas Robinson is a Christian, and would do right from principal and yet may possess a physical organization together with baser passions that might yield to temptation but - I know that you have too much confidence in me to think that I would make any advances towards impropriety and as for what people may say I don't think you need to have any fears; for he is very popular with the best class of persons, and my friend and yours seem to rejoice that I have got the school in that district, so near to Robinsons, but as you say "you have some whims peculiar to yourself" and I believe that you are generaly right; I will begin my school next Monday if I live; I suppose that you have seen the Presidents proclamation, setting this 30th day of April apart to be observed by Christians all over the land as one of humiliation and prayer.  Ezra Rathburn was to preach in R Sun and all of Fathers folks intended to go, and I had expected to go with them, but I had my trunk packed ready to send up and come myself if I had a good chance as it would be more convenient for Mr. Robinson to take out from Desmoines than from home and they are so very busy at Father that I did want to stop the team if could help it, for you charlie is dead and kit is
