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[[written/]] 1921 [[???]] Apr. 31. [[/written]] [[typed/]] Coolest Place in the South ------------ Elevation, 4,000 Feet Average Temperature Season 1917, 67 Degrees ------------ T. G. Porterfield Manager [[/typed]] Lake Hotel Corporation OPERATING Mountain Lake Hotel GILES COUNTY ------------ Telegraph and Post Office in Hotel Adams and Southern Express Offices N. & W. and Virginian Stations Pembroke, Va. Local and Long Distance Telephone Connections ----------- [[end letterhead]] Mountain Lake, Va. My dear Miss Fletcher I wouldn't for the world have my hoped for drop into Washington trouble your mind & interfere with your plans. We shall be here till September the 20 When we go to Crow's Nest, Berryville, Ca for a while. My movements there are a little uncertain as I may have to [[???]] up to Boston to see a possible assistant minister. I hear Washington is so crowded that one can't get into a hotel-- while it was not very encouraging. I am not very confident of seeing you or Mr La Flèche in New York-- to judge by our bad luck last time Ours is a set where no one seems to have any time for anything that's worth while. The visitor has everything to see or to seige, & the poor bewildered [[???]] has a schedule of futilities to observe. So, in derring- I am not as hopeful as I wish I were! [[???]], I do realize the value of Mr La Flèche's work & have been most eager for its appearance in present. I know he will