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Wurtsboro New York.

[[Editor's notation]]E 12-6-10 out of Academy[[/Editor's notation]]

My dear girl 

Your letter of the 2nd arrived this morning accompanied with the anouncement the I had been thrown out of the Academy at the cost of $3.80. Am glad that John got in with honors. I wonder if any of the other Woodstockians [[strikethrough]] got in [[/strikethrough]] were received.

If you were here, then I should like to lie in your arms and talk to you instead of writting as I am tired and have a little rheumatism. While painting this forenoon I got chilled; perhaps that is the cause.  

On my card I said that I expected