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came in about ten minutes. Must stop short off here for Chalkley wants to mail this and can't wait a minute. Will write this afternoon again and tell you of our escape.

                                               Emma.

Dear Mother,

        I broke my letter off very abruptly this morning 

and although it hardly seemed a subject for levity we could not help laughing when I told Mrs. B. and Frank of its abrupt termination at such a critical moment. Mrs. B. said I should have said "to be continued next month underlined a la New York Ledger".