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he sent Olson^s manuscript. Olson had failed to give any localities, number 
of specimens from each locality, etc, and Mumford vvanted to Know if some one 
here couldii^t interpdate that inforixation. Of course Gates has the specimens, 
and I also sent him the list that Olson returned to us not long ago, so I have 
nothing from which to get the information. I wx'ote Gates and asKed him to 
return the list ii it contained that information (l don^t remember whether it 
did or not) and asked him if he would rather have the manuscript and interpolate 
tnat information himself. I told nim to say no if he didn^t want to be bothered, 
Mmford also wrote asking you for suggestions for their next year's 
work. I think I will write and tell him that you will be back in about a 
month, and I won't try to answer any of his questions— about the types, Olson's 
manuscript, or anything. 
I was sick last week. Came dov/n with the 'flu a week ago Sunday and 
was in bed three days with it. How I acnedl I thought I was going to die for 
sure. I v/orked only about half a day at a time the rest of last week, but I 
feel all right now. I took good care of myself — v/ent right to bed and stayed 
there through the worst of it, and it paid. It is less than tw^o weeks now since 
it started and I am practically well again. 
About Andrew. Tftien Mr. Chace came back after the Christmas holidays 
of course there wasn't room for Andrew here snd he was obliged to go elsewhere. 
For a time he worked on the stair landing on second or third floor there on the 
north stairv/ay where he had a north light. But that got too cold when the real 
cold wreath er began, and I think he worked in Miss Cochran's room for a while. 
Mr. Shoemal-cer, as you would know, has been squawking furiously about the dis- 
turbance of^havang so many people about and said he would be glad that Chace 
would be going soon, he would have that much more room at least. ?/ell Chace 
left last week on one of the days that I was sick, and when I came back to work 
there was Andre'w settled in tiie place that Chace vacated. I raiiarked to Mr. 
Shoexii^iicer that for a man who was crying for more space he was remarkably 
soft to let Andrew come right back a^^d usurp the space the minute it was vacant. 
Mr. Shoemaker only laughed. I thought when C.W.A. was ended, that would be the 
end of Andrew, but he is back again this morning. I have not told Mr. Shoemaker 
Wxhat you said about telling Andrew that he must go. In the first place, Mr. 
Shoemaker would resent my having told you about the affair, and in the second 
pldce I know very well tiiat he would not make Andrew go. Andrew may just be 
finishing up something that he had half finished when the dismissal came, and he 
may be^gone^in a few days anyway, so it may not be worth raising a fuss about. 
If he is still around here when you come back, then the matter will have to be 
settled. I icnow tnat is a mean trick to play on you, but you know how Mr. 
Shoemaker is. If I say anything to him about it, he will only jxxmp oh me and 
be as sweet as pie to Andrew. And I don't feel like being jumped on! 
Your suggestion about having the Russian titles of Dr. Marsh's 
papers translated comes just too late, unless we get some of the Civil Works 
people back, and some translators among them. 
Chace didn't use so awfully many of the maps, and we have what is left. 
