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Expecting Father I ran down to New York
one evening & returned to New Haven the
next day. Our few last weeks were
particularly jolly, the jolliest part of the
college course. I met Mother, your gude
man & the rest of them as you well
know the day after they reached Philad.
He has told you of the little that occurred
in that big, dull city. We reached this
place safely tho' tired. On Saturday
the 26th inst. I rose early and by dint of hard
travelling reached New Haven at 9 that night.
I intended leaving in a day or two,
but a little business and the great
fascinations which I met with there
detained me over a week. I had
great pleasure in riding with & visiting
the young ladies &c. &c. & with my
College friends — There was one very
agreeable part, and on July 5th we
had our usual picnic, which
was this year pleasanter then all
before, or any I ever attended. There
was scarcely an [allay??] only the old
(of whom there were two) and some of the
young scolded me for flirting
too desperately with one of the prettiest
young girls I ever saw, she has
such eyes tho' that I pardoned myself