Bethel - Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] FRI. JUNE 25, 1909 [Friday, June 25, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
94 [degrees] max. Clear & hot.
 Clear with light S.W. [southwest] wind. Intensely 
hot & humid.
  Had breakfast at the Gehrings' &
Took 9 A.M. train for Boston
lunching at Portland. It was one
of the most trying journeys I ever made
& when I reached Cambridge at 5 P.M.
the air was simply suffocating.
Harvard Square gay with Class Day
decorations & crowds. Found only
the two maids, Gertrude & the cook, at
our house. A Robin a Chippy [Chipping Sparrow] & a Red eye [Red-eyed Vireo]
singing in Garden at sunset. Other Robins 
calling & young just on wing seen. A
Crow cawing, a Cat bird [Catbird] mewing. 
Rather a dearth of flowers. After a
solitary supper on back piazza called
at Almys & Deanes'. Mrs. Almy told
me of Wm Emerson's [William Emerson's] death in Chicago
two days ago. [?] Buttrick's wife died
last Saturday in Concord.
Cambridge - Boston
Ther. [Thermometer] SAT. JUNE 26, 1909 [Saturday, June 26, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Clear & hot.
Another trying day less hot &
humid than yesterday, however.
  To Boston at 9 A.M. Spent
an hour at our office. Called
at Consol. Steamship Office [Consolidated Steamship Office] to
enquire about steamers for
Southampton. Mr. Houghton offers
me tempting accommodations on the 
"Teutonic", July 14, & I may go by her.
At Cunard office I took up a
return passage by "Ivernia" sailing fr. [from]
Liverpool Oct. 5 [October 5] paying $150 for a
whole stateroom engaged last winter.
Got out in time for dinner.
  Spent afternoon in Museum,
working on letters & bills. Purdie [Henry A. Purdie]
joined me at 6.30. After dinner
on back piazza we went to the
Deanes & spent an hour with
George & Mary on their piazza.