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6 gaze at myself in the c illegible bly sort of mirror I had. In a day or two Im going to send you a shirt for Tom, and
those books. And in return for the shirt please send me my blue white crepe diacritic one (like Tom's that you dont like and
a good-looking white one I have - you'll find both in the drawers in my closet. Send them soon, if you can - also the tan
stockings and night gowns, for this hot weather I need more. The other things I wanted are not so urgent. Just roll up these
few by Express. Im sticking to my chair so guess it's time to move. Lovingly Helen in margin: P.S. got a very cheerful
letter from Papa yesterday - is well having fine time at Sante K illegible Lake. Expected to stay another week there. 4
letterhead in my face - not where I wanted it at all. And later while I was eating my solitary supper, Mr Boggs came by
and just as he whistled my Hello - Buel poured half a pail of water on my unsuspecting head. I had a postal from Barney last
week. His brother in Mo. is dead and he was on his way there - Maysville, Mo. I just missed seeing him too, for the day before
he went thro' here Mary and I were in Barstow, That reminds me, Carrie wrote me about three weeks ago that Cousin Jim 06252