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3 Now - He has a very young lady caller and has taken her outdoors. The pictures (my photos) came safely and I have sent
Mr Carter his cheery pictures. I also received your postal and Papa's cheery letter - both did me good. It made me feel so
much better to know Mama still feels a little more comfortable. I'm afraid you didnt get one of my letters till a day later,
as No 7 (the overland at 4.40, you know) was late yesterday due to a washout in Kansas. No 7 carries all the San Francisco
mail from this part of the land. Isn't it too bad you cant make them drop off my letters at Muir instead 1 Adamana, Arizona,
July 31 - 05 Dear Sierra - Bless your heart I love you in the same old way. Just when I most need those things - when
I longed for gingerbread, when my Arizona hair demanded a comb - my desert fingernails a nail brush, etc etc, here came all
the things I most desire. Just as I was eating my lunch alone, little Miss Sykes the agent brought up the box. Since I wrote
I can put in good words for the school marms I put down as cranky old maids for though thats partly what they were 06227