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4 in the books. I have promised the one I bought (before the gift one came) to my cousin, Clara Penfield, who lives with
me. My brother Will has been away on business for several months. In June, Mrs. Kellogg and Ellen Dorothy left to join him
for a visit with a friend in the Colorado Mountains, and William and three boy friends, with a chauffeur, made the trip in
the same machine in which they went to Yosemite. Mrs. Kellogg Dorothy are now visiting Winnie the Skylark in Detroit. 1
letterhead July 12, 1913 My dear Mr. Muir: Your letter came yesterday afternoon and was most welcome. It had been quite
a while since news from you had come. I have been very sorry to read of the possible success of the furtherers of the scheme
to use Hetch-Hetchy for San Francisco. I knew how you were feeling about it. 05499