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a night message this aft. inquiring about box & giving date of his last letter. I insured the box & if it was lost I want to learn from the P.O. Nothing very valuable but too much to lose. I sent you a rubber apron Doris and Sidney a pair of garters & I made Dot a set of wash cloths out of cheese cloths & sent a cake of Spanish castile soap, and a little hot water bottle for her little tummy if she has the colic.  This ink isn't flowing right & it bothers me so I keep making mistakes.  Whats the matter with the darn thing any way?  As I told you E burned up all those bird pictures when we moved along with a lot of other things I wanted to keep & I'm so mad about it. The oil prospects seem to be brightening and there is considerable excitement at Lawndale south of Inglewood. Property is going up by leaps & bounds some of it 300% gain and there are many leases being made. There are several test wells going down at