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58 a great comfort to me when I feel that there is not much left but our friendships. Saturday May 17. Vaux and Mary came in while we were at breakfast to have us go up to the park to see Miss Stebbens fountain to which they had been adapting the water and which was to be tried in her presence. We met her there and also Miss Cushman. I was introduced to Mrs. McKagg from Chicago and to her two daughters one of whom bought from Mr. Moore my little picture of Hussey Hill which I sold him this winter. I think the fountain a success as did all I met Clarence Cook there who graciously approved. Mary and I left for Long Branch to spend a couple of days by previous arrangement. We went to Sandy Hook by boat at 1.49 and took the rail road to Long Branch Went to the Pavilion a sufficiently forlorn place. A sister of John Corliss White with her husband and their children came the same evening. I introduced myself to her and we had a pleasant talk about her brother who died last summer. We spent Sunday along the beach but I was glad when it came time to leave at 5. in the afternoon when we took the train for Highland where we staid over night and on Monday walked on the beach of Sandy Hook up opposite the steamboat wharf where we crossed over and took the boat for N.Y. arriving home about half past five. While at Highland Sunday evening we went up to the two light houses on the hill and got permission to go up into the lantern while they were lighting up. The light is a fine piece of mechanism and interested me greatly as I had no previous idea of their construction. Monday was a beautiful tranquil day and we greatly enjoyed our walk along the beach which to me is much more interesting than Long Branch. We found on arriving home that we were very much burned with the sun. A letter was awaiting me