Cambridge - Boston
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Mar. 23, 1915 [March 23, 1915] Wea [Weather]
Fair
Forenoon showery; afternoon
sunny. Calm & mild but chilly.
  Garden birds: a Flicker (shouting),
a Grackle (heard), 2 Jays, a few
House Sparrows.
  To Boston at 10 A.M. Spent
next six hours mostly in our
office. Dictated letter to Mr. Haley
advising him not to worry &
assuring him that he might
have as much more time as is
necessary to complete his recovery.
He is now at Sanitarium in Melrose.
Harry Spelman brought in Bensen's
mortgage deed. It proves, as I had
expected, to be a first mortgage for
$600 on his entire real estate. I
wrote Mrs. B. W. Brown to that effect.
She telephoned me last night that
Bensen denied I had any such security.
Lunched at Marston's. Home by 4.30
to revise M.S. & add a page to
crow story, thereby completing it.
Harry Bartlett called this evening.

Cambridge - Boston
(We Dine)
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Mar. 24, 1915 [March 24, 1915] Wea [Weather]
First Bees. Perfect.
Brilliantly clear, perfectly windless,
warmest day of year thus far.
Honey Bees out by scores buzzing
about blossoming crocuses.
  Garden birds: Robin calling at
evening. Flicker shouting & Crows
cawing in early morning.
Blue Jay singing sotto voce, near
my study window, almost continuously
for upwards of two hours in
forenoon. Grackles heard. House 
Sparrows in small numbers.
  Had a mean-feeling day with
neuralgia & nerve exhaustion
but kept at work nonetheless,
writing two pages about the 
Raven thereby finishing with
him. Took a short walk
up Brattle Street just before 
luncheon - which I ate alone.
  Went in town with Walter at
6.15 to "We Dine" meeting at Will
Jeffries. All except Barbour there.