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209 South 3d Philda 24 July '88 Tuesday Leibe Dear, (That bib big D wrote itself) Your package came from Miss [[L?]] to 4305 on last Friday, & on Saturday afternoon it went to Beach Haven with me, & after supper it was opened & we three old folk were happy. The white shawl is a dream of delirious joy, & your Grandmother wore it, or held it in her lap all the evening & seemed to delight int he feel of it. Likewise Aunt Emily & the dainty & delicate handkerchief, - but there comes the problem how to crumple it into a cap. And as for me you knew what would please best, & I am pleased, with the conception & the characterization. The man that fell among the thieves flops over in a most lifelikely helpless way, & the good Samaritan boosts him benevolently up to the best of his ability