2 congratulated you on your second sober though found one in whom you could love fervently and at the same time know that
it was fully appreciated. Nothing like lovely intelligence don t you think so? May it last till ripe old age your illegible
be full of illegible illegible and what a blessing I want to say I have been interested in reading? your letters from Alaska
published in the Bulletin especially your account of the glaciers the trip with the great clergy criticism on their illegible
illegible I have seen some of your articles in previous magazines but I have not seen your book on Mountain? St illegible
glacier illegible illegible illegible . When will that make its appearance? Your letter to me was put into my hands by a friend
at common 3 00927 school S. School illegible . He brought it to me from the illegible There was present Mrs. Otis. A.
illegible Otis. Her husband was formerly publisher at the S.B. illegible . He is now engaged for a Seal Co.(?) in Alask. It
may be you have seen him as he was in Alaska last summer. I let Mrs Otis look over your letter. She was pleased with it and
remarked she would like to write to you but felt a little de illegible about it. She has a fine cultivated mind. A poet. writes
for Eastern journals - some in Cala a lovely character. In many respects like our friend Mrs Carr. I told her after tomorrow
she might address you as soon as she pleased, for to night I would write to you introduce her to you as my friend. I am living
some three miles from the Post office in