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Nov. 27th, 1903

Mr. Homer E. Sargent Jr.,
Lexington Hotel
Chicago, Ill. 

My dear Sargent:-
Yours of the 25th ins. bounded into my office this morning like a bubble [[inserted notes - she got it pretty much right didn't she?]] from the [[strikethrough]] seat [[/strikethrough]] [[inserted word - top]] of the Mesa, and I assure you it hit me good and hard. It made me long for the mountains and a few days at least with a gun over my shoulder. 
I have been tied down to my desk since reaching the East and have not had time to develop my plates.  The days are not half long enough and it seems a shame to give up even part of the night to sleep when there is so much on hand to take up time. 
I was sorry to hear that you did not get the prize that you were after, but you are certainly a lucky dog to have the opportunity of breathing good fresh air in "God's own country" while other poor wretches have to be content with the fetid atmosphere of city life. 
Prof. Saville is in the City at present and will be until the early spring, as he is giving lectures in his Columbia College course. I know it will be a pleasure for him to impart any information that may be of interest or value to you, and I shall certainly look forward to your visit with no little pleasure, as I want to talk over the summer's trip and tell you what we did after leaving you at Albuquerque. I hope you will plan it so that we can spend several days --

Transcription Notes:
4/22/2020 - I am unsure on the handwritten portions, as they are fairly difficult to decipher. I inserted what I believe to be close in brackets, and will leave it up to the editing team to determine if any of this needs to be changed. Thanks, Russ