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KROUT MARY H. SEPT 11 1136 N. Meridian St. Indianapolis, Sept 11.
My dear Mrs Sewall:
As far reflection I find that my note to you was rather indefinite.
I am going to my sister's on Tuesday to remain a week or ten days; at any rate I shall be back on the 22- and will hold my self in readiness to ac [ceptt?] your [invitation?] at any time most convenient to yourself. I am rejoiced
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in the [?] of my summers [?] as I shall finish my English [?] [?]
How shocking and terrible is the assasination of the [?] innocent Empress of Austria. You know she and Miss [Hosmer?] were warm personal friends, and Miss H. had told me a great deal about her; she was a woman of brilliant [?] and noble [?]. What a fated family they have been - her son, her sister and now herself all dying violent and