Belmont, Mass. , 
Jan. 17,1925 
Mr. Walter Dean, 
29 Brewster St., 
Cambric? ge, 
Mass. 
Dear Mr. Dean:- 
Y our kind letter of sympathy has touched me deeply and it 
is hard for me to tell yon how muc> I apprpciate it. It does 
seem-rather strange that I should have met you and had that 
intimate conversation on that particular morning on our ride 
from Sparks St. down to the square. Within twelve hours of 
that time my comrade had passed away. I can't complain. I have 
had thirty-five years of married life such as come to few 
men, and things might be much worse than they are. 
I should like very much indeed to have you come and see 
me some evening. I am leaving for Cleveland on Friday of 
this week, to talk over with a friend the details of a trip 
that together we are to make, visiting Italy, France and 
England, a three months' cruise. 1 shall be away for a week. 
On my return I wish you would call me up. 
My handwriting, never very easy to decipher, is unusually 
wobbly at present,and a kind friend is typing this letter for me 
Very thankfully yours. 
Dictated 
Wm. Lyman Underwood 
