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behaved and full of information  why are our niggers North always so grinning and provoking?  He drove me thru lovely country roads, lined with stately live oaks, guirlanded with hanging Spanish Moss everywhere; showed me the City. brought me to Thunderbolt where I explained what I wanted to [[underlined in red]] Elmgren an intelligent Swede [[/underlined]] who got his education in the U.S. then back again to this lovely DeSoto Hotel.  So I can leave little [[underlined in red]] Cygnet [[/underlined]] carefree in the hands of [[underlined in red]] Elmgren. [[/underlined]]
Nov 2. Lovely weather. Went to [[underlined in red]] Thunderbolt [[/underlined]] and there the negro helper of the Yacht Club helped cleaning up the [[underlined in red]] Cygnet [[/underlined]] and stowing away things.  Took supper at Club house.  Astonished that there are 

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Instructions say to use the word 'underlined' in brackets when words are underlined in text. Seems appropriate because indicates past tense.