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Madeleine, Mrs. Pettengill's daughter, is here with her little 3-year-old daughter - who is a dear child. She is exceedingly good, well-mannered, and self-reliant. She uses the biggest of big words perfectly correctly. She says that we "swat the fly, kill him, annihilate him." Her grandfather asked her which she had rather do kill him or annihilate him, and she said annihilate him. Last night in looking for something in one of her books, she opened to the index and ran her finger down the column.
 

13 Pomeworth Street,
Stoneham, Mass.,
Nov. 17, 1932.

Dear Folks,

I am glad to see both of you again. I did not plan to stay longer because I thought that doing so would upset Mr. Holmes. I think that it must make him feel better to get his hair cut and his face shaved. He was always so particular about such things that I suppose he 

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