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July 2. In these 34 years we have made many voyages
together, Livy dear, and now we are making our last.
You down below and lonely, I above with the crowd and
lonely.

July 3. Ship time 8 A.M. In 13 J4 hours it will be four
weeks since Livy died. 31 years ago we made our first
voyage together and this is our last in company. Susy was
a year old then. She died at 24 and has been in her grave
8 years.

July 4. We did not come out of our room during the
day and evening. We were full of memories of other
Fourths.

July 8. A wonderful day. Brilliant sun, brilliant blue
water, strong and delightful breeze. In middle of Gulf
Stream. Temperature of water 73 Y* degrees Fahrenheit.
We had such days in the Indian Ocean, and Livy so en-
joyed the exaltation of spirits they produced.

July 10. Tonight it will be six weeks. But to me it re-
mains yesterday as it has from the first. But this funeral
march—how sad and long it is.

Two days more will be the second stage of it.

July 12. Due to finish this melancholy voyage at 7 or
8 this evening.

Smallpox discovered this morning; five cases in steer-
age; every soul on board being vaccinated.

People who travel in an immigrant ship belong in insane
asylums.

July 13. Orders from President Roosevelt and the Sec-
retary of the Treasury passed us swiftly ashore and we
went to the hotel with Charlie Langdon and Mr. and Mrs.
Loomis. Mrs. Loomis is my niece by marriage. Loomis is
Vice-President of the D L & W RR and we all go to

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