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was all stopped up.

But today — gee it was great.
Rob & I drove out to Lake Chabot
this morning to see if we are to get
plenty of water this summer.

Left the Cole at the bottom of the hill
and walked up. It has been ages
since I've been there – it's awfully
pretty now and it was a great morning
for a hike. Saw
Margaret Anglins play again last night and
had a nice talk with her afterwards.

Elle est charmante! If I had only
written to her to S.F. when I wrote to
Chicago I might have been playing with
her now. My letter finally trailed her
back across the continent but it didn't
arrive till after they had engaged two
other girls. She hopes to have me with her
some day. I hope so too.

You are in a restless mood but perhaps
you'd quiet down if you had a dose of
the country. It's the war and the fact
that you started in to work hard so
soon after when you weren't
strong. We are a restless, nervous, dis-
contented lot of people on the
whole. Uncle Rob claims that he
and Mother are the only two