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long letter of several pages to [[red underline]] daughter [[/red underline]] of [[red underline]] Jules Guequier (Madame Drapier)[[/red underline]] giving the whole history of my business relations with her father. Celine made a copy of that letter which I shall keep with the photographic copy of [[red underline]] my letter of 1889 to Guequier. [[/red underline]]
[[underline]] March 17. [[/underline]] Letters, letters & telegrams! Time killing occupations
[[underline]] March 18 [[/underline]] Nothing special
[[underline]] March 19 [[/underline]] Drove to Miami Beach Orchid & flower show. On the way saw the large [[red underline]] Diesel yacht "Lotosland" [[/red underline]] of [[red underline]] Col. Deeds [[/red underline]] tied along causeway yacht docks. Had a very pleasant meeting [[red underline]] with Deeds [[/red underline]] whom I had not seen for many years and who [[red underline]] has become still more important financial man than he [[/red underline]] was in 1918. [[red underline]] Mrs. Deeds [[/red underline]] was lying in bed since 8 weeks on the yacht by a fall on a lane
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by which she [[red underline]] broke her hip-bone [[/red underline]] Nevertheless she was very cheerful and we talked over old times. Elmer, Sperry, Lawrence Sperry and many others all gone now.
Celine gave a dinner to her friends to her lady friends. Dick & Ida & Peter to Miami Beach
[[underline]] March 20 [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] Gloomy day [[/strikethrough]] Glorious day. [[red underline]] Celine Nina and Cornelia left with me on ION [[/red underline]] for a visit to [[red underline]] Sand Key [[/red underline]] our [[red underline]] "Robinson Cruses Island". [[strikethrough]] Later [[/strikethrough]] Little Peter cried and howled [[/red underline]] when we left because he could not get along with us, and Dick had much trouble to carry him away from [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] our harbor.  
Engine which had not been in use since [[strikethrough]] severa [[/strikethrough]] two years works excellentily going over 900 r.p.m. and [[strikethrough]] going [[/strikethrough]] giving 10 knots. [[red underline]] ION [[/red underline]] looks spick & span. 
Andrew at the wheel and