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Turks Islands, West Indies, 13 January 1907.

Dear Miss Wyatt: I hope you will find it easier to overlook my gross discourtesy, than I do, in not acknowledging the receipt of your very life-like story, "True Love," which came and I read, instantly fully two months ago. You sent it Oct 3, and it came to hand Oct. 23--you see I am particular about dates to cover my shame. Now that I have tangled through this lame apology, I will say after a long and busy life on newspapers, over 54 years on the one paper, unclear I came here where there is so very little to do, I even put that off and so I have this writing. I greatly enjoyed--as also did my wife--reading "True Love". It