416 West 118th St, New York 
July s, 1916. 
Dear Collins 
How are you all thesedays, and what are you doing. I hve 
rather expected to see you when you might be going through, the city at 
some time this spring - , and have intended over and over again to drop you 
a line, but it has been the old exoure of seventeen things at least, to 
do in the spac c for twelve, and everything rushing. 
Now, work is over for the year, and as I shall not 
leave town until the last of the week or the first of next, I am hayhing 
tile time to get in a little of the var ous things that have been cryig 
for attention. It has been the same old rush this spring, throughout. 
School very busy, privatel lessons prosperous, and no time to see or 
think of anyone-. The school work closed the 15th but on the following 
Tuesday I began reading entrance examinations in Algebra, and did not 
get through until Friday boon last. Fortunately the evenings were 
compatatively free so that I could get a few of the many calls made. 
However, Mr, Clark's illness made it seem wise to me to run over there 
every day or an hour or so, and his death last Monday made it still 
more necessary that I hang around. Fortunately on of Agnes's class 
who is pastor of the church at Scarsdale, was able to conduct the ser¬ 
vices here and to go on to Providence with them Wednesday, so that it 
saved me losing- two days of my job. 
I donj t know., at present whether I shill go to Maine right wway 
or not. ‘ They have no hired girl whatsoever at Round pond, and the 
work is coming so heavy on Mrs. Wright that I dislike to make it more. 
Until I hear somethin definite I shall keep right on here, as the cheap¬ 
est place in which tm stay, I some thin& of going to the meeting 
of the Vermont Bot.Soc, which is at Wallingford the 15th -15th, and 
taking- a little trip through Champlain and Lake George on the way. 
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