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May 25th, 1920

F. S. Dellenbaugh Cragsmoor, N. Y.

My dear Mrs. Field: above Mrs. is L.W in pencil, and to the right of the colon is Orange, Calif.

  It was most kind of you to write me and I [hasten to reply] to say that fortunately I am not sick, and to thank you for your inquiry.
  We failed to get off in time to reach the Canyon for the dedication of the Pack, [ainsy] to some delay in a business transaction of considerable importance [even] so we have postponed going for the present.
  I thought up to the last moment that I could go but it turned out otherwise. I was very sorry. However we will come along [After aicjlow]