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2 men women, the greatest good of the summer to me is the acquaintance I made of my cousins at Dunbar Dumfries Birkenhead.
You have become part of my life now I feel rich am proud of you all. I was about two weeks at New York seeing literary folk
giving some directions about two articles on Alaska that the Century Co are about to publish. Then I went to the capital,
Washington to see if I could do anything for our forests by confining with the government officials. Thence I went to Chicago
- saw friends there more of the big? show. Then made a special trip to Portage to see mother my three sisters 3 Anna,
Joanna, Sarah, you may guess how long eager our talks concerning Kith Kin Scotland were. I found them all well. Mothers memory
on everything scotch is as keen as ever, she asked me many questions that I could not answer satisfactorily about the younger
relatives. I gave her one of the photographs of yourself which interested her much of course she seemed to remember you all.
I wish you could all come out here in grand triumphal company. Mr James Hardy, Mrs James Hardy, Mrs John Mrs Jeffrey the unconscionable
illegible Miss Robinson Wee Paggie the boys Mrs Maggie Lunam Susan Gilroy Jane Mather Then surely our Contra Costa hills would
break forth into singing