Transcribe Hornaday, W. T. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1879-05-29)

ybg Battle Creek, Mich. May 29th 1879. Dear Prof Ward:

    Your telegram was duly

recd, and in consideration of the fact that I cannot reach Rochester nearly so soon as I intended and you perhaps expected, I have concluded it will hardly be worth while to telegraph you. I sent you a hurried postal three days ago, mentioning next Tuesday at 7:20 A. M. as the time of my arrival in Rochester. I will positively be on hand then, barring serious accident or sickness. I should be in R. now by good rights and indeed I fully expected to </s to > have been a week ago, but then a fellow don't get leave </u every > day after such a long & wearing absence, and I do not consider I should be