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45 First draft of letter, in note-book Martinez, Jan. 27, '05. Dear Miss Boyle: Please find enclosed my subscription
to Ability. I heartily wish you success, though I fear you will find that the strain of literature is as heavy as that of
modeling - a sort of out of the frying-pan into the fire. Still, I admire your pluck, and wish you every success. As to contribution,
I am unable to promise anything until I get some long promised books off my hands. John Muir Miss Gertrude F. Boyle,
728 Montgomery, San Francisco. 03098