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must rest at Dept HdQrs ((and?)) with higher authority. In regard to the broken Springs of the Carriage I think it is best to have the Springs welded up or repaired at once at the Gov. Shop as well as it can be done - and then that I will upon return to Fort Worth obtain some Spring Steel or new pair of springs as I may deem best to ((unclear)) a more thorough or perfect repair of the Carriage hereafter or upon my return. I have often told (Hellen?)) that she could not so after 4 P.M. and I think she had best confine her driving to daylight hereafter - being out dark days - two coats or even one of black paint on the new wheels of the little buggy will be enough for the present - I can then hereafter have the wheels and the