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told him would visit his laboratory some time or another when I was again in Perth Amboy. Supper at University Club then home [[strikethrough]] J [[/strikethrough]]
July 25. Sent to my [[underlined in red]] sister Leonie [[/underlined in red]] a draft for $400. to be distributed between herself and her children. Nice open bright weather. A busy day here. [[underlined in red]] Further reports of results of hexatephenol at factory. [[/underlined in red]] Townsend here for supper drove him back to Station he left for Boston. A very enjoyable supper. made him a mint. julep.
July 26. I had felt since some days that things [[underlined in red]] were not going right on my boat and [[/underlined in red]] I had the feeling that [[underlined in red]] Albert [[/underlined in red]] and [[underlined in red]] Leslie were fooling [[/underlined in red]] together
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and idling and not attend to the work they were supposed to do. To day I learned for the first time that [[underlined in red]] our new waitress [[/underlined in red]] with the subdued air goes to the boat at night with [[underlined in red]] Leslie [[/underlined in red]] and that [[underlined in red]] Albert [[/underlined in red]] knows about it and rather encourages it. After short interrogation [[underlined in red]] fired [[/underlined in red]] Leslie, [[underlined in red]] fired [[/underlined in red]] the [[underlined in red]] waitress [[/underlined in red]] and [[underlined in red]] fired Albert [[/underlined in red]] but in view of fact that the latter has a family and lives [[strikethrough]] in the [[/strikethrough]] in a cottage of mine gave him [[underlined in red]] one month [[/underlined in red]] to find another job. [[underlined in red]] Albert has tried my patience [[/underlined in red]] to the limit for [[underlined in red]] the last year [[/underlined in red]] with his swelled head, his lack of manners and his impudence but his lack of good faith in this last instance is the limit. I went to sleep aboard the boat much disgusted with