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of course driven very hard - pleasantly always, but always so as to consume all hours. The years become shorter as we grow
older, and they don't compensate for this shortening by giving us more hours. I hope that it is a pleasant winter for you
all in the Valley. If you emerge from it during the time of year when the mountains do not call you, I wish you would remember
how earnestly we should like to call you here. When are you coming to this dull part of the continent again? And the autobiography
- don't forget that With our kindest greetings and all good wishes to Mrs. Muir and to the young ladies - Mrs. Page's and
mine, Yours always heartily Walter H. Page