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hope you will like it; that is if you get it. Miss Aldrich sent Mr. Graves some american tobacco in the same way and it got here all right. I tell you it was a great relief from this stuff they have here. I can imagine your disgust when you read that: but a fellow must enjoy himself every way.

A new invoice of americans came this noon but we have not interviewed them as yet, will tell all about them in my next if I shant forget it.

Ruth and family came from Yonkers on the Hudson and are going to Rome and then back to Paris. Graves asked the young lady where she got her dress, that she had on the first night she was here. I think for unallayed gall he takes the cake. Today we lent them our gondola to go sight seeing with. I think I wrote you what a jewel our gondolier was; he remains the same. We had two english dames of uncertain age here for a few days and they tired us out completely. They could talk the bark off of a tree in less than ten minutes. One was older than the other and wore a white lace cap. All old english dames wear them. She also had a very red nose that I dont think she got by drinking water. Most all of the english women drink more or [[strikethrough]] list [[/strikethrough]] less and judging from her head light she was one of the crowd that drink more. However they have escaped and we are relieved.  Old Rutherford poses as a funny man.  He showed us a letter he wrote to some medical students in Berlin about his experiences in Italy. He thought it was funny so I wont say anything against the man. I have had a tooth ache ever since; whether it was the letter or not I cannot say. Every new place we go to we toss up a cent to see which has the inside