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a substitute for Gilbert but now that Gilbert is expected Brack- will not ask Smith & I think he ought to if he [[strikethrough]] woul [[/strikethrough]] wants to. If Newell is away it is an excellent opportunity to leave Brackinridge to follow his own untrammeled bent in the matter. When first advised that Gilbert was in Florida he insisted on my naming a substitute & I named Newell but protested that he ought to carry out his original intention of asking Smith. But he insisted on my naming another 
So the party is to be [[underlined in red]] Brackde [[/underlined in red]]

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[[underlined in red]] Gilbert Holmes Dutton [[/underlined in red]] & perhaps Smith. The latter is a capital fellow.

Shall be delighted to see you once more & recall old times when we were young & [[strikethrough]] beat [[/strikethrough]] beautiful & when the roses bloomed & the nightingales sang - or rather when the coyotes howled & the cactus spines got into our skins.

Very Cordially Yours
C. E. Dutton