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2 evidently written tho' not signed by my friend Miss Jean Parker, one of the finest of Scotchwomen, whom I thnk you must
know. The little house is often lent to one friend or another who loves the mountain; and the little slip of paper must have
been there a long time, tho' never before discovered. I think it might give you pleasure to read it; at any rate it is Yours?
: Ah man, but ye're a grand poet Ye hae the reverence and thanks o' an admiring Scot - for your wonderfu' sermon frae the
pulpit o' the Douglas spruce. Mt. Ritter Snow banners As for me, The Story of my Boyhood and Youth is my