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worms for which I am in a way glad. I am no fisherman. I would rather be up here surveying the country than following up all the trout streams in the Adirondacks. ...... Shortly we shall start back to Industry -- rather reluctant to go, but tremendously refreshed in body and mind. This summer, you and I will take another trip up into this country for it is so glorious here. This summer we are going to have a [[underline]]real[[/underline]] visit together and it is going to be just wonderful. ...... The most interesting thing I saw along our trout stream was a nice little beaver dam about 100 ft. long and so efficiently built that there is at least a mile of flooded woods behind it. They certainly are intelligent little creatures and regular little civil engineers. We saw trees nearly 6 inches in diameter that they had knawed (sic) down in the course of their operations. ...... Speaking of civil engineers reminds me of F. Hopkinson Smith and the complete way in which he is said to have planned all his books. Before he ever started a novel, he outlined the whole book very completely, including all the characters and even the complete action of every chapter. I thought how like an engineer, for that is exactly the engineering way of doing things -- completely planned before even being started.

[[underlined]] To Willie, May 11, 1925:[[/underlined]] I remember that horse so well. I trust that my artistic tastes are not to be judged by that poster either. I have not heard from Polly Adams for quite awhile. Maybe we shall hear news of the old Table 22 crowd this year. I have not heard from Fred Wulfing in over a year, I guess. Had a card from Rudolph last Christmas. Rudolph and "the approach," and the "dog races." Will we ever forget those happy days.

[[image- hand drawn horse head with reins and spots]]

[[underlined]]To Willie, May 14, 1925:[[/underlined]] The work at the plant is very interesting now, particularly as I am getting lots of work to do once more. I am working along with Mr. Spade again on a brand new refrigerator outfit that the Ft. Wayne plant sent in here to have its manufacturing kinks unravelled. Maybe I mentioned this to you before. At any rate, we are sort of guiding its destinies here in Schenectady, under Mr. Steenstrup's supervision, of course. Then when the shop order comes, I shall get the solenoid brake wheel going. Besides that, I am to make experiments to determine some sort of a suitable pickling acid for us to use to clean steel before we braze it. I certainly could use you to great advantage as a consulting chemist right now as we are having increasing trouble from chromium in our steel. Chrome oxide will not braze properly and we want to find some means of preventing its formation. You see, if the furnaces were full of