Letters to a Friend 



feel some tendency towards another winter in 

 some mountain ice. It is long indeed since I 

 had anything like a quiet talk with you. You 

 have been going like an avalanche for many a 

 year, and I sometimes fear you will not be able 

 to settle into rest even in the orange groves. 



I 'm glad to know that the Doctor is so well. 

 You must be pained by the shameful attacks 

 made upon your tried friend La Grange. Fare 

 well. Ever cordially yours, 



JOHN Mum. 



Los Angeles, Cal., August 1 2th, 1877. 

 Pico House. 



I've seen your sunny Pasadena and the 

 patch called yours. Everything about here 

 pleases me, and I felt sorely tempted to take 

 Dr. Congar's advice and invest in an orange- 

 patch myself. I feel sure you will be happy 

 here with the Doctor and Allie among so rich 

 a luxuriance of sunny vegetation. How you 

 will dig and dibble in that mellow loam ! I can 

 not think of you standing erect for a single 

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