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the local trains do not run
on Sunday. And while at
the depot, I answered your telegram.
I had written you the
evening before, and, of course,
you know by the papers why
your telegram was delayed.

I was at the office when
the storm struck us and stayed
there till the worst of it was
over. As the storm had blown
down all electric wires, no
street cars were running and I
hurried to the R. R. Station to
catch a train, but no trains
left the Station after five o'clock
till three o'clock in the