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Tuesday Sept 17 Get idea of going to Boston and then to Framingham to Gernhardts to paint a new port of Pres Wilson & possibly my idea of Pershing
   Carol feels much hurt at some remark I made about Germans and says everybody hates the Germans and I am the same and I say things to her about the Germans just to hurt her & she cries and I feel like a brute and most humbly beg her pardon. Poor dear girl she is so good. I should be very careful what I say I must go home to her tonight and not stay away or go to Gernhardts. I must not leave her, she has been so good and she feels it so much  what she has to bear from the sayings of the people and rubbish of prejudice in the papers
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Wednesday Sep 18  off for Boston arrive in fierce rain storm.  Stop at Library then get car for Farmingham.  Find Gernhardt abed.  Pound on the door.  G yells from inside  jumps up  G has some of his Vermont quarry pictures  not much good.  We go downstairs and G opens a box of old Gloucester -- pictures which prove mighty good ones. One of two figures aboard a moving sloop in deep blue sea.  oblong twilight over grey water  very fine.
Nova Scotia cottage + landscape. and a marvelous toned one of Digby cliffs. G says he thinks he'll go down to [[Gloster?]] and get on the wharf a studio and [[?]] a month and paint. He is now doing a Truckmans work at Rennigans hauling boxes on

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a truck - a la stevedore. Says indignantly--I can't do that work right I'm not strong enough. Why those big fellers laugh at me." I say [[?]] [[?]] can't your work, you're to work with your intellect and those me would be much more interested to see you do that. [[?]]
Makes up the second cot for me and I get a good nights rest after the soaking I got yesterday.
Thursday 19 Sep G off early leaves breakfast for me says he may come to Gloucester Saturday. Return to Boston thence to Gloucester when I arrive I stop at Ruths and find the poor dear girl