Dear Mamma:-I've written to the President, the Dean, the Registrar and the Superintendent and there isn't much time left. I certainly found a heap of mail when we got back yesterday.
We had a splendid trip and we are all so glad we went instead of staying just here, lovely as it is. We had so much more variety and there isn't any way of seeing so much of the country as by walking through it. All four of our days were perfectly clear. We had two little showers that lasted only a few minutes and didn't bother us in the least, and all the time the views were beautiful. Some of my pictures have come out very well indeed though not all have been developed yet.
I am glad you are getting on all right and that some of the people are back so it will be less lonely. I had no idea Miss Galt was coming back so soon. Tell her we have enjoyed very much seeing here a Miss Marshall from Brookline whom she knew in Rome.
I had a postcard from Frances Smith. You know I thought she might be in this country, but she is not. They are spending the summer in Oberammergau and go to Rome this fall.
We found many of the people gone when we got back, and practically every one will leave as soon as we do or before. The season here is not as long as in Shelburne. We have had such perfect weather that I suppose now we may expect a storm. It looks very cloudy tonight. If pleasant tomorrow we may go up to Bangor by the boat just for the day. Our walking trip was so cheap that we feel as if we could spend a few cents on one more excursion.
This afternoon we took Miss Smith out to the end of the Cape, a walk Elizabeth and I took with a lot of other people before she came down. It is all through the woods, practically, and at least four miles each way. We certainly found it lovely, with the firs and spruces, the tall goldenrod, asters and other fall flowers in all their glory.
Isn't it fine that the $500,000 is complete? I am glad Miss Woolley could have a few days of freedom from that anxiety. When we got Miss Purington's letter, we held quite a jubilee, for there are still several here interested in Mount Holyoke.
You asked one question about getting somebody to do something which I couldn't read. It had gotten rubbed on the card. I hope it wasn't anything important.
Please thank Miss Dean for her note. It was kind of her to write it.
I leave here Thursday and take the boat that night to Boston. Friday afternoon I shall get to Jessee's and shall stay there and around Nashua until Saturday or Sunday as seems best. If I can get my trunk checked through, I will send the check to Mr. Wilkinson and the key to Miss Dean so that she can take out my black dress and a silk waist or two so that they will be less wrinkled. But I will write more about that later, if it works out. It may not be possible.
Much love to you. Elizabeth and Miss Smith send love too.