6 is quite overcome at having 4 sons altho' she looks very young fresh herself still - Mary's boy girl are thriving also
so six grand children are enlarging our family circle perceptibly - I saw our good friends the Osborns just before I left
home - They had planned a mid summer trip abroad but fortunately a book the Professor was writing kept him at home. Have you
seen Dr Merriam? ? He must be at his summer home in the Ke illegible woods I hope has completed his bear? book - I fear your
Alaska book is a illegible table ball chain about you keeping you at your desk too exactingly - Do remember there is always
a warm welcome for you here we will take good care of you send you home refreshed