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to have here on the 29th. There are lots of posters about with Gen [[General]] Boulanger [[strikethrough]] about [[/strikethrough]] in big letters and "Vive la Republique" but every one thinks that all this sputtering will be a safety value and nothing more serious will be done—  Mrs Powell says eve must come there without notice and be safe in old England—  Good-night—  Am sorry to leave this sheet unfilled - but am tired and dont think of any thing interesting—  Grandma's note was a treat as usual - also I always enjoy the Calendar slips she sends—    I suppose your next letter speak of a curse and baby in the bay-window—  Sorry about Janvier baby - and poor Georgie - Perhaps it was only a little grand after all—
Your loving child— 

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with bags over their heads - I raised it high in the air to pass them and one of them shouted out "Ah-ha à la bonheur!"  When we got nearly home we passed an, in appearance, gentleman and he gazed up at it for an instant in rapt admiration and ejaculated- "Voila un bijoux!"  But of all the hundred's of people we met beside no one seemed to think it odd—   May and I are very proud of the way we are not spoken to in the street—  We so often meet men who are evidently just going to and dont—
Aunt Sarah thinks one going about at night is dreadful but it is really safer than day - for no one sees you—  We have not once been even noticed at night - and I went quite a distance alone the other evening—  The days have been horribly dark lately one almost needs a light at 8 A.M.

Wednesday— I had a splendid

Transcription Notes:
* Vive la République * Voilà un bijoux