This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
[[preprinted]] [[left]] [[image - corner of large building with people and carriages on the street, description below image]] August Gast Bank Note Co. St. Louis. [[/left]] [[center]] [[text surrounded by flourishes]] HOTEL CAREY [[/text surrounded by flourishes]] ELEVATOR STEAM HEAT BATH ROOMS ELECTRIC BELLS, FIRE ALARM AND ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS B.L. EATON, PROP. WICHITA, KANS. [[/center]] [[/preprinted]] [[right]] [[preprinted]]Wichita, Kans.[[/preprinted]]May 4 [[preprinted]]190[[/preprinted]]2 [[/right]] My dear Miss Fletcher :- Please pardon my seeming lack of courtesy in the delay of acknowledging the receipt of your [[kind?]] letter of April 16th. The delay was intentional in fact as I was desirous of giving the matter the most careful consideration. As I have already wired On McGee, or Murie's request, I have employed James to assist us among The Pawnees. As I expect to be in Washington soon I will not now go into a detailed statement of the reasons which led