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& wrote a most interesting account of its beauties at the
time her father forwarded the letter or a copy to
my mother & she sent it on to me — Strange that you
should be in almost the same place!

You must have enjoyed meeting Dr. Downing & that
other one from Portland. He did not know of course that
our dear Uncle Andrew was gone — Everyone feels
it dreadfully & says that he was a "man in a million".
Aunt Maude writes delightedly of your decoration
(there has not been time to hear from the other yet) &
says Aunt Florence Uncle Andrews widow [written above the line] says she proud of having
such a distinguished nephew!.

Lots of the Berkeley fellows have spoken to
Jocelyn about it with great interest. It was
in the Daily Cal you know I sent you a
copy in an envelope (as I fear to see it [?]
I sent it in a [news?] & calling you "Begoote"
etc!! not the Daily Cals but the boys. [written above the line] So we are having some exhileration
over it & it is doing us good – we only wish
you [underlined] were [underlined] here [underlined] to enjoy it with us – Please
God you will be soon. We feel as if we can't wait
much longer!! It is a blessing Les & Jocelyn