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possible to see you before you go across – Your Uncle Phil has been away for more than three weeks attending to business – If he were at home – and had time to spare and the weather permitted we might motor down. Philip – (fifteen now!) runs the car – but I would of course not undertake such a trip with him – If you can obtain a furlough – we would love to have him come up? We are twenty two miles North E. of Scranton on the D. L. & W. – which you take at Hoboken N.J.

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Do come up – if you can. The best trains do not all stop here – but at Scranton on Wyoming Ave – you can take "The Scranton Electric" trolley – which will land you in Nicholson in about six hours and a half. If you come up to see us – you will travel thro' "The Delaware Water Gap", famous for its scenery – and tho' Nicholson is only a small village nestling among wooded hills. We have here one of the wonders of the world – "the 8th wonder"[inserted above] – and a thing

of great beauty. Namely "the great viaduct of the D. L. & W. over the Tunkhannock Creek at Nicholson."! You can come up – or make the trip one day in five or six hours. With a good train – on a local – leaving Hoboken at eight a.m. – or thereabouts and on which you would make no change at Scranton you would reach this at about 2 p.m. – Going back – one can leave this – getting on a sleeper here – near midnight – & arriving in Hoboken in the A.M. I trust that this great heat may soon be a thing of the past. If you see Dick give him lots of love

go to Niagra FallsNiagara Falls and I did, and then some, you old skeptical sweetheart, although I must admit I never expected to reach there when I left New York. We almost came home by way of Scranton and the Delaware Water Gap, but I saved that for you.

I'm so glad you had such a nice time at your Aunt's and such a pleasant trip out West and stop over in Chicago, but don't think you are the only one that can go in bathing naked for that's the best thing I did on the walking tour, I even washed my knickers and shirt out in a stream rolled up in a blanket while they