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20 My balance in bank is now 61130$ of which shall have to pay [[strikethrough]] 54 [[/strikethrough]] 45000$ and expenses on Oct 31 for final payment of purchase of "The Crags" [[underlined]] Oct 10. [[/underlined]] Spent most of day on [[red underlined]] studying specifications for patent of distilling Halowax in vacuum [[/red underlined]] [[left margin in red]] Left for Miami [[/left margin]] Oct 11. Very busy day. Celine, Cornelia and Nina are on motor car with Dick to visit [[red underlined]] J.W. Matheson [[/red underlined]] in Long Island. [[red underlined]] Left for Miami [[/red underlined]] on 6:40 P.M by Seaboard. Warm day, altho' cloudy. Good sleep [[underlined]] Oct 12 [[/underlined]] Sunny and warm in train [[strikethrough]] Sun [[/strikethrough]] Cotton is ripe in South Carolina Busy all day with business papers and patent specifications, and reading old Sunday supplements of New York Times. Day soon passed. [[underlined]] Oct 13 [[/underlined]] Good nights sleep. Decidedly warmer. [[red underlined]] Recent Hurricane [[/red underlined]] has left its track near West Palm Beach and Lauderdale. Broken pipes and upset frame houses. Better built houses stood the [[end page]] [[start page]] 21 storm. Little apparence of damage near Miami. Arrived 8:40 AM [[red underlined]] Catlow at station who drove me home. [[/underlined]] Registered for election at City Hall am told new rule for registration has not yet been approved. [[strikethrough]] Whole [[/strikethrough]] [[red underlined]] House and garden in excellent condition. [[/red underlined]] Splendid green prosperous lawn extending to the new mole near shore. Opulent vegetation. [[red underlined]] Storm only broke one tree top in the avocado near wind mill. [[/red underlined]] Everything in good working order. Went to visit Com. [[red underlined]] Ralph Munroe. [[/red underlined]] [[strikethrough]] Feel [[/strikethrough]] Took delightful two swims feel already better rested than ever since I went North. [[strikethrough]] Ra [[/strikethrough]] Several showers, also mosquitoes in the garden. None in the house [[underlined]] Oct 14 [[/underlined]] (Sunday). Home all day writing, swimming reading and resting, showers. Good breeze. ^[[Study product specifications.]] [[underlined]] Oct 15. [[/underlined]] Bright and sunny and good breeze. Bought provisions