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If you had suffered some awful
calamity such as burning your
fingers, bruising your hands
{prerinted: Stanford University, California...........189}

or acquired some for of nervous
ailment while earning your
dollar there might have been
a fit subject for displaying
a little wit in my rhymes.
however, as there was not opportunity
for it, I was reluctantly com-
pelled to eliminate all the
humorous element that usually
appears when I write verse.
I have for some time
intended to thank Aunt Ruby for
her generous gift, but you your-
self know how busy I have
been during the last two
weeks. During this week, I
shall try to write. I'll address
the letter home as I do not