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neglected, and Wanda promised then to send them off immediately. I hope yen will be successful in making a fine red show in
your windows this coming winter. That you are, as you say, feeling as fine as ever is the only thing that 1 care about. As
long as you are well 1 am well, and Tom and his ranch and all the other ranches can go tapselterie-e, as the Scotch say, for
all 1 care. Give my kindest regards to Buel, my little girl Funk, Mr. and Mrs. Funk, and the blessed old Judge. I am working
away on that animal book, which, is still far from completion. Ever your devoted father, John muir