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Los Angeles, Cal., March 14, 1911. 325 West Adams Street. Dear Tom:- Please find enclosed five dollars for a supply
of moons for my two blessed grand-boys. Give them generous lots of those beloved moons, but not enough to be-cloud or eclipse
their little noddles or stomachs. Helen is still in the hospital. She has had a slight attack of pleurisy but is rapidly
recovering. The wondrous boy has been well all the time and is thriving amazingly, growing every day grander in solemn, dignified,
buddha-like grace. They expect to get back to their beloved desert home in a few days from now. Buel is going to run down
in his auto to San Bernardino and from there ship it on the cars to Daggett, for the carriage road up the canyon pass is completely
washed out and will take perhaps all summer to mend. After shipping his car he will return here on the train, and then go
with Helen and the baby direct to Daggett. In talking about his visit to Martinez Buel seems to be very much pleased and
grateful for the help you gave him in respect to the complicated business that he now has to attend to. Doubtless he will
write to you himself. The trains are all running very slowly on account of soft roadbed. That is, those that are able to
run at all. Our train, the owl, reached Los Angeles three hours late. The weather now is delightful down here, and I suppose
it is also getting dry and pleasant up your way too. We can appreciate calm sunshine after such whirlwind black storms as
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