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And I dont need the heater! Well, I may not; but if I don't, who does?

"Answer ye who will."

Like Brutus, "I pause for a reply."

Concerning the carpet: I said that if you got carpet 3 yds. by 4 yds. it would do nicely thanks. The measurement of the room is 9 ft. by 12 ft in round numbers.

By-the-bye you mention the Misses Iriving, incidentally you refer to Miss Elsie's diminutiveness, well - I don't know, but it strikes me rather forcibly

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Stanford, Jan 30, 98.

My dear Mama:

Well, would you believe it, Sunday has stolen in on us again with such a rapid stride that it scracely seems seven long days ago since I last wrote to you. It is another one of those God-given Sabbaths that only we in California, I suspect, are permitted to enjoy in mid-winter.

Let me address myself to your letter.

You ask if I use the stove as a heater; do I? Just list to this. The weather here in the morning so so cold that