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Martinez, California. September 4, 1900. Dear Papa, We have not heard from you for such a long time, I wonder where
you can be, up in the beautiful mountains, I suppose in the snow-storms and hoar frost, a long way from any P.O. The weather
has changed here, and I think maybe we will have some rain soon, the sky is dark and threatening, and wind howls out side,
there is a fine mist too. Last Saturday Wanda brought Zoe diacritic Watson, one of the girls from School home with her, and
we had a lovely little picnic in the afternoon over at Bear Creek fall in Briones hills, Mae and Eva? Griffin, Minnie Overfield,
and Mrs. Hal Coleman also went with us. It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed it so 09230