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him or what I had been. 

Coming home, I fell in with Ethel Fisher Winship, and she has invited me down there. 

Then I stopped in to see Ralph, poor chap. He seemed real pleased to see me, and showed me his finger. It has begun to heal and has no more pus forming. He feels that at last it is getting better, and I hope it is. I told him I was coming up to see him and Maud sometime soon. He thought your trip would do you good. 

Dear, old sweetheart, I hope it will, and I hope when this letter reaches you if it ever does, that you will have no difficulty in sitting down after mule riding, and that you will be ten pounds heavier in your birthday suit. I am counting off the days till you return, and think every night as [[strikethrough]] you [[/strikethrough]] I go to sleep, "One more day nearer Sid." Take the best of care of yourself for my sake, and don't smoke yourself to death. I hope little Mr. T Human will prove a good friend to you. I liked him and think he liked you. Your wife,
Doris.

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[1919]

Thurs. Mayday

Dear old sweetheart: When I came home tonight tired and longing for you, I found your letter awaiting me, and you can't imagine how happy it made me. Dear boy. 

Well, I've been job hunting all day. I went to see Johnson first who had nothing, but who talked all the morning to me and showed me his collection and also all around the Nat. History Building. He showed me the little cicadas you collected with your name on the labels and he showed me the snow goose, with its pink painted legs. I had quite a good time- but he is an infernal talker and one can't get a word in edgewise. He thought your trip must be quite an experience and talked about his own travels in Florida at great length. 

Then I went out to the Peter Bent and had lunch with June, and heard all the gossip she has. She told me Woodhaus is with the Arlington Chemical 
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Transcription Notes:
These pages are page one and four of her letter. The pages two and three are on the previous image - PAGE 54. There were a lot of spelling errors, missed letters and words. Corrected them. Doesn't seem as though the transcriber read what he had typed. Would have seen the errors.