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SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 16, 1913. Mr. John Muir, MARTINEZ, Calif. My dear Mr. Muir: It is hardly likely that you will
remember a boy of sixteen or seventeen to whom you granted the privilege of the use of your room in the University of Wisconsin
during noon hour. Even if I mention my name, Will Mears, it may not revive any memories; still, I have the pleasantiest memories
of you and have watched your career all these years. I tried twice to meet you in San Francisco, but without success. I have
read your books, and have only lately finished your last book of Reminiscences I remember well your clock, the apparatus attached
to your study desk which pushed the necessary book out, when the hour forth study of it came around, also the illegible Which
tipped up your bed at the proper hour in the morning, and all the other contrivances and contraptions05633