dinner) with a wire enclosed he got from Hamilton saying his father was very sick with pleurisy went for a walk to White Park, it is nice. has one section all filled with hundreds of different kinds of cactus. mailed some more Xmas Cards. 32 now to date Dec 21st. Cooler this morning white frost they say, but bright & sunny, got a Letter from Fred Bell. they are all well in Pasadena. Took a walk up 6th as far as Pine street to see if the house we were looking was rented. it was. so we came back down 7th street it is a very nice street. wrote some more Christmas Cards. went out to post them. the evenings are grand never saw such bright moonlight nights. so light that they do not put on the street lights only on the business streets. Dec 22nd quiet cold this morning with a strong north wind blowing. went for a walk after dinner up Seventh street as far as the Sante Fe & Union Pacific stations and back down 10th street in the colored district. no side walks there. nor paved streets finished sending Xmas cards total 51 do not think we forgot any body this year. went down