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a duty of thirty dollars. However, we have an honest 
feeling and do not wake up thinking that we have 
cheated the United States government. The Barbours 
live in a small but very pretty place; Oakland re- 
minds me very much of Brookline. The food and our 
rooms and everything seemed simply heavenly and 
they have all been so kind to us and made us feel 
perfectly at home. 
I was quite surprised to see Frisco look as it does. 
I expected to see nothing but ruins and debris, but 
not at all; it is being built up very fast and there are 
many buildings everywhere; with the cars going and 
people rushing about it gives one the impression of 
quite a lively up-to-date city. 
We are planning to stay here until the 5th and 
then go straight to the Grand Canyon, where we shall 
be for two or three days; next we shall go to Niagara, 
for no American bride and groom ever leave out the 
falls in a wedding trip if it can possibly be arranged 
to get it in. Then we intend to go straight to Tupper 
Lake, despite of the Barbours all imploring us to go 
to Brookline for three days first. I feel just this way 
about it : when I once get back to Brookline I cannot 
be dragged or dynamited away in any three days. So 
it will be best to take in Tupper Lake first for a short 
visit, then Brookline for a longer stay and then to the 
Adirondacks again. It is great to be in the United 
States of America again. 
