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In sending my love to Claire and the rest of them do not think I have forgotten to allot a due + double portion to you, affectionate J Eddie minute; and as for gossip I am afraid it would not be much interest to you. I am sure you cannot be interested in knowing that Ayers and Ellenwood "flunked" in "Math" today, or that Prof Frink caught a man "cribbing this morning, or that Tom Millar threw a rubber at the Presidents head the other morning or that Kessinger has several times lounged in his room during recitation and sent Jones to tell the Professor that he has had a telegraph dispatch suddenly calling him to Rome. These things of course may very easily furnish themes for conversation for us, but you know to appreciate gossip you must know something of the parties talked about. Last evening the communion