I wrote to them at home a week or two ago.
W.Landholm.
"P.

S.Isn't Inchbald a good fellow ?" The next post went out with the answer.
"To William Landholm, Esq., North Lyttleton, Sassafras Co.
"My dear Rufus, "Stick to your choice.

Go West, and do _not_ come here.

Do not be discouraged by the fact of making money.

And don't try to turn Fortune's wheel by force, for it will break your arms.
"Yours ever, "Winthrop Landholm." Winthrop did not tell them at home that he was giving lessons in the classics several hours daily, in order to live while he was carrying on his own studies; nor that, to keep the burden of his kind hosts, as well as his own burden, from growing any heavier, he had refused to eat with them; and was keeping himself in the most frugal manner, partly by the help of a chop-house, and partly by the countenance and support of a very humble little tin coffee-pot and saucepan in his own attic at home.