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October 3, 1964 Dear Mr. & Mrs. Conroy, this evening, Gus demanded the crayon box of his father and, when asked for what purpose, replied, "I gotta write a ledder to Mr. Conroy." the result of his efforts is enclosed and we know you will want to display it with your other original art.

  "Slappy" arrived, prophetically, as I was wiping the paint from Gus's hands for what must have been the eleventh time after he assisted in the redecoration of