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[[underline]] To Mother, December 1, 1925: [[/underline]] Last night was the easiest we have had yet. We all expected to start early and sat in the office ready for the call. I read "Time." But no call came. I read "Time" completely through from cover to cover and read about half of a "Digest" to boot. Then it was midnight and we ate. How good that homemade lunch did taste and how grateful to you I was as I ate it. The nuts were such a nice little surprise too. After lunch Decided I8d take a little nap but fully expected to just get settled and then be called. However I lay down and it was 5:30 when we were finally called on duty. Then we had to work overtime to 7:20. We are running a regular turbine now, a little one. As I got about five hours sleep last night, I only slept this morning and have been up all afternoon, having walked downtown and back to get my laundry. This morning we were amazed to come out and find two inches of snow on the ground and a heavy fall still coming down. Now there are four inches and the sweepers have been out cleaning the tracks.

[[underline]] To Mother, December 3, 1925: [[/underline]] This morning I worked overtime until 8 o'clock, having been "farmed" to Wire and Cable at midnight to run a test with another boy. The test was of such a nature that we didn't have to do anything at all unless something went wrong, and as nothing did, we had eight hours in which to alternate on sleeping and reading. I am getting a lot of periodical reading done in that way nowadays. Last night I read almost a whole issue of H. L. Mencken's "American Mercury" which I bought Tuesday.

[[underline]] To Willie, December 7, 1925: [[/underline]] Here is a moment to cheat the New York Central's velvet highway, so I am grabbing it eagerly. It is an hour to the time that I must leave for the station. This morning arrived another invitation, this to a dinner to be given before the dance on the 30th --------------- Need I inform you of my present whereabouts? The writing should be eloquent of the fact that my position relative to Syracuse and Schenectady is in a constant state of change, and the position vertically relative to the earth is also undergoing ceaseless alteration. Read if you can. (Be grateful it's not the Delaware & Hudson.) Following is a telephone conversation which took place this morning:

I ------ Mrs. Southworth, this is Forman Craton. I came home rather unexpectedly this weekend and this morning received your invitation to tea on Christmas and the dance on Wednesday. I want to thank you so much.

Mrs. S -Oh, you are entirely welcome. Can you come?

I ----- I shall be delighted to come to the tea and hope to be able to be at the dance too. However, we are to have a guest for the holidays and ---