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Tuesday Aug. 18" 1885. Drove down town with my father after breakfast. It was pretty hot. Received a letter from Fuller apparently pleased with his picture and asking me to send the price of it. Also a letter from Weir asking me to meet Louise. I went in to the [[?]] to the 2 o'clock train but she did not come and on my return I telegraphed Weir she had not appeared and asking why. When I reached home I found a telegram from him saying I need not meet her as she was going up to the Mountain House with Mary Gifford. I wrote him a short note telling him I had received his message. At 4 o'clock Sara Mrs. Jensen Anderson with her brothers child and I drove over to Fair-view to take tea and to meet Mr. Taylor formerly the Episcopal rector here, and his wife. The weather looked very threatening before we reached there with dark starry skies to the North and heavy showers along the mountains. We had a pouring rain shortly after we reached there and it continued very threatening. We waited as long as we dared on account of the ferry and then Sara and I started leaving Mrs. Anderson there. John, Nannie, and Gertrude Tremper followed us. It rained, not violently all the way to the ferry with continuous lightning and we reached there just as the boat had left, but fortunately they returned for us and we reached home without getting wet. Found Calvert here. He had come at 2 o'clock and been at Mr. Terrys house on business all afternoon. I wrote Fuller and sent the price of his picture $400 and the frame $28.

Wednesday 19" Beautiful moonlight nights after the pleasant day. Calvert enjoyed his day here and went away by the 4.25 train. It is a trial to him to be obliged to remain in town but he never grumbles or complains. I had a letter from Weir explaining why Louise did not come but I hear nothing from Mrs. Warren about her picture which awaits her orders. Sam Cuykendall called to see about getting a picture for a wedding present and staid a long time and told us about the accident to his brother in Lake Minnetonka. I am to meet him at my studio in N.Y. on Friday. I half fancy he wants to renew negotiations about buying the place but it is only a fancy. I had dismissed it from my mind. A letter came from Lucy tonight giving a very interesting account of their journey to their new post, Fort Gaston, Cal. I should think it a very interesting place from her account. We had our first watermelon from the garden today for dinner, a very good one. Accomplished a long dreaded task today in burning out the sitting room chimney. There seemed very little in it however, contrary to my expectation. Eastman Johnson, his wife and Ethel were to have sailed for Europe today.

Thursday 20" Still the autumnal weather and the cool North wind what seems to me perfect weather. Certainly one ought to try to be content on such days. Miss White, to whom Charlie McEntee was engaged came up and dined with us and spent the day. I had never known her and as far as I know have only seen her once before. She seemed a very nice and agreeable woman. We went to ride at four o'clock taking her, my father, Sara & Mary and Dwight. It was very amusing to see Dwight come and try to tell his grandfather the horses had come and to see him hand him his crutches to go to the wagon. We drove out to the Flat-bush hill and by the

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