with our house or not* She neyer came in to see us, 

 X know that* 



GilbJ Did you know Oertrude Atherton? 



Gogginss Just met her. I didn't know her at all* The most 

 ▼iTid thing Z got off her was something that 

 Joseph Henry Jackson told me* She invited Jackson 

 to dinner on her birthday* It happened that just 

 before dinnertime one of the book salesmen came in 

 with a bottle of wine and hting around and talked 

 and talked and talked* He hadn't been invited* It 

 was long after dinnertiae* As a last resort she 

 invited him to dinner* In a good carrying whisper 

 she confided to Jackson, **There wasn't a damn thing 

 else I could dOt** 



Oilb: An outspoken type* 



Coggins: Yes* 



Gilbi You didn't know Jack London* 



Coggins t No, I didn't make an effort to meet him* I'm really 

 sorry I didn't, because I could have goxie up thei»e 

 with George Wharton James or John Barry; either of 

 them knew him well* 



Oilbs What kind of man was Barry? 



Coggins s Well, Barry was an institution here* He was a 



Harvard man, a pupil of William James* He knew so 



