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and to spend an evening at their home was a duty and pleasure. So we all had a sumptuous meal in honor of the return of the prodigal and I called up half a dozen friends on the 'phone and started the Metropolitan adventures.

At my cousins' home I found Mary (Euclides wife), her sister Rose McTighe, her brother, father, cousin, and children all interested in my oft-to-be-repeated story. A party, which didn't expire until 3 a.m., was arranged and among the few new comers was that genial scout Morry - my nickname for editor Morrison. We joked and jollied and laughed and consumed rarebits, and for an impromptu affair ^[[each one of]] the gathering evidently enjoyed the company of the whole company. As it looked to me then, and all through those exiting days previous to ^[[another]] embarkation, everyone tried to make it one hundred percent