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boarding place at Mr. P. Elmendorfs, a fine new house where we were luxuriously installed and altogether the four weeks have been most satisfactory. Vaux joined us after we had been there a week and remained three weeks sketching all the time and enjoyed it to the utmost. I came home twice in the interval the last time I found Gifford here come to urge us to go up to the Laurel House where he had agreed to go with his sister Mary, Mrs Wheeler & Carrie and Fitch. He was much disappointed to find I had concluded to remain at Deans. He staid here over Sunday which we spent in taking a ride up to Roundale, a fearfully hot day. On the following Monday he and I returned to Deans as he wanted to see the place as well as to see Whittredge and Vaux. He was much disappointed that we were not going to the Laurel House and I dont think would have bound himself to go there had he not been quite sure we would join him. He said once or twice he wished he were to be with us and I am sure we all regretted he was not to be of our party. He returned by the afternoon train to Hudson. Mary Vaux and Gertrude came out on Saturday 11" and Mary and Vaux left the following Monday for home as Vaux was obliged to go to Philadelphia on business connected with his design for the centennial building. Gertrude remained a week and became charmed with the place as did Mary. The autumn color was very rich there as it is a maple region but the mountain forests began to look bare and Novembery before we left. We concluded that the color was at its height on the third of Oct. when we had a severe frost, and the brightest foliage faded and fell off. Then we had a storm and we feared it was all over, but after that a new glory came on the trees that had not shed their leaves and the color was as rich and brilliant as we could wish. We left Whittredge and his wife there. He is much improved in health and is coming to visit us for a day or two on his way to New York on Wednesday. We came home to find that John Dillon had died on Thursday night, happily closing a life that had become a burden to himself and friends. We attended his funeral today. Gussie came on two or

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