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Thursday, May 6, 1909
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By gum, we certainly had a slick sail this afternoon. Walker and Butti and I went around in back of the island, under the railroad bridge and back, and I did enjoy it. We had the moon coming back, and it made a pretty picture, I tell you.

Our parlor lamp cut up a few didoes the other night, and if it had had a little more luck it might have set the blooming house afire. Forchunitly I was in the room at the time. We took it into the entry, and let it burn itself out on the stone floor, which it did to it's oily heart's content. Persian rugs are expensive fire-extinguishers, however.

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Friday, May 7, 1909
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We are buying a little ivory now and then, these days. In fact, I've shipped only 446 tusks so far this year;- have 83 more downstairs now, and expect a fresh lot in a day or two. I hope to beat my record of 116 by the "Erna Woermann", this shipment. Anyway, we are certainly paying Agency expenses out of our little one and a quarter percent, with something over, and I rather guess that is more than our rivals up the street are doing.

Jo and I are not the bosom pals we were of yore. [[strikethrough]] ? [[/strikethrough]] I happened to tell him, after he had been ^[[about an hour]] getting ^[[all]] the private history of AC&Co. off his chest that "AC&Co. would be buying ivory and selling cottongoods here long after Childs & Co. were nothing but a bad memory." He didn't like it at all.