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"it seems as if they ought to come often. They are so nice" - What wonders she has already accomplished in the way of writing to you! - Cecil spent the afternoon here, & is so mischievous he has to be watched every minute - He is too comical, and lovely also - The boys are wild over the beautiful little yacht Uncle Will is building for them - It is a wonder, and our boudoir is a mass of tools and some times chips & saw dust. Its [[It's]] a charmingly scientific affair. I love to watch his progress, almost as much as the boys - do. Today the "Gun Carriage" cracked, and we had to make a new one! It is to be on a revolving stand on deck towards the center - it can take aim wherever wanted. Now remember the tiny brass cannon. Well, it is already mounted, but I cannot consume time about that. 
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Harry must tell you himself. Did Etta tell you how I tried to take your place and shop with her? - It was very exciting to get so many dresses. We had good fortune I think. I am not getting new thermos for us, so that it is quite amusing to see other people's pretty things. We are doing an amazingly successful business in "twisting & turning".- What ails my hand writing? Why there's a slit in the end of my poor thumb & it won't hold the pen! We are constantly happy to feel that you are having such a feast, for eye and soul. How jolly not to go every day in the horse cars Spruce St. and meet those same tiresome faces: Uncle José is here now and then - but is not much interested in us or our affairs. Read some extracts from a very long letter from Aunt Sarah - said you are beginning to copy in the Louvre. We are reading so much about France modern & ancient now, that is seems quite a familiar spot, in Paris. By the way, do get a cap for 
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