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a man out of his sleep. I sat
up and looked, 'Twas not a
"Day dream" by Dove but a
stream of early morning twilight.
So far it is all true, for
no letters have come and
you may be here to [recleanse ?]
me when least I expect it,
but I hope your trip will
mean a great deal more to
you than you had expected.
I have heard nothing from Alice, -
Harold and I ate dinner
together on Monday, no Tuesday, but
I dared not ask for Alice,
fearing he would find out my
aim. - Has she yet told her parents?
Monday night we had a genial dinner
at the Leland Hotel, - in honor of Mr. [Cherry, Chessy ?]
who is about to return to Africa.
Mr. Harvey asked me to preside and act as
Toast master, - this was done most

successfully. - Each one present
gave some excellent thoughts.
'Twas a stag banquet, but not to
equal our quiet suppers together,
where courses were less numerous
but a deeper feeling of sincerity.
All the gentlemen were of high christian
character and a temperance set not
even smoking. - so you can imagine
our joys together.
As I was coming home up
State Street, a couple were talking
noisily with loud laughter, just
south of central music Hall, - who
do you suppose the woman was?
'Twas Miss Hayes, the prophetess (?)
She looked me square in the face, but
did not even close her lips or
acknowledge in any way she knew me