g from Johnnie at Burnet:--

DEAREST SISTERS,--What do you think has happened?
Something as enchanting as it is surprising! I
wrote you about Dorry's having the grippe; but I
would not tell you what a serious affair it was,
because you were all so anxious and occupied about
Miss Young that I did not like to add to your
worries more than I could help. He was pretty ill
for nearly a week; and though on the mend now, he
is much weakened and run down, and papa, I can
see, considers him still in a poor way. There is
no chance of his being able to go back to the
works for a couple of months yet, and we were
casting about as to the best way of giving him a
change of air, when, last night, came a note from
Mr. Dayton to say that he has to take a business
run to Salt Lake, with a couple of his directors,
and there are two places in car 47 at our service
if any of us still care to make the trip to
Colorado, late as it is. We had to answer at once,
and we took only ten minutes to make up our minds.
Dorry and I are to start for Chicago to-morrow,
and will be with you on Thursday if all goes
well,--and for a good long visit, as the company
have given Dorry a two months' vacation. We shall
come back like common folks at our own charges,
which is an unusual extravagance for the Carr
family; but papa says sickness is a valid reason
for spending money, while mere pleasure isn't. He
thinks the journey will be the very thing for
Dorry. It has all come so suddenly that I am quite
bewildered in my mind. I don't at all like going
away and leaving papa alone; but he is quite
decided about it, and there is just the bare
chance that Katy may run out for a week or two, so
I am going to put my scruples in my pocket, and
take the good the gods provide, prepared to be
very happy. How perfectly charming it will be to
see you all! Somehow I never pined for you and the
valley so much as I have of late. It was really an
awful blow when the August plan came to nothing,
but Fate is making amends. Thursday! only think of
it! You will jus