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Vail, Arizona Dec 28, '21
Dear Mrs Grandy:
Your most delicious and welcome Christmas Box arrived safely, and believe me, before the day was over, the contents had disappeared, alarmingly. You used to complain of my poor appetite, but oh, you should have seen the ruin it left of the products of the De Grandy Ranch.
Your kindness in going to all this touble for my sake makes me feel just like I used to when at Glen Ranch. You would insist on pouring all the tea and coffee. I could
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brew and drink, (a goodly number of gallons,) except for the few occasions when I made a mad dash and secured the tea or coffee pot myself. I certainly will let Mother share some of your wonderful oranges. They are the nicest I have seen or tasted for a long time.
Now since you have been so kind to me, I am going to insist that you keep your promise and allow me to send some of the products of our Ranch to you. I am mailing a list, and should you find anything in it you care to have, make a list of it and I will be only too glad to forward whatever you wish.
Heard from a friend that you have been having a great deal of rain in Calif. So far, we have had practically none, and I don't want to see any, as it delays our work, and, of course, this is our busy time.
I am alone on the Ranch. My brother, Guy, having moved into town to help with the sales, so I have plenty of work to do, but then I like it. Please write and
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let me know how everybody & everything is getting along at Arcadia and round about. Give my very best regards to all the good friends, should you see them, and particularly, to the best and kindest of all, a certain Mrs. E. Grandy, who is kind to everyone, but herself.
Very truly,
Carl M.
P.S. Products nearly all gone. C.
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