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2 trip and that you are so well. I wish we could be with you and are anxious to hear all about the wonderful things you
have seen for we have enjoyed your letters so much. The only trouble is that there are not enough of them and that they are
too short. We are all well here and had a most delightful Christmas for the boys were old enough this year to get wildly
excited over their toys and to enjoy the Christmas tree and everything that was going on tremendously and we had lots of fun
watching them 1 Martinez Dec 30th 1911 Dear Papa, Helen says that in her last letter from you that you gave Cape Town
as your next address so I am trying sending this letter there in the hope that you will get it some time. Your casual remark
in your letter from Santiago, Chile, that you were about to start for South Africa quite took my breath away for South America
and South Africa both seem awfully big to include in one trip. When do you expect to see this part of the world again? It
seems as if you had been away a long time but I'm glad that you are having such a fine 08543