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[[preprinted]] 409 [[/preprinted]] D.C. &c May 17th Mrs. C. R. Lowell, West New Brighton, N.Y. Dear Madam: Maj. VanDerlip is absent, and I therefore reply to yours just received. I will also add that he was absent at the time I replied to letter of trustees of Barnesville school, requesting that their school might be continued this summer. Miss Richards evidently did not understand the purport of my letter — in fact I made no positive offer to send them a teacher even if they could assure us that all the conditions mentioned would be complied with. I was not aware at the time that the people were behind in paying the teacher's board, although I knew that