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gave us the name. However, when he went to pay the bill he found Mrs Axtmayer of the hotel, in the office talking to the other Mrs Axtmayer. So goes the world.
Dick's last deed, before going to bed on board ship was to put white Griffin polish on his helmet. It was considerably improved.
The Catherine seemed to list quite a bit to port, but nothing more serious came of it.

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[[double underline]] St. Thomas - Virgin Is. U.S.A. [[/double underline]]

[[margin]] Oct 18 1935 [[/end margin]]

Arrived here this morning on board Bull Line "Catherine". We docked about 7 o'clock, and as the steamship crew, or stewards showed no inclination to serve us breakfast we were forced to wait until we reached the hotel.
We had been told that Kreuger's was a good place to go, but upon entering the place we were informed that they had no accommodations for women -- a fact of which I was somewhat thankful, as I wasn't specially smitten with the looks of the place.
Having heard that Taylor's was next best, we drove up the hill and made inquiries there. It is called Taylor's "1829" and rightly so -- it couldn't be much younger. As compared to U.S. hotels it is far from being a rose, but at least our room is light and airy. The price charged is $2.00 a day a piece.
In one corner is a huge four

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