Friday Noon the 6th over western Iowa next fall; we will have a team just suited to the trip, 'Bert and 'Prince.  Isaiah Miles is breaking Prince now to the Saddle and harness, both.  I have been thinking of it almost constantly ever since I got your letter, O! wont it be grand to ride over those praries with just our 'lone selves: of course you wont invite any one to go along; that would spoil the trip for me, for I want to have you exclusively to myself for about two weeks that's real selfish, now is'nt it?  but who has a better right to ask it than I?  O! I am getting along so nicely with my school. it is a pleasure to teach such a school! it promises now to be one of the best schools I ever taught, notwithstanding persons in the district have told me that it was "one of the worse schools I ever heard of", and that I would 'surely have trouble.' they all seem to love me already.  Yesterday afternoon after school, I spent at Mr Brewers who lives on the old Curran place: they have a large family of young folks, have five to send to school. they had invited a party of girls to spend the day there, before Mrs Mary Wilson, Ann Deans sister went home, she starts next Monday.  Mr & Mrs Brewer are very pleasant people; I think I shall like them very much. I will go home this evening after school; one week more of your absence slipped away;  In thirteen days it will be but four months till your time will be out, I tell you I keep count of the days. Yesterday was a very warm day, but today is cool and cloudy wind blowing furiously from the N.W.  Well I must close as it is about 1 O'clock.  I received that box of goods on Monday last, all right.  As ever your affectionate wife Mary.