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[[left margin vertically in red]] Jerez [[/left margin]]

astounded not to have any answer to my cable of two days ago.
April 21. Intend to go to [[red underline]] Seville [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] but [[/strikethrough]] as hopes are held out that on account of continuous rain some people may give up their rooms. Early to telegraph office just across the little street.  [[red underline]] No telegram yet. [[/red underline]] Not quite reassured by their answer I try again. [[left margin in red]] !! [[/left margin]] [[red underline]] "Si Senor, there is a telegram but is has been delivered. [[/red underline]] I bound across the street into the hotel.  Nobody Knows anything about a telegram.  Great confusion of all the help. - More time lost and [[red underline]] my train for Sevilla leaves [[/red underline]] at Nine.  I jump [[red underline]] across to the telegraph [[/red underline]] office.  There I learn that

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[[in red and underlined at top of page]] Spain! [[/in red]]

[[left margin vertically in red]] Jerez [[/left margin]] 

my telegram [[red underline]] has been sent [[/red underline]] out but probably has not yet been [[red underline]] delivered because
[[left margin in red]] !! [[/left margin]] the messenger had another telegram to deliver at the opposite part [[/red underline]] of the town. - The simple thought had not occured to him to take five steps across the street and deliver mine first! I asked for a copy of the telegram. "We have no copies of any telegrams" is the answer.  Finally a few minutes before the train is to leave the messenger comes on [[red underline]] smiling [[/red underline]] and delivers me the much expected telegram. - [[red underline]] This is characteristic for Spain.  They tell me letter delivery is just as bad. Celine [[/red underline]] wires no immediate hurry for anything -  all can wait and everybody is well  So I leave for [[red underline]] Seville. [[/red underline]] Try